Dr Andrew Surman is Senior Lecturer in Chemical Biology in the Department of Chemistry at King’s College London.
He obtained his first degree in Chemistry from King’s College, London, and enjoyed his Y4 research project in Supramolecular Chemistry so much he decided to pursue a PhD. This focussed on ‘smart’ contrast agents for medical imaging, using specific molecular recognition of molecules and surfaces (w/Prof Ramon Vilar, ICIQ/Catalan Institute of Chemical Research and Imperial College London).
After this, he spent ca. three years in industry at Plaxica, a company set up to establish new industrial methods for producing ‘next generation’ recyclable plastics from renewable resources. Here he worked across most aspects of Plaxica’s biomass to plastic route (catalysis, biocatalysis, separation science) and led a range of teams.
After a brief period working on self-assembled nanostructures at the University of Puerto Rico, he moved to another postdoc position (w/Prof Cronin, University of Glasgow) working on a wide variety of projects, encompassing analytical, nanoscale, inorganic, and organic chemistry. Then Andrew returned to King’s new Chemistry Department as a Lecturer, with the Surman Lab beginning research in late 2019.
