My background

As a postdoctoral bioinformatician at the UK Dementia Research Institute, Cardiff University, I specialise in Alzheimer’s disease with a vascular lens. I specialise in single-cell sequencing analysis and am passionate about advancing reproducible research practices.

I currently chair the Early Career Researcher (ECR) Informatics Committee and founded the UK DRI’s Reproducibility Working Group following significant interest in my presentations on the topic.

I completed my PhD in biomedical engineering at Keele Univeristy in 2021, where my research focused on biomarkers and prognosis of spinal cord injury. During my doctoral studies at the Center for Doctoral Training (funded by EPSRC), I discovered my passion for programming and data science, developing strong competencies in Linux and computational analysis.

My journey in biomedical research began with a BSc in biological sciences from Lancaster University in 2016, followed by an internship at the prestigious Bionics institute in Melbourne, Australia. There, I contributed to groundbreaking research in viral gene therapy and optogenetics in the cochlea, working alongside an internationally renowned research team. This experience involved comprehensive laboratory work including surgeries, tissue processing, immunohistochemistry, and microscopy, contributing to the development of next-generation cochlear implants.

You can find my CV here