John studied Chemistry at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) and then moved on to the University of Oxford for his PhD studies in the field of organic chemistry. After Postdocs in Oxford and TUM (Munich, Germany) he spent some time in the pharmaceutical industry as a project manager. Since 2021 he is a project manager for NFDI4Chem where he is also heavily involved in a broad range of outreach activities such raising awareness for good research data management & use of ELNs.