Dr John Knight

Scientific Advisory Board Member

John Knight first started his industrial career at the age of 16 as a technician with ICI.  Following several years of laboratory experience, he went on to study at the University of Southampton for a degree in chemistry, staying on to complete his PhD with Phil Parsons.  John then took up a NATO-funded post-doctoral position with Gilbert Stork before returning to the UK to work for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), initially in medicinal chemistry before transferring to chemical development.  John then moved to work for a small contract research organization, which, after significant growth, became Evotec.  John left Evotec at the end of 2007, following 14 years in the CRO arena, to join Scientific Update LLP, where he provided training and consultancy services.  In January 2015, John established his own consultancy business, JKONSULT, based in the UK, and in April 2016, also became a Visiting Industrial Professor at the University of Bristol, UK.

John’s main professional focus is working with early-stage chemical development projects and transfer-to-plant.  Leveraging his extensive process chemistry and CMC expertise, he often works with small pharma companies with CMC-related issues and securing material supplies for toxicological studies and Phase I and II clinical trials.

John can be contacted at:  [email protected]