CURRENTLY
I am a studying at Oxford University for a DPhil in
Statistics under
the guidance of Charlotte Deane. However, I still
think of myself as a biochemist and my main area of research is in
protein folding. So far I have been working with 2D HP models, trying
to identify the sequence and structure characteristics of
co-translationally folded proteins. This work has been expanded into a
3D cubic latttice with the help of Martin Mann. Martin and I are
currently working on creating
more 'realistic' protein lattice models and lattice
based energy functions. For the time being we are refering to this work
as SOPHAB-C. On top of this I am also interested in trying to identify
N-terminal structure-space restriction from amino acid and mRNA
sequences.
BACKGROUND
I grew up in the northern outpost of Crewe before moving to Oxford to
study biochemistry as an undergraduate. This gave me
two
great insights:
1. Biochemistry is extremely interesting
2. Wet labs and myself did not make a productive partnership.
Hence, I'm still working on biochemical problems but using a computer;
thank God for modern technology!
OUTSIDE THE LAB
I do numerous exciting things with the rest of my life. Mostly these
involve football, charity
work, beer, pub quizzes or a mixture of the four. Football, the love of
my life, I play up to four times a week during the rare periods when I
haven't done myself an horrific injury (dislocated knee cap,
broken both arms, cruciates...). I'm currently
the proud
captain
of Wolfson College FC. Last year I was President of TravelAid
(charity no.1092061) and this year I'm taking over the
accounting as well as becoming a Trustee.
In the past year I set up a project in Cambodia and
'TravelAided'
Nepal. I also work with KEEN (charity no.299786) which runs events for
children and young adults with special
needs. Beer relates to any real ale and pub quizzes are self
explanatory!