Craig Hutton undertook his undergraduate and PhD degrees at the University of Adelaide before completing postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley and The University of Melbourne. He started his independent academic career at The University of Sydney before returning to The University of Melbourne where he is a Professor in the School of Chemistry. His research interests include the development of novel synthetic methods for the assembly and functionalization of peptides, the synthesis of biologically active cyclic peptide natural products, and the development of radiolabelled peptides for cancer imaging.