Where Precision Meets Execution
I offer fractional scientific & tech leadership, from board-level strategy to the bench, enabling you to overcome issues and test ideas with the judgement of a chief scientist, without the commitment of adding one to your payroll.
I'm Dr Luke Savory. Atometic exists to bring the precision of academic research and the enablement of tech to commercial scientific problems, and to make the detail accessible to everyone who has to act on it.
Read my full story →How I Can Help
Most clients come to me with a problem that's already costing them time, money, or sleep. My job is to get you unstuck, and make sure the fix lasts.
I bring 15+ years experience across physical and analytical chemistry, lab management, industrial materials R&D, hands-on software development, and data science, all on a fractional basis. Engage me at the level you need: advising your board or C-suite, setting direction as a principal scientist, or getting into the detail of the research and the lab. It's the same person at every level, so nothing is lost between strategy and execution. Solving the technical problem is half the job; explaining it clearly enough that your team can act on it after I leave is the other half.
R&D & Quality Support
Whether a project is stuck between research and development or a product keeps failing, you get the cause found, fixed, and explained, not just managed.
Lab Management & ISO/IEC 17025
What you get: a lab that runs reliably, passes its audits, and produces results you can defend to any customer or assessor.
Data Science & Insights
You get honest answers about where AI and ML could pay off, and where there are bigger issues that need solving first.
Scientific Storytelling & Knowledge Transfer
I help your customers, board, and team grasp why your work matters, in language they can act on and relate to.
Got a problem that gets more expensive the longer it stays unsolved?
Get in Touch→Two Ways to Work Together
Just like the technical approach, the commercial model is tailored to what you actually need, not the other way round.
Short, Focused Sprints
A defined problem, a defined output, done in days to a few weeks, then handed back.
Ongoing Fractional Retainer
Standing scientific leadership on tap, for teams that need that judgement available on an ongoing basis.
Areas of Notable Expertise
Chemistry and materials science run on the same fundamentals wherever they show up, so a problem in an unfamiliar product is rarely an unfamiliar problem.
Every engagement gets the same first-principles rigour. These two fields are where that rigour is backed most clearly by years of hands-on experience.
Chemical PPE
Materials Science and Testing
Physical Chemistry
Surface Science and Degradation Analysis
Your problem doesn't fit either box? Most don't. First principles transfer, and that's the point. Drop me a line and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right person for it.
Get in Touch→Let's Connect
If a chemistry, materials, lab or data problem is costing you time, money, or confidence, drop me a line. An initial chat costs nothing, and at the very least we'll have an interesting conversation.
Location
UK-based, working worldwide.
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