CV

Education

• Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Professional Practice (PGCAPP), University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, 2020
• Ph.D in Computer Science, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, 2016
• BSc(Hons) first class in Biomedical Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, 2013

Expertise

• Bioinformatics
• Data Science
• Virology
• Unconventional Computing
• Taxonomy

Work experience

• 2023-Present: Senior Scientist, University of Oxford
  • Bioinformatics for NGS data analysis and virus classification on BTRU-GEMS project.
  • DPhil supervisor
• 2021-2023: Principal Data Scientist, Osprey Flight Solutions
  • Architect, deliver and monitor machine and deep learning systems for OS-INT applied to aircraft and airline safety.
  • Line manager of data science and engineering team
• 2020-2021: Senior Machine Learning Engineer
  • Details on request
• 2018-2020: Lecturer in Statistics, University of the West of England
  • Deliver mathematics and statistics content to biosciences BSc/MSc students
  • Module leader and academic personal tutoring coordinator
• 2013-2016: Research Fellow in Computational Biology & Unconventional Computing, Unviersity of the West of England
  • Resident researcher at UWE Bristol Unconventional Computing Laboratory
  • Associate lecturer in computer science

Professional memberships

• Fellow of Institute of Biomedical Sciences
• Fellow of Linnean Society
• ICTV Taxonomy Proposal Summary Consortium

Languages

• English (Native)
• Italian (A2)