Peter Sunde-Brown

Biography

Peter is from the Gold Coast, Australia. He completed his B.BiomedSci (Hons) in 2017 at Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics, where he worked on phthalate derived natural product synthesis. Peter continued his studies at this facility, completing his PhD (2018-2022) in the research group of Assoc. Prof. Todd Houston. During this time he focused on the application of the Mitsunobu reaction on D-fructose, which led to the development of the potent cyclodehydration reagent Diphenoxytriphenylphosphorane and a practical large scale preparation of the valuable iminosugar 1-Deoxymannojirimycin. Peter joined the Miller group as a PDRA in April 2023, where his research is focused on nucleotide synthesis.