LGIM: Dr. James Tyrrell

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James joined L&G in 2024 as a researcher and has a strong background in technology and innovation. His research on digital infrastructure has spanned from market and investment dynamics to the impacts of novel technologies including generative AI and quantum computing. Before L&G, James was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London investigating novel hardware for AI, co-founded a VC-backed biotech start-up that aimed to innovate new methods for early cancer detection, and completed a PhD in Physics – also at Imperial College – on organic semiconductors for neurotechnology.

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