I am a multidisciplinary, scientifically trained programmer, with knowledge of biology, chemistry, and physics, and experience using multiple programming languages. I enjoy working on interesting projects that require multiple skillsets. I am currently in the design stages of building an audio mixer, which I intend to allow to interface through minijacks, usb and bluetooth, so that I can mix audio from the different sources that I want to hear, and output to the most appropriate speakers for the situation.
I grew up in South Wales, on a hill overlooking the Usk valley (see left), went to University in Bath and Leicester. I now live in Royston, Herts, and work at the Wellcome Sanger Institute as a Software Developer.
I regularly go bouldering and climbing with a friend who is also part of a group with whom I play video games and tabletop games, when I manage to organise them, remotely. I'm currently trying to organise a campaign of The Wildsea, a setting where people live above the canopy of a forest of enormous trees.
I play the piano to relax, and I'm looking into learning to play the violin again, which I haven't played for a long time. I also paint watercolours when I can, below is a painting of my dog, Pixel, who died from old age in June 2024.