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Sebastian Gurgul received his BSc (Hons) degree from London Metropolitan University in 2016 and moved to University College London (UCL) to pursue a PhD in Material Chemistry, working under the supervision of Prof. Gareth Williams, which he completed in April 2020. His doctoral project focused on the precise chemical control of gypsum particle growth and involved techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). He collaborated with Prof. Dermot O'Hare's group at Oxford University for a project at ETEX's R&D centre in Avignon. Post-PhD, he worked as an Associate Lecturer at London Metropolitan University before joining UCL's School of Pharmacy as a Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Science in May 2025, having served previously as an Associate Lecturer from September 2022 to April 2025. His primary responsibilities include supporting undergraduate (MPharm) and postgraduate (MSc) courses, project coordination, organizing tutorials, and marking coursework and exams. He is the module leader for Analysis Quality Control in the MSc programme and deputy module lead for Making Safe Effective Medicines in the undergraduate MPharm module. Additionally, he is involved in teaching by providing lectures and running tutorials for MSc courses, and he closely collaborates with program directors to coordinate MSc courses in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Formulation Entrepreneurship.