Jed Lye
Country:
UK
Company:
British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA)
Jed Lye is a public policy associate at Southampton University, specializing in AI in healthcare. He holds the distinction of being an Honorary Enterprise Fellow for the Faculty of Medicine at Southampton and has made significant contributions to the university's governance and intellectual property strategies. Jed was the first PhD student to serve on the board of Enterprise, the Academic Executive Group, and the Intellectual Property Panel for the Faculty of Medicine at Southampton.
His academic achievements include winning the second prize in the PhD category at the South West RNA conference during his Master of Research (MRes) at Exeter, and he was also a Bachelor's student on the Beta Enterprise Panel at Plymouth University. Beyond academia, Jed has directly contributed to government strategy for biotechnology and has earned multiple performance-related bonuses while working with DSTL.
As a driven early-career bioscience researcher with experience in commercial settings, technology transfer, and industry, Jed has a broad range of interests including longevity, healthspan, genetics, bioinformatics, synthetic biology, engineering biology, and venture creation. His work spans a variety of fields from molecular biology to bioinformatics, neuroscience to microbiology, and diagnostics to therapeutics, reflecting a deep commitment to innovation across multiple domains.
Jed is especially keen on venture creation and licensing activities within bioscience, demonstrating a passion for creating change that ensures both human and planetary thriving.