Louis moved to Edinburgh in 2018 from his home in Liverpool to do a BSc in Biological Sciences (having eventually settled on Biotechnology as an honours in his final year) and hasn't found a way to escape yet. In the meantime, he also did an MSc in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology, doing his Master's project in the Horsfall Lab up the corridor. 

He joined the Wallace Lab in 2023 to do an industrially-sponsored PhD project in association with De Monchy Aromatics. In this project, Louis aims to synthesize high-value industrial compounds biologically, making use of waste feedstocks.