Phil gained a BSc in Biochemistry from Queen Mary College, University of London in 1989 before completing his PhD studies at the University of Sussex. After post-doctoral work at the Institute of Psychiatry, he joined the Department of Cardiovascular Research at the Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital in 1995. He remained there for nearly 24 years within the School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences at King’s College London. In 2019 he moved to the William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London where he heads a group studying the molecular basis of redox sensing and signalling in the cardiovascular system.