About IDIR Solutions

A multidisciplinary team turning spectroscopy into industrial intelligence.

Who We Are

IDIR Solutions was founded with a vision to use our expertise in analytics and spectroscopy to turn complex technologies into simple, elegant solutions.

We bring together world-class expertise in spectroscopy, process engineering, chemometrics, and software development — with our founding team holding PhDs from Imperial College London and King’s College London.

Our Mission

To provide analytical certainty through spectroscopy, chemometrics and PAT — turning the complexity of advanced analytical science into fast, defensible, field-ready industrial decisions.

We are not a hardware vendor. We are a spectroscopy intelligence company. Our moat is built on hardware neutrality, ISO 17025-backed validation, no-code chemometrics, and deep process integration.

65+

Years Combined Experience

300+

Peer-Reviewed Publications

4

Imperial College PhDs

8+

Industry Verticals

Leadership Team

Founders with deep roots in spectroscopy, chemometrics and industrial process engineering.

Dr. Tay Feng Huai

Dr. Tay Feng Huai

Founder, CEO

PhD Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London

Started his own purified solvents manufacturing business. Previously global technical service manager deploying anti-fraud fuel systems.

Dr. Patrick S. Wray

Dr. Patrick S. Wray

Founder & Chemometrics Lead

PhD Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London

Leads chemometrics modelling and software. Expertise in PAT and chemometrics in the pharmaceutical industry.

Dr. K.L. Andrew Chan

Dr. K.L. Andrew Chan

Founder & Head of Research

PhD Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London

Senior Lecturer at King's College London. 70+ peer-reviewed articles. Research in FTIR and imaging for live cell-drug interaction studies.

Dr. Amu Wang

Dr. Amu Wang

Chief Business Development Officer

PhD, Imperial College London

Over a decade of experience coordinating project development from start-up to SME scale in research and private sector.

Poh Chern Khai

Poh Chern Khai

Application Scientist

BSc (Hons) Oleochemistry, National University of Malaysia

R&D Chemist with 5+ years of experience. Proficient in IT with a strong understanding of industry application needs.

Expert Consultants

World-leading academic advisors extending the depth of our scientific capability.

Professor Sergei Kazarian

Professor Sergei Kazarian

Lead Scientific Consultant

Imperial College London

Research in advanced spectroscopic techniques for materials characterisation, pharmaceuticals, biomedical samples, and forensic science.

300+ peer-reviewed publications

Dr. Ross Gilmour

Dr. Ross Gilmour

Consultant in Agritech

PhD Plant Breeding, University of Queensland

30+ years in agricultural technology. Practical experience applying spectroscopic technology across a variety of crops.