Daniel Fitzpatrick 's Biography

Daniel Fitzpatrick , Researcher, Ley Group, University of Cambridge

Following his completion of an undergraduate degree in Chemical and Materials Engineering, in 2013 Daniel joined the research group of Prof Steven Ley at the University of Cambridge to embark on a PhD programme. His research interests lie at the intersection of synthetic chemistry, chemical engineering and modern advances in information technology. More specifically, he has developed a cloud-based reaction monitoring, control and self-optimisation platform that enables chemists to automate their reactions in any location throughout the world, using the internet. This system has also been employed to facilitate the full integration between batch and flow processes, breaking through what has been a historical hindrance to synthetic work.