Dr. Andre Cobb

Biography

Professor Andre Cobb is a member of the Department of Chemistry at King's College London, where he leads the Organic Biological Chemistry Section and the Advanced Topics Synthesis module. He obtained his chemistry degree from King’s College London and pursued his doctoral research at University College London under Professor Charles Marson. He then conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge, focusing on synthetic enzymes with Professor Florian Hollfelder and asymmetric organocatalytic methodologies with Professor Steven V Ley. In 2005, he established his independent research group at the University of Reading, gaining recognition through awards such as the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award. Promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2012, he returned to King's College London in October 2016. His research interests include asymmetric synthesis, organocatalysis, and medicinal chemistry, with significant achievements in the development of methodologies for unnatural amino acids and biologically inspired molecules. He collaborates with various national and international groups and has received funding from agencies like EPSRC, BBSRC, and CR-UK. He is also actively involved in teaching organic chemistry and managing postgraduate research.

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