Funded projects
- EPSRC - The Alan Turing Institute
[2022]
Turing Network Development Award.
My role: PI, £24K
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- Innovate UK -
[2021-2022]
Hubsta fleet: planning the electric journey. Funded by the Office Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
My role: Academic PI, with Elmtronics, £259K
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- Research England -
[2021-2022]
THYME project - Automated Morphological Characterisation of Hyphae (AMCH).
My role: Co-I, with Quorn, £50K
- Middlesbrough FC Foundation Charity -
[2020-2021]
Data Mining - Stepping Up and Premier League Kicks Projects. My role: PI, £10K
- Innovate UK -
[2020-2022]
Artificial Intelligence to optimise the efficiency and sustainability of last-mile delivery systems. My role: Supervisor, KTP with The Algorithm People, £183K
- Earlier.org Breast Cancer Award -
[2020-2021]
Computational models of breast cancer for early-detection personalised tests. My role: Co-I, £30K
- Innovate UK -
[2020-2022]
An intelligent optimisation platform for extraction of valuable operational insights. My role: Supervisor, KTP with Charles Clinkard Group, £190K
- Children's Liver Disease Foundation -
[2020-2021]
Interpretable machine learning methods for cross-omic mechanistic signatures of young hepatoblastoma. My role: PI, £10K
- Innovate UK -
[2019-2022]
Data fusion and human-computer interaction to improve e-commerce consumer interactions. My role: Lead, KTP with Visualsoft, £256K
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- Research England -
[2019-2021]
THYME project - Machine learning and metabolic modelling of biofilms in the human gut.
My role: PI, with the Quadram Institute and the University of Hull, £50K
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- ERDF GX Project -
[2019]
A machine learning framework to predict entity similarity. My role: PI, with Tapes Ltd, £11K
- BBSRC NPRONET -
[2019]
Combining machine learning and metabolic modelling to optimise metabolite production in Escherichia coli. My role: PI, with FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, £20K
- ERDF Intensive Industrial Innovation Programme -
[2018-2023]
2 x PhD studentships. My role: PI, with Procellia Ltd and Complement Genomics Ltd, £135K
- Innovate UK -
[2018-2019]
Improvement of TV show and film recommendation through artificial intelligence and machine learning. My role: Co-I, £85K
- Innovate UK -
[2018-2020]
Data analysis and 3D topology optimisation - Quick fitting of prosthetic sockets for above knee amputees - (QuickFit). My role: Co-I, £1.2M
- Innovate UK -
[2018-2020]
Artificial intelligence and control for flexible manufacture of graphite products. My role: Co-I, KTP with Mersen, £130K
- BBSRC CBMNet -
[2018-2019]
In silico genome-wide modelling and metabolic engineering of Pseudomonas strains for improved rhamnolipid synthesis. My role: PI, with TeeGene Biotech, £35K
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- BBSRC/EPSRC BioProNET -
[2018]
Combining machine learning and metabolic modelling for optimal yeast bioprocessing. My role: PI, £2K
- BBSRC PHYCONET -
[2017-2018]
Characterisation of info-chemical induced EPS from Scenedesmus for sustainable production of bioemulsifiers and biosurfactants. My role: Co-I, with University of Sheffield and TeeGene Biotech, £19K
- BBSRC/EPSRC BioProNET -
[2017]
A machine learning poly-omics classifier to improve protein production in CHO cells. My role: PI, with Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) - National Biologics Manufacturing Centre, £20K
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- BBSRC CBMNet -
[2016-2017]
Condition-specific engineering of Pseudomonas metabolism. My role: PI, with TeeGene Biotech, £20K [news coverage 1] [news coverage 2]
- Innovate UK -
[2016-2018]
Machine learning for customer experience analytics. My role: Supervisor, KTP with Teleware Group, £139K [news coverage 1] [news coverage 2] [news coverage 3]
- Innovate UK -
[2015-2017]
A cross platform evidence exploration System for civil and criminal law using artificial intelligence and character recognition. My role: Co-I, KTP with Acume Forensics, £99K