Robert was born in Liverpool in 2001 and is currently reading Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was given the award of Senior Scholar for his undergraduate results, among other prizes. During the summer of 2022, Robert undertook a RSC research project in the Ashley group at Imperial College London, studying higher efficiency homogenous nitrogen fixation. He is now undertaking Part III of his degree in the Nitschke group, working on the construction of heterometallic and heteroleptic cages.

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Outside of the laboratory, Robert is an avid tennis player and during the holidays enjoys snowboarding and scuba diving, among other hobbies.