Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Head of Scientific Computing at Francis Crick Institute
Computer Software
Education
Heriot-Watt University 2000 — 2001
MSc, Information Technology (Systems)
The University of Reading 1988 — 1991
PhD, Biochemistry/Ecotoxicology, Pass
University of Aberdeen 1983 — 1988
BSc (Honours), Biochemistry
Duncanrig, East Kilbride 1977 — 1983
Experience
Francis Crick Institute June 2013 - Present
BioIT Limited November 2012 - June 2013
BioIT Limited September 2011 - June 2013
National eScience Centre, University of Edinburgh April 2004 - September 2011
Aneda Biocomputing Ltd January 2001 - January 2003
University of Glasgow, Welcome Unit for Molecular Parasitology 1998 - 2000
Beatson Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow 1995 - 1998
Moredun Research Institute January 1993 - January 1995
Central Science Laboratory January 1991 - January 1993
RSPB July 1985 - September 1985
Skills
Sequence Analysis, Software Development, Research, Team Leadership, Algorithms, Lifesciences, Computer Science, Drug Discovery, Protein Chemistry, Grid Computing, Unix, Data Analysis, Ontologies, Scientific Computing, Biomedical Informatics, Genomics, High Performance..., Computational Biology, Perl, Cloud Computing, MPI, R&D, Biochemistry, Science, Genetics, Technology Transfer, Java, Project Planning, Linux, Life Sciences, Distributed Systems, Molecular Biology, Machine Learning, Project Management, Technical Writing, PRINCE2, Databases, C++, Sequencing, Programming, Bioinformatics, Teaching, Biotechnology, Physics