Alex grew up in Chelmsford, Essex and came to Cambridge in 2019 to read Biological Natural Sciences at Pembroke college, Cambridge. Now in his 4th year, Alex is enjoying organometallic work in the Nitschke group. His project involves working with Jieyu Zheng on the formation of Cu(I) complexes with azo-based ligands with the hopes of redox release and recapture of guests.

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In his spare time, Alex likes to go bouldering and bake.