Dr David Horwell, Consultant

David Horwell graduated from London University before undertaking his PhD in organic heterocyclic chemistry at Leicester University with Professor C W Rees, CBE, FRS. He then carried out post-doctoral research in Canada (National Research Council, Ottowa), Florida (Gainesville) and at Imperial College, London.

This was followed by a research career in the pharmaceutical industry with Eli Lilly, Parke-Davis, Warner-Lambert and Pfizer. David is the recipient of the 1998 Royal Society award for Medicinal Chemistry. He has been a Visiting Professor at The University of East Anglia for over 10 years and accepted the appointment of Chair of Medicinal Chemistry in September 2001 and now works as a freelance consultant in medicinal chemistry.