Our vision is to unlock the potential of AI in chemistry & chemical engineering

Alexander Pomberger

Alexander Pomberger, PhD

CEO & Co-Founder
Alexander completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge, building on a strong interdisciplinary background that spans organic chemistry, lab automation, and machine learning for chemistry.
Daniel Wigh

Daniel Wigh, PhD

CTO & Co-Founder
Daniel completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge, conducting research at the intersection of AI and Chemistry, focussing on Bayesian optimization, transfer learning strategies, and data engineering.

Our team

Philip Renz

Philipp Renz, PhD

Machine Learning Engineer
Philipp completed his PhD in Artificial Intelligence at JKU Linz, focusing on generative models for drug discovery with expertise in deep learning applications for chemistry, molecular design, and computational drug development. He leads the Bayesian Optimization and Machine Learning efforts at ReactWise.
Henrique Magri

Henrique Magri, PhD

Automation/HTE Chemist
Henrique pursued his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, focusing on cheminformatics, laboratory automation for HTE, and machine learning methods for accelerating chemical research and development.
Kaiman Cheung

Kaiman Cheung, PhD

Automation/HTE Chemist
Kaiman conducted his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Bristol, focusing on biocatalysis with expertise in total synthesis, chemistry automation, computational chemistry, and molecular biology. He leads chemistry efforts and HTE platform development at ReactWise.
Adam Jenkins

Adam Jenkins

Strategy & Operations Associate
Adam studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, specialising in electrochemistry. He previously worked in strategy consulting and now supports both day-to-day operations and longer-term strategic initiatives at ReactWise.
Seyhan Van Khan

Seyhan Van Khan

Software Engineer
Seyhan leads frontend engineering and design, focusing on creating intuitive, human-centered interfaces. As an Imperial Computing graduate, he ensures ReactWise’s sophisticated tools remain powerful yet effortless to navigate.
Sean Kerr

Sean Kerr

Software Engineer
Sean leads backend engineering, focusing on data security and scalable cloud architecture. He brings over 2 decades experience across API development, systems development, DevOps, and SaaS platforms.
Nemanja Grujic

Nemanja Grujic

Software Engineer
Nemanja is a full-stack engineer and Imperial College London graduate. He brings extensive experience building scalable web applications in research-driven environments, working across frontend, backend, and data systems to turn complex scientific workflows into robust, intuitive software.

Our scientific advisors

Klavs Jensen

Prof. Klavs Jensen

Chemical
Engineering
Klavs Jensen is the Warren K. Lewis Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and a pioneer of flow chemistry and automated reaction engineering. His work spans continuous-flow reactor design, machine learning for chemistry, and self-driving laboratories, transforming how chemical processes are developed, optimized, and scaled.
Steven Ley

Prof. Steven Ley

Organic
Chemistry
Steven Ley is a Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and a former President of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He developed over 140 total syntheses for natural products, and has pioneered continuous flow chemistry for multi-step synthesis publishing more than 900 academic research papers over 50 years.
Alexei Lapkin

Prof. Alexei Lapkin

Sustainable Reaction
Engineering
Alexei is a Professor of Sustainable Reaction Engineering at the University of Cambridge. His research group focuses on sustainable manufacturing of molecules, formulations, and functional materials by developing machine learning methods and Big Data approaches to design reaction pathways for a circular economy.
Connor Taylor

Prof. Connor Taylor

Chemical and Environmental
Engineering
Connor is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham. His research group focuses on self-driving laboratories for autonomous reaction optimization, data-rich experimentation, and the integration of machine learning with chemical engineering to accelerate discovery.

Our commercial advisor

Peter Cohan

Peter Cohan

Peter, the founder and author of Great Demo! and Doing Discovery, supports ReactWise in sales and marketing objectives by making their discovery conversations competitively outstanding and their demos crisp, compelling and surprisingly effective. Peter has experience as an individual contributor, manager and C-level team member in marketing, sales, and business development.