Scottish chemist with a great wife, three annoying kids and a love of all things football. Nobel prize 2021, knighted 2022, and “Off the Ball” mug winner 2023
synthesis of biologically active natural products, development of new synthetic methods, heterocyclic chemistry, DNA-agent interactions, antitumor antibiotics
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GRA Distinguished Investigator @EmoryChem leveraging total synthesis to combat bacteria/antibiotic resistance. Father, mentor, entrepreneur, Yankee/ND Irish fan
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