Chris Lepper

After several years of summer projects and a successful Honours project focussing on the development of a rheo-NMR cell, Chris has finally accepted a PhD position in IFS – he is again using NMR, this time taking with the challenge of carrying out measurements under high pressures. Chris is a home-grown Massey graduate and is working on this Marsden funded project with Prof Geoff Jameson and Dr Pat Edwards: Optimal chemical and physical conditions for the origin of RNA life forms. He also has a heathly interest in tea-drinking and an (un)healthy interest in poker and card games of the magical kind…