Connor graduated with a first-class MSci Chemistry and Mathematics degree at Durham University in 2020. He continued at Durham to obtain a PhD in Chemistry (2024), supervised by Prof. Jan Verlet. Connor’s doctoral studies largely focused on probing microsolvated nucleobase anions with frequency-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. In 2025, he joined the LUPO group to construct a new ultrafast beamline with spectroscopic applications as part of the ERC Starting Grant project FASTER led by Christian Brahms.