My recent focus has been on learning molecular lab skills and conducting in-depth bioinformatic analyses. I have experience preparing and analysing both whole-genome sequence and gene expression data using Pooled Sequencing, Genome-Wide Association Study and Differential Gene Expression pipelines. My research experience spans experiment planning and insect rearing through to molecular wet lab processes, working safely with liquid nitrogen, and general project management in a lab setting. I am adept in R, Bash and Unix, familiar with various command line tools like SLURM workload manager, and well-practised with running parallel jobs on high-powered computing systems.
During my undergrad in Biology, I gained broad laboratory, field, and statistical skills that I can apply to a wide range of research and data analysis. I also developed skills in agent-based modelling, which I used to ask questions about the evolution of polyploidy in plants. Before University, I spent over a decade working in web development and led a team of developers and designers for seven years. The strong programming and visual communication skills I developed have been a massive asset to my current research career, as has my experience with server admin, version control, database management, and delivering at pace.
Data analysis and visualisation are at the heart of my research work. Through handling and visualising data, I find I form a clearer idea of a system. In turn, that improves my understanding of focal questions and the nuances surrounding those questions or our ability to answer them. I relish any opportunity to learn new analytical techniques or handle different types of data, and I am genuinely excited to discover what we can/cannot say by following these analytical processes. I love learning in all its forms - data is at the heart of that.
Recent Education
- 2020-current: Research PhD, University of Stirling.
- 2016-2020: BSc Hons Biology - first class, University of Stirling.
Molecular Lab Experience
- DNA and RNA preservation/extraction/purification
- Polymerase chain reactions (PCR and qPCR)
- Gel electrophoresis
Technical Languages
- R
- Bash
- LaTeX
- Markdown
- PHP
- SQL
- javaScript
- jQuery
- JSON
- Ajax
- HTML
- CSS
- SCSS
- C++