Ian Hardcastle's Biography

Ian Hardcastle, Lecturer, Newcastle University

Ian Hardcastle gained his PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry in 1990 at Manchester University. From there he joined Prof. M Jarman’s team as a post-doctoral fellow at The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton working on the medicinal chemistry of antiestrogens, CYP17A1 inhibitors including the discovery of abiraterone, and signalling targets in cancer. In 1999 he joined the CR UK funded drug discovery team at Newcastle University as Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry.