Brian Glennon is a Professor of Chemical Engineering in the School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering in University College Dublin. He holds a BE and PhD in Chemical Engineering from UCD. Prior to joining UCD, he worked with Merck in Ireland. Since joining UCD in 1995, his research interests have focused on pharmaceutical process engineering, with particular emphasis on crystallization, bioprocess design and continuous manufacturing. He is a former Principal Investigator in the SSPC, where he led the development of continuous processing research in the centre, and is currently on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Centre (PMTC) and the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT). He is co-Founder of APC Ltd, where he is currently Chief Technology Officer, leading the company’s internal research programmes in AI-enabled digital design.