- Curator of Egypt and the Sudan, The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester
- BA, MA and PhD in Egyptology at The University of Liverpool, where he is now an Honorary Research Fellow
- has participated in fieldwork at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham and Saqqara.
- has published widely on ancient Egyptian material culture, most recently Pocket Museum: Ancient Egypt (Thames and Hudson, 2017)
- has lectured throughout the UK, and around Europe, and made appearances on TV and radio.
We are very happy to re-introduce Ancient Egypt back into our curriculum and thrilled to have the services of one of the UK's foremost active experts. It all happened a long time ago, but the remarkable physical evidence that still exists somehow brings it all alive once more!ly knows his subject 'inside-out'. Will be very keen to learn of other courses by him."