Markus Zegke studied chemistry at the Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, graduating in 2011 in organic chemistry under Prof. Dr. Edwin Weber, researching calixarenes for the complexation of actinoids. He completed his PhD in inorganic chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2015, having worked with Prof. Dr. Polly L. Arnold on the stabilisation of uranyl(V) complexes using s-, p-, d- and f-block elements. He did post-doctoral research with Prof. Dr. Stephen T. Liddle at the University of Manchester, England, working towards metal-metal bonding of actinoids. He then transitioned to vanadium and noble metal anti-cancer research with Prof. Dr. Rianne M. Lord at the University of Bradford, England. In 2017 he took up his current position at the University of Cologne, setting up a uranium research lab with Prof. Dr. Mathias S. Wickleder and initiating a technetium research group with PD Dr. Erik Strub. Research stays at the Institute of Transuranium Elements (Prof. Roberto G. M. Caciuffo, Karlsruhe, Germany), the University of Zurich (Prof. Roger Alberto, Zurich, Switzerland) and Florida State University (Prof. Dr. Thomas E. Albrecht-Schönzart, Tallahassee, USA) have allowed him to come in contact with nearly every radioelement available in weighable quantities.