Iain MacLaren-Lee

Iain MacLaren-Lee has a diverse work experience in various roles and companies. Iain started their career at Sigma-Aldrich as a Life Science Specialist from an unknown start date to 2008. Iain then worked at Cellectricon as a Systems Specialist Europe from January 2008 to June 2009. Following that, they joined Illumina and served as a Territory Account Manager from June 2009 to October 2014, and later as a Market Development Manager - AgriGenomics and Food EMEA from October 2014 to June 2017. Currently, Iain is employed at Oxford Nanopore Technologies as an Associate Director - Market Development from December 2019 to April 2023, and as a Director - Commercial Development - Applied Markets starting from April 2023. Iain'sresponsibilities at Oxford Nanopore Technologies involve leading a global market development team and deploying nanopore sequencing in various sectors, particularly focusing on environmental monitoring, ecology, agriculture, food supply chain, and food safety.

Iain MacLaren-Lee completed their Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Glasgow between 1994 and 1998. Iain then pursued further education at the University of Oxford from 1998 to 2000, where they obtained a degree in Molecular Biology, specializing in the field of Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology.