Paul Scattergood is a synthetic inorganic chemist with a strong interest in the study of photoactive coordination complexes. Paul attained his PhD from the University of Sheffield in 2014 under the supervision of Prof Julia Weinstein, studying photo-induced electron transfer processes in complexes of Pt(II). He then moved to undertake Post-Doctoral studies with Prof. Paul Elliott at the University of Huddersfield, exploring photoactive complexes of Ru(II), Ir(III) and Os(II) and their role as biological probes and within light-emitting systems. Paul moved to an independent Research Fellow position in 2018 and now leads a research programme developing photoactive coordination complexes of the Earth-abundant first row transition metal elements.