• Senior lecturer, Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) • Academic lead, MBBS Year 2
Robert graduated with a degree in Pharmacology from Edinburgh in 1998. Since starting his PhD, he has twenty years experience in academic research examining neuronal and astrocytic signalling, with publications mainly in the areas of learning and memory and sleep. He worked as a postdoctoral researchers at the University of London School of Pharmacy, University of Warwick and Aston University, and maintains a research collaboration with colleagues at Aston University. He has been teaching since 2008, gained his PGCPP with distinction in 2015, and joined the UCLan School of Medicine in 2016 to teach medical sciences and pharmacology.