Bhavesh Premdjee gained his Ph.D from University College London (UCL) under the supervision of Dr Derek Macmillan where he focussed on semi-recombinant methodology and its application in glycoprotein synthesis. He then joined the STAR postdoctoral fellowship programme at Novo Nordisk A/S under the guidance of Dr Kilian Conde-Frieboes and Professor Richard Payne focussing on ligation chemistry towards the chemical synthesis of proteins. In 2016, Bhavesh joined the department of research chemistry as a Senior Scientist at Novo Nordisk A/S in Denmark.