About

I have recently taken up the position of Senior Computational Biologist at the CRUK Beatson Institute working within the group of Crispin Miller. Prior to joining the Beatson, I was a Cross Disciplinary Fellow (XDF) working at the MRC Human Genetics Unit and School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, within the groups of David FitzPatrick and Catalina Vallejos.

I develop and apply machine learning methods to extract informative patterns from high-dimensional multi-omics datasets (bulk and single-cell), with the overarching goal of gaining a deeper understanding of the gene-regulatory mechanisms driving cellular-state transitions. During my time as an XDF, the biological focus of my work lay in the field of very early eye development, where I collaborated closely with wet-lab scientists to unpick the crucial molecular events required to establish the earliest ocular structures in mammals. I am now excited to apply the expertise and knowledge gained during my years in Edinburgh to tackle fundamental questions in cancer!

For my Undergraduate and Masters (Part III) degrees I read Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, after which I moved to Durham University to undertake my PhD research in Theoretical Particle Physics (perturbative QCD). Following my PhD, I was fortunate enough to spend time working with world-leading researchers as a visiting student at CERN, and as a Post-Doctoral researcher at DESY, Hamburg and at the Cavendish Lab, University of Cambridge.

Details of my publications can be found on Google Scholar and inSPIRE.