ASEF Podcast
ASEF Podcast
ASEF Podcast
#54 (EN): Assembly Theory and the Emergence of Complexity with Lee Cronin
59 minutes Posted May 19, 2026 at 6:00 am.
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In this episode of the ASEF Podcast, host Tanja Janko speaks with chemist Lee Cronin, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, creator of the Chemputer, and one of the leading developers of Assembly Theory. Cronin explains how molecules may carry “memory” of the processes that built them, why complexity might be measurable through assembly processes, and how chemistry could eventually become programmable. Through discussions of Assembly Theory, molecular complexity, inorganic chem...