Connor Taylor

Principal Investigator: ChemTech Lab

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Ryme

Founder at Compunetics

Biography

Dr. Connor Taylor is an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, where he works at the intersection between chemistry, chemical engineering, and computer science. He aims to lead a research group contributing towards major step changes in digitally-inspired chemistry, automated technologies, and drug discovery that will have real-world impacts for potentially millions of patients.

Connor is a co-founder at Ryme, a spin-out company working on the development of autonomous sensing platforms, where he is Chief Technology Officer. He is also the founder of Compunetics, a company that develops software for accessible kinetic analysis within chemical workflows. Connor leads a research theme, "Enhancing Sustainability in Chemical Manufacturing", within the Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Chemistry at the University of Nottingham.

Research Funding

A Sustainable Future Factory – Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing, InnovateUK, £13.8m, September 2025, Project Co-Lead.
ICEBERG: Integrated Cryosphere Environmental Baseline Exploration & Remote Geosensing, ARIA, £900,000, December 2024, Project Co-Lead.
ZeroShotAPI, InnovateUK, £1.57m, December 2024, Project Lead.
Autonomous Evolution of Molecular Fragments to Drug Candidates, Royal Society, £19,500, August 2024, Project Lead.
Machine-Guided Molecular Growth for Drug Discovery, Royal Academy of Engineering, £625,000, August 2024, Research Fellowship (Project Lead).
UoN Sustainable Development Goals Accelerator, University of Nottingham, £20,000, April 2024, Project Lead.
DigiScale: Digitally Driven Scale Up of Chemical Processes, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), £970,000, April 2023, Researcher Co-Lead.