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Jonathan Birchall, PhD

Research Associate

Department of Radiology

Areas Of Expertise:

Git, Matlab, Data visualisation, Big data, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Data architecture, Version control, Experimental design, Data storage, Code sharing, Writing/publishing data papers, Surveys, Imaging, Textual data, Digital illustration

Contact Information

jb2455@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0003-3920-4038

Biography

I am currently a Research Associate in the Gallagher Group, where my goals are to develop novel screening techniques for cancer using pre-clinical hyperpolarised 13C-MRI, with an aim towards evaluation, documentation and eventual translation of these techniques into human imaging. This work is jointly funded by the University and The National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA), where I am a member of the QA/QC Unit responsible for developing Standard Operating Procedures and performing data analysis on NCITA exemplar studies towards the creation of an MRI Core Lab.

I received my PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2017, researching experimental methods for improving 129Xe hyperpolarisation with an application to clinical functional lung imaging. I continued in a postdoctoral role for one year, performing QA/QC duties for the clinical Hyperpolarised Imaging Lung Facility (HILF), before moving to Wayne State University, Detroit, USA to take up a 2.5 year postdoctoral role developing pre-clinical hyperpolariser technologies for 13C, 15N and 129Xe.

I have always had a passion for statistics and communication, and as a Data Champion in the Department of Radiology, I hope that I can collaborate with my peers across a diverse range of projects, advocating for good record-keeping, analysis, dissemination and other facets of research data management.

Dominik Krzeminski, PhD

Research Associate

Contact Information

dkk33@cam.ac.uk

@dokatox

ORCiD:

0000-0003-4568-0583

Biography

Dominik graduated from Applied Physics at the University of Warsaw, before transitioning to neuroscience. In 2021, he completed PhD at Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre. Also, the same year, he became a Software Sustainability Institute Fellow concentrated on promoting good scientific programming practices. He organizes workshops focused on testing and code reviews. Currently, Dominik works as a Research Associate in the FlyConnectome group, where he develops computational tools that support structural analysis of a fruit fly (Drosophila) nervous system.

Elizabeth Smith

Associate Editor for Digital Development, Cambridge University Library

Areas Of Expertise:

Git, Version control, Institutional repositories, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Data archiving, Textual data

Contact Information

els47@cam.ac.uk

@ElizabethLSmit1

ORCiD:

0000-0002-2711-2390

Biography

Elizabeth has an MPhil in HPS from Cambridge and has worked for the Newton Project Canada. She has worked for the Darwin Correspondence Project for more than fifteen years, and assisted in the conversion of the Project's core files to TEI XML, and is now developing and implementing strategies to ensure the quality, robustness, interoperability, and long-term viability of our electronic data. She is a co-founder of Epsilon, a nineteenth century science letters platform and has been a guest lecturer at the Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School.

Gregory Serapio-García

PhD Student

Department of Psychology

Areas Of Expertise:

File sharing systems, Big data, Code sharing, Data analysis, Coding, Python, R language, SQL, Git, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data storage, Surveys, Textual data, Geospatial data

Contact Information

gs639@cam.ac.uk

@gregserapio

ORCiD:

0000-0002-1890-2331

Biography

I'm a PhD student and Gates Cambridge Scholar studying psychology at St John's College. Broadly, I examine the psychometric properties of Internet big data; my current research explores how social media data predict personality traits and dimensions of mental illness. In general, I'm interested in social data science, the overlap of clinical disorders with everyday personality traits, and personality differences across cultures.

Haifeng Niu, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, Git, SQL, Data visualisation, Big data, Data mining, Machine learning Data collection, Textual data, Geospatial data, Social media & digital communications, Website development

Contact Information

hn303@cam.ac.uk

@niu_haifeng

ORCiD:

0000-0002-0182-3573

Biography

Haifeng Niu is a research associate in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. He received his PhD in Land Economy from the Lab of Interdisciplinary Spatial Analysis (LISA). His research interests include urban big data mining, spatial data science, geographic information visualization, and dynamic simulation.

Paola Finoia, PhD

Research Associate

Department of Anaesthesia

Areas Of Expertise:

Git, Matlab, Visual Basic, Data visualisation, Statistical analysis, Data Management Plans, Data collection, Database design, Experimental design, Sensitive data, Research data ethics, Data protection and research, Data policies, Imaging, Textual data

Contact Information

pf260@cam.ac.uk

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Biography

My current work combines neurobehavioral observation, fMRI and EEG in patients with Disorders of Consciousness. In particular, my research investigates which factors might predict patient performance, which technique (or combination of techniques), might be most sensitive in detecting residual conscious awareness, and which pattern of performance best classifies conscious state.
I am also interested in the role of attentional mechanisms in conscious perception; specifically, I have been studying which temporal and spatial factors influence divided attention when stimuli in different sensory modalities compete for conscious access, leading to integration or interference.
I strongly believe in the importance of open access and data sharing. I joined the Data Champions initiative at the University of Cambridge, aiming to increase awareness of the importance and benefits of sharing data, and to providing support within my department on how to share data through the university repository.

Additional areas of expertise:

Attentional cognitive processes, disorder of consciousness.

Shamith Samarajiwa, PhD

Group Leader

MRC Cancer Unit

Areas Of Expertise:

File sharing systems, Big data, Discipline-specific repositories, Repositories (general), Data sharing policies, Sensitive data, Code sharing, Data analysis, Bioinformatics, Data science, Coding, Python, R language, Git, SQL, C/C++/C# language, Data visualisation, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data Management Plans, Electronic Lab Notebooks, Data collection, Database design, Experimental design, Data storage, Data sharing, Open data, Version control, Textual data, Workshop delivery, Website development

Contact Information

ss861@mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk

@shamith

ORCiD:

0000-0003-1046-0601

Biography

Shamith is a Group Leader at the MRC Cancer Unit. His lab develops and applies Genomics, Computational Biology, Data Science and AI approaches to understand processes leading to cancer formation and to develop cancer early detection methods.

url: https://samarajiwa-lab.org/

Jonathan Birchall, PhD

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Dominik Krzeminski, PhD

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Elizabeth Smith

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Gregory Serapio-García

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Haifeng Niu, PhD

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Paola Finoia, PhD

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Shamith Samarajiwa, PhD

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