Alexander J. Andre Cobb
King's College London
Biography
Andre Cobb gained his PhD at University College London in 2001, developing novel asymmetric organozinc reactions under the guidance of Professor Charles Marson. He then joined the group of Florian Hollfelder at the University of Cambridge for a short period to work on the design of synthetic enzymes, before then working for Professor Steven V. Ley CBE FRS to start the development of asymmetric organocatalytic processes, whilst also contributing to the design of anti-amyloid compounds.
In 2005, he was appointed to his first faculty position as a lecturer and then Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Reading where he stayed for the next 11 years and during which he was awarded the 2011 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award.
In 2016 he then took up his current position in the new Chemistry Department at King’s College London. His work has primarily been focused on the development of organocatalytic asymmetric reactions in the synthesis of unnatural amino acids, as well as various medicinal chemistry and chemical biology projects.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, NJC (New Journal of Chemistry)