He undertook his PhD in biochemistry in Sir Tim Hunt’s laboratory (Nobel Prize 2001) at the University of Cambridge. Roy completed his studies as a research fellow in Switzerland, and the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge, he was a senior research scientist in drug discovery with a pharmaceutical company in France. He has published more than 80 scientific papers and holds 5 patents. Roy was born and raised in Lethbridge and has always been fascinated by plants and animals of the great outdoors.