Dominic Wright was born in Gosport, Hampshire in 1964 but spent most of his early education in Scotland where his family moved in 1974. He obtained a first class honors degree at the University of Stathclyde in  pure and applied chemistry (1982-1986) before moving to Cambridge to undertake a Ph.D. on lithium battery materials under the late Ron Snaith (of Ring-Stacking and Ring-Laddering fame) (1986-1989).

After obtaining a research fellowship at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge (1989-1991) he was appointed Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry (1991-2002) at Cambridge and was then promoted to Reader (2002-2010) before being promoted to his current position as Personal Chair in Inorganic Chemistry. He is a fellow of Gonville and Caius College. 

Wright has published over 200 papers on diverse aspects of main group and transition metal chemistry. He is also named inventor on 6 international patents.

He was the receipient of the 2012 RSC Main Group Chemistry Award and the 1993 Royal Society Meldola Medal.

For more information, see his interview in Chem Comm : dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2CC90246J