Prior to joining the NanoDTC, Charlie graduated with an MSci in Chemistry from the University of Birmingham in 2023. His Master’s project focused on the development of a metallopeptide-based contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging. In the third year of his undergrad, he completed an internship at the University of Cambridge Institute of Manufacturing, as a member of the inaugural cohort of the NanoDTC’s NanoFutures Scholars programme. 

Charlie’s PhD aims to use a microfluidics-based approach to investigate the cellular machinery underpinning virus-mediated cell-to-cell fusion, with a specific focus on the fusogenic reoviruses of the family Sedoreoviridae.

PhD Supervisors: Professor Tuomas Knowles (Chemistry) & Dr Jonathon Nixon-Abell (CIMR)

Research topic: Exploring the molecular mechanisms of virus-induced cell-to-cell fusion.