Dr. Richard Mandle was awarded BSc and MSc degrees in Chemistry from the University of Hull, and his PhD in Chemistry at the University of York. He joined the academic staff at the University of Leeds in 2022 with the award of a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship held jointly between the School of Chemistry and the School of Physics and Astronomy. His current research interests include the synthesis and characterization of fluid ferroelectrics, precision flow synthesis of small molecules and polymers, algorithmic molecular design and evaluation, computational chemistry, and sustainable materials. Dr. Mandle was awarded the Young Scientist award of the British Liquid Crystal Society in 2017 and the Vorländer Lectureship of the German Liquid Crystal Society in 2022.