Greg received his MChem from the University of Liverpool (UK) in 2012 under the supervision of Professor P. Andrew Evans. He then joined the group of Professor Igor Larrosa and was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester (UK) in 2016. In 2017, he moved to Professor Kenichiro Itami’s group at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University (Japan). Greg moved back to the University of Manchester (UK) in 2018 as a Lecturer (Fixed-Term) in Organic Chemistry. During this time, he worked within the group of Professor David J. Procter while developing his own research themes. In 2021, Greg was awarded a JSPS Fellowship to continue his research within the group of Professor Hideki Yorimitsu at Kyoto University (Japan). 

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In April 2023, Greg moved to the University of Southampton (UK) as a Lecturer in Organic Chemistry.