Malcolm Crook's Biography

Malcolm Crook, Director, Peak Analysis & Automation Ltd

Malcolm's background, was in synthetic then analytical chemistry, instrument automation and then robotics. Initially at BP Research then paa when paa was formed in 1992. At paa, Malcolm has overseen the growth of the laboratory automation business based around the Overlord software for controlling laboratory automation workcells. Malcolm has been President of the Association of Laboratory Automation (ALA, now SLAS) and is a general committee member of the European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (ELRIG). Malcolm has an interest in the education of the next generation of scientists and engineers. He currently holds a visiting lecturers post at the University of Surrey teaching Computer Aided Chemistry, is a member of the advisory board in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Manchester and a regular lecturer on the High Content Analysis MSc course at Trinity College, Dublin.