The Royal Society’s early career fellowships are prestigious grant award schemes, designed to aid promising researchers in their independent study and support them on the pathway to becoming leaders in their field. Receiving fellowship from a society composed of such eminent scientists, demonstrates the gravitas of the work being undertaken.  As a previous recipient of multiple Royal Society Fellowships, MetalloBio's Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Jim Thomas, was recently featured in the Royal Society's Career Pathway Tracker which documents the progress made by fellowship alumni and details the lasting contributions they have made to science and society. The article follows Jim’s illustrious career, noting his securing of a postdoctoral position with Nobel laureate Professor Jean-Marie Lehn at the University of Strasbourg, funded by a Royal Society European Exchange Fellowship in 1994, and his subsequent University Research Fellowship, in 1996, which allowed him to develop his own research group, and whose research has led to the formation of antimicrobials R&D company, MetalloBio Limited. Reflecting on his career Professor Jim Thomas expresses the impact that these grants fellowships have had on his career, ‘If I had not become a University Research Fellow I would never have had an independent academic career.’

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