
31 August 2022
Deputy Director of Science - Research
As Deputy Director of Science with responsibility for research, I oversee the pursuit of four of Kew’s key scientific priorities, namely Ecosystem Stewardship, Trait diversity and Function, the Digital Revolution, and Accelerating Taxonomy. My own research is focused on genomics and bioinformatics, which play an increasing role in Kew’s scientific mission. Recent advances in sequencing technology offer us the opportunity to catalogue, understand and compare biological diversity, not least that contained within our collections, at a molecular level on an unprecedented scale, but bring challenges in data management, analysis and dissemination. Prior to arriving at Kew, I worked at the European Bioinformatics Institute helping to run some of the world’s largest biological databases, and am active in several genome sequencing and standards development projects.
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