PhD Cardiff University (1996, S. T. Howard, theoretical chemistry). Postdoctoral Research Fellow, McMaster University (1996-7, R. F. W. Bader, electron localisation in molecules and solids). Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University College London (1997-9, M. H. Abraham, fast prediction of drug absorption and distribution properties). Appointed as Cardiff Research Fellow in 1999, Lecturer in 2004 and Senior Lecturer in 2007.

Theoretical studies of non-covalent interactions, including hydrogen bonding and π-stacking, and their role in biological and drug molecules Molecular properties to describe and predict and inter- and intramolecular interactions Prediction of solvation and transport of pharmaceutical and industrial compounds Theoretical investigation of chemical bonding and reactivity in organic and inorganic compounds

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