2027 –   Professor, Australian National University and University of Edinburgh
2024 – 2026  Director of Research, Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
2020 – 2026  Professor, Chair of Organic Synthesis, University of Edinburgh
2017 – 2020  Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
2013 – 2017  Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
2012 – 2013  ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
2010 – 2011  Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University (M. S. Sherburn)
2006 – 2010  DPhil, University of Oxford (J. E. Baldwin, R. M. Adlington)
2002 – 2006  MChem, University of Oxford (St. John’s College)

Biography

Andy was born and raised in the UK, where he attended local state schools in Doncaster, South Yorkshire (GCSEs at Hungerhill Comprehensive School and A-Levels at Danum Technology College). He was a first-generation student and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Oxford, St John’s College (2002–2006, MChem, Hons 1^st Class) and subsequently obtained a DPhil degree in 2010 under the supervision of Prof. Sir Jack Baldwin FRS and Prof. Rob Adlington. Andy then moved to Australia to spend two years (2010–2011) as a postdoctoral research fellow with Prof. Mick Sherburn at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. In 2012, Andy began an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship at the ANU before moving back to the UK in 2013 for an academic position at the University of Edinburgh. Andy was promoted to full Professor (Personal Chair of Organic Synthesis) in 2020 and then Director of Research for the School of Chemistry in 2024. Andy will be moving to the ANU in 2027 for a continuing Professorship and ARC Future Fellowship, whilst retaining an appointment at the University of Edinburgh.

Awards, Prizes, Funding

2027  Australian Research Council – Future Fellowship
2025  Leverhulme Trust Research Grant
2025  UNSW Sydney Chemical Society Kornis Family Visiting Lectureship
2025  Leverhulme Trust Research Grant
2024  Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Lectureship Award
2023  Science and Technology in Science (STS) Forum – Young Leader
2023  Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK – Chemistry Finalist
2021  Leverhulme Trust Research Grant 
2020  EPSRC New Horizons Grant
2018  BMOS-RSC Young Investigator Distinction Award
2017  ERC Starting Grant
2017  RSC Hickinbottom Award
2016  EPSRC First grant
2016  Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2015  Royal Society – Research Grant
2014  Marie Curie Actions – Career Integration Grant
2014  Junior Scientists’ Fellowship of the 49^th Bürgenstock Conference
2014  Australian Research Council – Discovery Project
2012  Australian Research Council – DECRA Fellowship

Inaugural Lecture (Delivered in September 2023)