Data Champions Search

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.

Ali Abbas, PhD

Senior Data Scientist, MRC Epidemiology Unit

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, Git, SQL, C/C++/C# language, Java, Data visualisation, Big data, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Version control, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, FAIR Data, Writing/publishing data papers, Geospatial data

Contact Information

aa797@cam.ac.uk

Biography

Ali is Senior Data Scientist and public-health/transport modeller in the Public Health Modelling (PHM) group at the MRC-Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge. He is interested in active travel, specifically cycling research.

Coming from a Computer Science background, with a focus on modelling in his PhD, for over a decade, he has been doing data-driven research and development. This includes Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), Statistical Modelling (or Machine Learning), Interactive Visualization, all with a focus on collaborative, transparent and reproducible research. In addition, he leads in project management and managing, training, guiding, and teaching of junior staff in his Unit. His work can be seen on GitHub at https://github.com/usr110.

Amelie Roper, PhD

Research Facilitator

Cambridge University Library

Areas Of Expertise:

Big data, Repositories (general), Institutional repositories, Licensing, Copyright, Sensitive data, Research data ethics, Data protection and research, Data policies, Data Management Plans, Digitisation, Workshop delivery, Website development

Contact Information

alr39@cam.ac.uk

@amelieroper

ORCiD:

0000-0003-3239-2208

Biography

Amelie Roper is Research Facilitator at Cambridge University Library. Her role involves supporting grant applications for research funding for library activities, and assisting with project delivery once funding is awarded.

She studied music at King’s College London and Library and Information Studies at University College London. She also holds a PhD in book history from the University of St Andrews.

Her research interests include early modern European print culture, digital music publishing and big data.

Andrew Thwaites, PhD

Visiting Scientist

Department of Psychology

Areas Of Expertise:

Bioinformatics, Data sharing, Big data, Coding, Python, R language, SQL, Git, Matlab, Java, Data visualisation, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data Management Plans, Data policies, Data archiving, Code sharing, Open data, Imaging, Illustration, Website development

Contact Information

acgt2@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0002-6237-7140

Biography

Additional areas of expertise:

Neuroscience data

Borja Blanco, PhD

Research Associate

Department of Psychology

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, Git, Matlab, Big data, Statistical analysis, Code sharing, Imaging, Workshop delivery

Contact Information

bb579@cam.ac.uk

@borja_blanco4

ORCiD:

0000-0001-5533-2086

Biography

I received my PhD in cognitive neuroscience from Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL). I am currently a Research Associate at the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. My interests include data processing and analysis methods for neuroimaging techniques employed in developmental research (fNIRS & EEG). I am interested in the application of these methods for investigating functional connectivity and cognitive processes such as social cognition and language acquisition in infant populations.

Gabriel Reder

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, Git, Other programming languages, Big data, Data mining, Machine learning, Electronic Lab Notebooks, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Database design, Data architecture, Version control, Data storage, Code sharing, Cheminformatics, Bioinformatics, Textual data

Contact Information

gr513@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0001-8918-0789

Biography

I am a postdoctoral research associate in the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Department focusing on automation of laboratory biological research using a combination of AI, informatics, lab robotics, and software engineering. I have previously worked on metabolomic systems biology with mass spectrometry analysis. Currently, my interests are especially focused on the intersection of knowledge representation, generative AI, and symbolic methods for automating scientific discovery.

Gita Khalili Moghaddam

Principal Investigator

Areas Of Expertise:

Coding, Matlab, C/C++/C# language, Data analysis, Data visualisation, Ethics and the Law, Sensitive data, Research data ethics, Data protection and research, Data policies, Sharing and Storage, Data sharing, Specific techniques and software, Imaging, Audiovisual data

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Specialising in AI-driven diagnostics, precision medicine, and HealthTech innovation

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.

Hugo Tavares, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Genetics

Bioinformatics Training Facility

Areas Of Expertise:

Bioinformatics, Coding, Python, R language, Git, Data analysis, Data visualisation, Big data, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Experimental design, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, Workshop delivery

Contact Information

hm533@cam.ac.uk

Biography

Additional areas of expertise:

Plant science, Quantitative genetics.

Qi Wang, PhD

Bioinformatician

Department of Plant Sciences

Areas Of Expertise:

Big data, Data analysis, Bioinformatics, Coding, Python, R language, SQL, Git, Data visualisation, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Experimental design, Data storage, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, Writing/publishing data papers, Workshop delivery

Contact Information

qw254@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0002-6420-1720

Biography

Qi received her PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she developed computational methods to study alternative splicing and the evolution of HIV. Later she joined the UCLA Division of Dermatology to help identify the resistance mechanisms of targeted cancer therapies using computational tools.

In 2011 she was awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship to work in the Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, and later the Division of Applied Bioinformatics, at the German Cancer Research Centre. There she worked on diverse bioinformatics projects with NGS data, such as studying genome-wide epigenetic regulation of cell differentiation, developing sequencing protocols and detecting somatic mutations from whole-genome sequencing data, as well as data integration and predictive modelling.

Currently, she provides bioinformatics training and support to PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the lab of Professor Beverley Glover.

Jonathan Birchall, PhD

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Ali Abbas, PhD

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Amelie Roper, PhD

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Andrew Thwaites, PhD

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Borja Blanco, PhD

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Gabriel Reder

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Gita Khalili Moghaddam

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Gregory Serapio-García

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Hugo Tavares, PhD

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Qi Wang, PhD

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