Resume

Education

• Doctorate in experimental physical chemistry (DPhil) at the University of Oxford, Timmel Group.
  Developed a novel data analysis methodology for the stimulus-modulated derivative spectroscopy. Built and programmed a broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectrometer. Characterised the effects of the magnetic field on the photoinduced absorption dynamics of recombinant wildtype and mutant cryptochrome proteins. Programmed the data analysis protocols and developed the analysis pipelines to measure the spatiotemporally resolved magnetic field effects using fluorescence scanning microscopy. Thesis available here.
• Masters in Chemistry (MChem, high 2.1) at the University of Oxford, Somerville College.
  Developed, built and programmed a modulated fluorescence experiment during the final-year project.
• A-Levels at Hurstpierpoint College
  4A*, 3A in Math, Extended Math, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Polish, Extended project.

Work experience

• 2021 - 2024
  Systems engineer at BlueCopal, London. Developed and deployed machine learning models for financial time series analysis and forecasting. Developed/maintained the internal package registry and was responsible for good code practises, continuous integration and internal standards, as well as testing and reliability in multitude of platforms and environments. Successfully deployed to production, and thereafter maintained 3 data engineering services responsible for ingestion, processing, storage and display of data. Extensively used Python, Redis, Grafana and Prometheus, as well as Kubernetes, Postgres and InfluxDB. Lots of exposure and experience in Azure cloud ecosystem.

• 2021 (January - September)
  Postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Oxford, Bayley Group. Worked on control software and implementation of a neural tissue bioprinter.

• 2020 (January - December)
  Postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Oxford, Timmel Group. Developed data analysis methodologies, schooled new doctoral students and contributed to publications based on doctoral work.

• 2017 (December)
  Software development intern at AI Gaming. Developed and tested a number plate recognition algorithm and artificial training data generation.

• 2017 (March - April)
  Organising committee member for the 2017 Royal Society of Chemistry Electron Paramagnetic Resonance conference in Oxford. Amongst others, organised speakers and designed the conference logo.

• 2015 & 2016 (July - December)
  Teaching course development at the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford. Prepared, tested and partially taught a 3rd year undergraduate introductory course on electron paramagnetic resonance.

• 2014 (July - August)
  Research student at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California. Worked in Prof. Alexander Pines’ group on development of a CIDNP magnetometer and an ex-situ NMR probe design for oil-well logging. This was a fully self-organised research project.

• 2013 (September - October)
  Research and Development Intern at Thermo Fisher Scientific, East Grinstead. Worked on silica wafer adhesion for use in x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy machines.

• 2013 (June - July)
  Research student in Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford. Worked in Prof. John McGrady’s group on development a Hartree-Fock based program for calculation of molecular geometry in Python.

• 2009 - 2012 (Summer and Easter breaks)
  Assistant designer at ISO Energy, Horley. Prepared complete projects in AutoCAD for P&ID, groundworks and plant room layout projects. Designed and prepared a standard library of objects and templates for future projects.

Publications

High-sensitivity measurements of weak magnetic field effects

Detection of magnetic field effects by confocal microscopy

Convolution-based modelling of the stimulus modulation broadening in derivative spectroscopy

Development of lock-in based overtone Modulated MARY spectroscopy for detection of weak magnetic field effects

Macro-driven metalanguage for writing Pyramid Scheme programs

Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird

Skills

• Programming
  • Deep knowledge of Python – packaging, ecosystem and C extensions
  • Keen interest and some experiance in golang (hobbyst projects, advent of code)
  • Good knowledge of C and C++ (1 year, hobby projects on embedded systems, graphics programming and game design, as well as python extensions)
  • MATLAB and LabVIEW (8 years, academic and professional experience. data analysis and control systems)
  • Some programming experience in Mathematica, Julia, C# and Java (Processing)
  • Extensive experience in data analysis, modelling, statistics and visualisation as well as image processing
  • Some experience in programming compilers, machine learning and graphic card programming (GLSL)
• Continuous integration. Experience with git / subversion, as well as setting up corresponding continuous integration and testing pipelines.
• Graphic design. Designed logos, game assets, business cards and publication figures. Experience with rendering pipelines, 2D visualisation and programmatic art. Document typesetting in LaTeX.
• Electronics. Experience with microcontroller programming (Arduino, Teensy) for real-time applications, serial interfaces, analogue and digital signal processing. Basic circuit design and manufacture.
• Hands-on manufacture. Self-assembled and maintained 3D printing service for the Timmel research group. Basic machine workshop skills (Lathe, Mill). Experience in CAD (computer assisted design).

Languages

• Polish (native)
• English (fluent)
• Japanese (very basic)
• Spanish (very basic)