First-Class academic record
Consistent high performance across university chemistry modules.
Second-year chemistry undergraduate
Your Name
Synthetic chemistry, mechanistic reasoning, and chemical education.
I am building a rigorous foundation in chemistry through First-Class academic performance, laboratory practice in a synthetic chemistry group, and mentoring A-level and olympiad students toward confident, evidence-led problem solving.
Laboratory maturity
Developing technique, safety judgement, and experimental patience.
Chemical education
Mentoring A-level, UKChO, and C3L6 students with structured methods.
Selected work
Evidence of how I think, work, and explain chemistry.
Academic insight
Mechanistic reasoning beyond memorisation
Short essays connecting reaction outcomes with orbital alignment, stereoelectronic effects, and experimental evidence.
Read academic notesLab practice
What failed reactions teach
Reflections on purification, yield, spectroscopy, and the discipline of keeping careful experimental records.
View lab reflectionsTeaching
From olympiad questions to chemical judgement
A framework for helping students move from pattern recognition to principled problem decomposition.
See mentoring approachCurrent interests
Organic synthesis, spectroscopy, and the craft of explanation.
- Reaction mechanisms and selectivity
- NMR interpretation and structural evidence
- Practical synthetic technique
- Bridging school and university chemistry