Stuart Astle

Stuart is from Carlisle in Cumbria and completed his MChem degree at Worcester College, University of Oxford. During his Part II project under the supervision of Prof Jeremy Robertson, he worked on the synthesis of chiral thiols and the investigation of their uses as chiral auxiliaries for thioester Diels-Alder reactions. Stuart is interested in the development of new synthetic methods and their application towards natural product synthesis. Outside the lab, he enjoys playing football, running and being out in the mountains climbing or hiking.