Dr Alexander Kempf completed his BSc in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, minoring in Medicinal Chemistry in 2021 at Jacobs University Bremen. He subsequently obtained an MRes in Biomedical and Translational Science (2022) as a part of the King’s College London MRC Doctoral Training Partnership. His PhD research project, also undertaken at KCL focused on the regulation of immune signalling in response to Candida infections and was completed in 2025.