CV

Education

• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, KCL (2006-2007).
• MSc in Computing Science, Birkbeck (2001-2003; part-time)
• PhD in Theroretical and Computational Chemistry (with Prof. Sally Price), UCL (1995-1998)
• BSc(Honours) in Computer-Aided Chemistry, University of Surrey (1991-1995).

Employment

• Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Birkbeck (2007-)
• Lecturer in Bioinformatics, King’s College London (2005-2007)
• Staff scientist, European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge (group of Prof. Janet Thornton, 2001-2005)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, UCL (group of Prof. Janet Thornton, 1999-2001)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain (group of Prof. Juan Novoa, 1998-1999)
• Trainee intern (Software development), Hewlett-Packard R&D, Waldbronn, Germany (1993-1994)

Leadership and Service

• Current roles
  • Director, MSc Bioinformatics, Birkbeck (2022-)
  • Director, MRes Bioinformatics, Birkbeck, (2011-now with 1 year break)
  • External Examiner for the MSc Applied Bioinformatics, KCL (2024-)
  • Admissions Tutor for the MSc/MRes Bioinformatics (2007-)
• Past roles
  • Assistant Dean (strategic) for Retention and Recruitment, School of Science, Birkbeck (2022-2023)
  • External Examiner for the MSc/MRes Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology, Imperial College (2020-2024)