Robert is a Sensor CDT student jointly superviser by Oscar Branson (Earth Sciences), Tijemen Euser (Physcis) and Ljiljana. He has a First Class BEng degree from the University of Surrey. Whilst a student there, he was elected President of the Electronics and Amateur Radio Society for two terms (2019/20 & 2021/22), which involved running various projects and courses relating to electronics and software. He is working to develop optical fibre-based sensors to monitor coral reef health.