about
Dave joined the team in March 2020, and works as a full stack web developer. He graduated with a masters in Theoretical Physics from the University of Durham and has worked in both the open source community and the private sector. He works mainly with Python and Laravel, with a focus on a user-centered design process. During his time in the team, he has trained as a Software Carpentries instructor and supervised Masters level dissertation students. He has also been awarded a Software Sustainability Institute fellowship to research mental health in the wider research software community.
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Mental Health Fellowship / Software Sustainability Institute
2021- Advocate for good mental health in the research software community
- Develop training materials to help teams improve mental wellbeing at work
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Human Cell Atlas / Haniffa Lab
2020-2021- Build software applications to visualise large scRNA datasets
- Develop new software engineering techniques for spatially resolved transcriptomics
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FinTrust / School of Computing
2020-2021- Research the role of ML in banking and mathematical fairness in algorithms
- Design prototypes of Verifiable Credentials and DIDs to help financially excluded
- Build trustworthy conversational interfaces
education
MSci Theoretical Physics / University of Durham
2001-2005
Professional training in quantum mechanics, atomic physics and computer programming.
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