Will studied biological sciences at the University of Birmingham. During his undergraduate degree, he completed a work placement year at Actavis Biologics in Liverpool. Afterwards, he remained at the University of Birmingham where he did a PhD and post-doc with Prof. Warwick Dunn working on improving annotation in untargeted LC-MS metabolomics studies.

At Bactobio, Will conducts LC-MS analysis of interesting microbial strains and their products.

In his spare time, Will enjoys watching/playing football and most other sports, listening to music and attending live music events.