Head of Automation
Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom
My role as Head of Automation aims to create a strategic vision for large-scale automation across the Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI) and to manage a team of automation specialists to deliver this vision.
I came to WSI as a new graduate in 2005 working as a Research Assistant. I took advantage of many development opportunities and eventually became an expert in developing and implementing pipelines capable of processing thousands of samples per month, for example, Whole Genome Shotgun, Single-cell, and exome capture workflows, to support WSI science and external collaborations (UK Biobank, and SARS-CoV-2 sequencing). I use this experience to deliver a strategic automation vision for the Institute and build a team of automation specialists.