Sam has a degree in biochemistry from the University of Leeds. During his degree he lived aboard in China for a year studying Mandarin at a Shanghai University, including a research internship at AstraZeneca’s Shanghai research facility.

He then obtained a Ph.D. in biochemistry and medicine at the University of Manchester followed by a post doc researching autoantigens for a rare kidney disease, membranous nephropathy.

After the post doc he took up a position as a research scientist at Redx Pharma based at Alderley Park where he developed novel phenotypic assays, established preclinical and early clinical collaborations in the UK, US and Japan and led the evaluation and selection of a first disease indication for a drug candidate in clinical development.

He is also learning Armenian!