Louis Diorazio, PhD

Senior Principal Scientist, New Modalities at AstraZeneca

Speaker

Louis Diorazio is Senior Principal Scientist for New Modalities in AstraZeneca’s Chemical Development group based in Macclesfield UK. He obtained a BSc and PhD from Imperial College, London on aromatic fluorination followed by postdoctoral studies with Prof. Phil Magnus in the field of natural product synthesis. He has 32 years industry experience across small molecules and new modalities from discovery activities through to commercialisation. A long term feature of his activities has been driving a development culture focused on sustainable processing through training and collaboration.