Dr James Field

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

For decades, scientists, engineers and technologists have dreamt of building ‘robot scientists’ capable of autonomously discovering new knowledge, technologies, and sophisticated real-world products.

For protein engineers, that dream is now a real possibility. The rapid pace of technological development across the fields of synthetic biology, robotic automation, and ML has given us access to the tools required to create a smart, robotic platform capable of intelligently discovering novel therapeutic proteins.

For James, this represents the most exciting opportunity of our generation and he founded LabGenius with the dream of making it a reality.

In 2017, James was awarded the BBSRC Innovator of the Year award for early career impact. In 2018, he featured on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list for Science and Healthcare. James is also a fellow of the prestigious Synthetic Biology Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program (LEAP).

James is a recognised thought leader having spoken on the world stage at events like Milken Global Conference, TEDMED, RAAIS and CogX. Through his on-going work with The Ditchley Foundation, James also plays an active role in briefing key policy makers in government on AI-enabled drug discovery.

Outside of work, James enjoys spending time with his two children, reading science fiction, tortoise husbandry and drinking loose leaf Earl Grey tea.