I am a research and development engineer and a skilled programmer with degrees in chemical and mechanical engineering, driven by the desire to develop optimal solutions to difficult problems.At Kolibri we apply acoustics in the development of next generation bioreactors for gene therapy vector manufacturing. My role consists primarily in designing and programming embedded systems in C++ to interface hardware (sensors, actuators, motors, signal generators, cameras) for process control. I also use Python to automate experiments (image segmentation, signal processing, data processing and visualisation) and I particularly enjoy applying optimisation algorithms to develop advanced process control methods. Additionally I contribute to the design of the bioreactor by conducting physical studies using computational fluid mechanics. Prior to my current role I have spent 4 years on my PhD in applying Computational Fluid Mechanics and Discrete Adjoint Shape Optimisation methods to energy systems involving supersonic flows. In addition I have significant experience in (big) data analysis using R, Python, Matlab and Excel as well as in experimental test bench design in various scientific fields such as thermodynamics and electromagnetism.My work is generally done with free and open source software on GNU Linux based operating systems. I am passionate about computer science, specifically distributed systems, encryption and machine learning.