Dr Andrew Roberts

Dr Andrew Roberts, A-level Chemistry Tutor

I hail from a small town called Runcorn in the North West of England where I attended a local high school. I could perhaps have studied any subject at university, but I chose to study Chemistry, which is at the heart of the natural sciences. I applied for and was awarded a place to read Chemistry at Herford College, Oxford and graduated from Oxford in 2002 after completing my MChem.

My next hop was east to Hertford’s sister college, Clare, at Cambridge University where I completed a PhD in protein folding and design. After I was awarded my PhD, I moved back west and worked for three years at Oxford University as an academic researcher before working in industry. Some of the projects I worked on include developing nanocoatings for Motorola and Samsung and testing antibody-based medicines for Amgen, Roche, Stanford University and Novartis.

My past history wasn’t all work or science, I played football at both Oxford and Cambridge for my colleges serving as vice-captain and later captain of the graduate team, getting promoted and to several cup finals on the way. I also have a gold medal from participating in the Varsity, which I think qualifies as a half-blue, but it wasn’t confirmed at the time. As it was won in competition against my old university it is probably polite not to mention it further.

Somewhere in between playing sports and finishing my PhD, I also found time to tutor Cambridge students in Biophysical and Biological Chemistry and work as an examiner for the BMAT exam with Cambridge Assessment.

I now have a young family in Banbury, an interest in cycling and I work part time as a private tutor.

To contact me, please email me with your request details and I will reply even if I am fully-booked.