Alexander graduated from the University of Oxford in 2006 with a first-class Master of Chemistry degree, including options in heterocyclic chemistry and German and a research project in spin chemistry. He subsequently remained at Oxford to study for a D.Phil in the field of biophysical chemistry, researching the effect of magnetic fields on photochemical electron transfer processes in blue-light sensing flavoproteins. As part of this research he also spent time at the Université Paris VI working on the expression of the protein Arabidopsis cryptochrome 1.
Alexander joined the firm in 2010 and holds the Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law from Brunel University.


