My background

I completed my PhD in biomedical engineering at Keele Univeristy in 2021, where my research focused on biomarkers and prognosis of spinal cord injury.

I graduated from the Lancaster University in with a BSc in biological sciences in 2016. Upon completing my degree I obtained an internship at the Bionics institute in Melbourne, Australia. In my time there I gained valuable research experience at a biomedical research institute working with an internationally renowned research team on gene therapy and optogenetics in the cochlea. I was able to complete a small project based on viral gene therapy in mice for optogenetics, which included surgeries, dissections, tissue processing, immunohistochemistry, microscopy, imaging and analysis. The early results are promising and contributes to laying the groundwork for creating a new generation of cochlear implant. This internship gave me an insight into cutting edge biomedical research that has helped me further develop my skills as a scientist.

I subsequently completed a PhD in regenerative medicine at the Center for doctoral training, funded by the EPSRC. The experience greatly shaped my interests. In particular I learnt to code as part of my research, and in doing so discovered a great love of programming, a fondness for Linux, and other skills related to data science.

Most recently, I joined the Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University as a bioinformatician, working on Alzheimer’s disease.

You can see the files I made to create this website on my Github.
I’m also the author and maintainer of the OsKOR website
My full CV is available here