Dr. Mark Anstiss has over 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and fine chemical and industries spanning Process Research and Development, Process Improvement, and Drug Substance manufacturing. Mark has a thorough understanding of the requirements for successful and safe scale up of chemical processes and has applied this knowledge to support the manufacture of early phase kilogram batches through to process improvement and optimization at tonne scale.  Throughout his career Mark has worked on the development and manufacturing of a significant number of psychoactive drug substances.  Mark holds a Master of Chemistry degree from the University of Manchester and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Leeds University.