Stephen is the Chief Editor for the soon to launch Nature Reviews Chemistry. He completed his degree at the University of Sheffield in 2000 and remained there to complete his PhD under the guidance of Prof. Alan Spivey, investigating the use of chiral nucleophilic catalysts for the kinetic resolution of alcohols and amines. In 2004 he moved to Groningen in the Netherlands for postdoctoral research, under Prof. Ben Feringa, on the synthesis and applications of light-driven molecular motors. In 2006 he joined the Royal Society of Chemistry as Assistant Editor for Lab on a Chip. In 2008, he joined the launch team of Nature Chemistry where he managed the publication of papers with a focus on organic chemistry. After 8 years in this role he moved on to lead the launch of Nature Reviews Chemistry.