Luke was born and raised in Essex, England and completed his undergrad at St Mary's College, Durham University. While at Durham he carried out research with Prof. Ian Baxendale on regioselective microwave synthesis of coumarins, funded by the RSC. He completed his masters, also at Durham, on the supramolecular encapsulation and control of shapeshifting molecules under the supervision of Dr Paul McGonigal (now at University of York). His PhD research is focused on developing machine learning methods for the elucidation of catalytic mechanisms. Outside of university, luke takes any opportunity to climb the nearest mountain or go to the gym.