Andrew Chapman

Background

About Andrew Chapman

Science means constantly walking a tightrope between blind faith and curiosity; between expertise and creativity; between bias and openness; between experience and epiphany; between ambition and passion; and between arrogance and conviction – in short, between and old today and a new tomorrow.” — Henrich Rohrer • Scientist and entrepreneur with more than 10 years’ post-PhD experience designing and leading interdisciplinary commercial and academic research programmes. • Broad technical expertise, covering synthetic & medicinal chemistry, materials science, biology and biotechnology. • Royal Society of Chemistry’s ‘Rising Star in Industry’ 2020. • Extensive business experience from C-suite management roles at the interface between academia and industry, working with large multinational corporations, small to medium biotechnology companies, and academic institutions. • Exited an early stage biotechnology start-up to a multinational pharmaceutical company in a land mark deal and spun-out a new company from the acquisition. • Active and extensive industrial and academic network in the UK and internationally. • Experienced Chef and culinary consultant with experience in some world-class restaurants. • Active and passionate science outreach volunteer/ambassador. I have given numerous public lectures and seminars in both English and Spanish on the science of food, cooking and various other topics and run various work-shops for a variety of age groups. • Very well published academic and popular science author with numerous high-impact, well-cited academic papers, patents and popular science articles