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I currently lead the Open Research Systems Team, which is part of the Digital Initiatives within Cambridge University Library. My role involves being responsible for the technical aspects of our Institutional Repository, Apollo, as well as evaluating and integrating the institutional repository and related workflows for data and publication deposits into other systems, such as CRIS systems for research information management.

Additional areas of expertise: 

Digital archiving, social sciences data, repositories, metadata standards, linked data.

I am a PhD student in engineering, in the machine learning group. I am passionate about using version control for data/code management, and various kinds of virtual lab notebooks.

I have over 30 years experience of Scientific Computing. I have worked on Image analysis of Light Microscopy images, Scientific IT Support (13 years), Data-driven web applications of mathematical models and Bioinformatics Training at the Institute of Food Research (Now the Quadram Institute). I have been involved in an EU Framework Database Workshop. I strive to include good data-handling and reproducibility practices into all training materials.

I have a PhD in Computer Science specialised in Bioinformatics from Michigan State university. I had my postdoc training in Bioinformatics from University of California Davis before moving to University of Cambridge.