About ATDBio

Our people

Management team

Our staff all have a strong scientific and multidisciplinary background, and decades of experience in nucleic acid chemistry.

Dr Tom Brown (Jnr)

Managing Director

Tom has a degree and D.Phil. in chemistry and chemical biology from the University of Oxford. He joined ATDBio full-time in 2010, established the Oxford lab in 2013, and took over as Managing Director in 2021.

Dr Asha Brown

Lead Scientist

Asha has a first-class honours degree and D.Phil. in chemistry from the University of Oxford. She joined ATDBio full time in 2017, and is now Lead Scientist, based in Oxford.

Dr Daniel Singleton

Head of Southampton Laboratory

Daniel is an experienced nucleic acid chemist with a degree in chemistry and a PhD in nucleic acid chemistry. He joined ATDBio in 2013, and took over as Head of the Southampton Production laboratory in 2023.

Paul Belton

Director Business Development

Paul is an experienced sales and marketing director. He joined Biotage in 2000, during which time he held several senior commercial roles. He has been working with ATDBio since 2021 and is based in Cambridge, UK.

Prof. Tom Brown

Founder and Consultant

Tom is one of the world’s leading nucleic acid chemists, with more than 450 papers and patents, and has founded three successful companies: ATDBio, PrimerDesign and Oswel. He is Professor of Nucleic Acid Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a consultant to ATDBio.

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