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PhD in extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Work in statistical & population genetics and biological networks & evolutionary biology in the Theoretical Systems Biology group at Imperial College, London. Time in Science Communication as Scientific Liaison Officer at Sense About Science. At the Centre for Process Systems Engineering developing mathematical models of protein synthesis. Subsequently joined the Evolutionary Epidemiology group at MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis & Modelling developing computational models for how evolutionary changes at the genetic sequence level interact with those at the epidemiological scale.In 2012 appointed Associate Director for UCL’s Institute for Biomedical Engineering responsible for creating new links and collaborative efforts between groups/disciplines across UCL & partner hospitals. From 2015 headed Research & Development at UCL’s new Institute of Healthcare Engineering and in 2018 joined the Centre for Medical Image Computing working at the interface of brain and cardiac imaging, human genetics and patient health and biomarker data, using a mixture of neuroimaging, molecular genetics, computational biology and machine learning. Here also affiliated with the UCL Institute for Health Informatics (IHI) with an honorary NHS contract at UCLH NHS Trust. In 2023 returned to UCL's Institute of Healthcare Engineering to Head Research & Development.

Listed skills include Life Sciences, Mathematical Modeling, Bioinformatics, Infectious Diseases, and 14 others.