Lynda Jordan is an experienced scientist with proficiency across multiple sectors from business development to teaching, possessing a keen interest in the advancement of scientific discovery and promotion of STEM in teens. She holds a primary, double honours, degree in Physics and Chemistry with expertise in the fields of synthetic organic chemistry, specifically in the areas of chirality, enantioselective drug synthesis, and catalysis. She has also worked as an analytical environmental Chemist for eight years gaining proficiency in numerous laboratory analytical techniques and instruments. She was also the co-founder of a small manufacturing company and has previously worked in secondary education for ten years.

Currently a PhD student in the School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, she is exploring the natural synthesis of the biopolymer, Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), using various PhaC1 engineered mutants of the P.putida KT2440 bacterial strain. Furthering the understanding of the in-vivo catalytic mechanism of PhaC1, isolation of its S-enantiomer and the development of an in-vitro study, are important steps in improving the rate and economic viability of the production of the versatile mcl-PHAs, creating a viable alternative to the use of petrochemically derived plastics.