Head of Biomedical Research Software

Dave Horsfall

Dave joined the team in March 2020, and works in the Haniffa Lab as part of the Faculty of Medical Sciences. 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.

Education
MSci Theoretical Physics, University of Durham
Technical
Programming: Python, PHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, JSON/XML, CI/CD
Software: Laravel, Flask, Docker, MySQL, VSCode, GCP/AWS/Azure, Terraform, GitHub Workflows
Topics: Web Development, Cloud Infrastructure
Interests
Running, Climbing, Dog Walking

Newcastle University Research Software Engineering.