Richard Lincoln obtained his B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry in 2012 from Acadia University, where he worked with Professor Sherri McFarland studying the photochemistry of ruthenium organometallic complexes. During his undergraduate, he travelled to McGill University on the Reactive Intermediate Student Exchange (RISE) to work with Professor Gonzalo Cosa, studying the photophysics of BODIPY dyes. After graduating from Acadia, he returned to the research group of Prof. Cosa to pursue a Ph. D. in chemistry.