Charles R. Robertson received his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 2003, and his M.Sci. in Chemistry from the same institution in 2006 under the supervision of Professor Benjamin T. King. During that time he studied computational chemistry, physical organic chemistry, transition metal catalysis and synthetic chemistry. He applied this towards the synthesis of curved polyaromatic hydrocarbons. He earned his Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry in 2011 with his work on converting the endogenous neuropeptide galanin into and potential therapeutic for the treatment of pain and epilepsy. Dr. Robertson has also worked internationally with the University of Utah, Salt Lake City and Inha University, Incheon, South Korea at the Utah-Inha DDS & Advanced Therapeutics Research Center.