David Payne

David Payne is a Professor at Imperial College London, where they have held various academic positions, including Reader and Senior Lecturer. They co-founded Solveteq in 2021 and currently serve as Director of Research Ecosystem Infrastructure at NEOM. Previously, David was a University Research Fellow at The Royal Society from 2011 to 2019 and a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford from 2007 to 2011. David earned an MChem in Chemistry from Cardiff University and a DPhil in Chemistry from the University of Oxford.