Zach graduated from the University of St Andrews with his Masters degree in Chemistry in 2017. Following, he served a one-year term as the Students’ Association’s Director of Education before returning to the School of Chemistry to undertake his PhD studies. Under the joint supervision of Sharon Ashbrook and Russell Morris his research focuses on solid-state NMR investigations of microporous solids.

When not getting frustrated at TopSpin for showing pointless error messages Zach enjoys reading and baking.