Dr Karl Lawrence is a Research fellow at King's College London. He graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2011 with a degree in Pharmaceutical Science, worked as a research assistant at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge and undertook a PhD in the Photobiology Department at St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College London.

Karl's PhD research focused on the adverse effects of ultraviolet radiation and visible light on the skin and its photo protection, using conventional synthetic UV filters and natural compounds as biocompatible alternatives. Karl has also worked on chemical and biological antioxidants as a method of photo protection, and was involved in other products investigating UV induced vitamin D production and the influence of melanin on photo biological responses.