Salvatore completed his BA and MSci degrees in Natural Sciences at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He did his Masters project under the supervision of Prof. Matthew Gaunt on the structure-guided design of macrocyclic Cyclophilin A inhibitors. Having decided to scandalously switch sides, he has just started a DPhil in the Langton Group, working on membrane-bound relay transporters. In his spare time he enjoys playing korfball, reading, and making balloon animals.