Lee Cronin

About

Leroy "Lee" Cronin is a British chemist and innovator best known as the founder and CEO of Chemify, a Glasgow-based deep-tech company he established in 2022 (with roots in earlier spinout efforts) to digitize chemistry through robotic automation, AI, and a universal chemical programming language that enables on-demand design, discovery, and synthesis of complex molecules for pharmaceuticals, materials, and beyond. Holding the prestigious Regius Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow since 2013, Cronin has pioneered "chemputation" and the Chemputer platform over two decades of research, publishing over 500 papers, raising substantial funding (including $43M in 2023 and further rounds), and opening the world's first Chemifarm in 2025—aiming to revolutionize drug development and chemical manufacturing by making molecular production programmable and scalable.