Embedded Systems

I've just completed the firmware for the Safecast Kickstarter Geiger Counter, an STM32 based geiger counter designed by Bunnie. Having joined the project shortly after the completion of the kickstarter campaign, and with only a basic board support package in place, it's been a race against time, but great fun. Click here to see it in action.

I've worked with ARM processors for almost 20 years (since the ARM2s in early Acorn computers) and have experience of MSP430, PIC and AVR platforms too. I enjoy working with hardware and am not adverse to a bit of SMD rework if required.

Oxford Nanopore

I was previously Principal Computational Scientist at Oxford Nanopore and was involved in all computational aspects of product development. You can read more about this technology on Wired here and on the company website here.

You can also read about my prior academic experience in Computational Biology below.

Hacking

My work has been featured on hackaday several times. And I've often found that the ability to quickly hack together a solution has help in my professional work. You can read about my projects on hackaday: DVD CNC Burner, Keyboard firmware, MSP430 Watch and Fat Thin Client. And read about other projects on my blog.

Genomics

My academic background is in genomics (I hold a PhD in Algorithms for DNA Sequencing). You can read my thesis here and some of my papers on image analysis, short read sequencing and repeat visualisation for more information.

I previously worked at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute on primary data analysis for the then new Solexa next-gen sequencing instruments. During this time, the Sanger institute was the leading producer of DNA sequence data worldwide.

Contact

If you're interested in working with me, or just want to talk about tech feel free to contact me:

Email: new@sgenomics.co.uk

LinkedIn: Profile

Twitter: @new299

CV: PDF

Tel: +81 9022352335