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UCL Institute of Education

• 2022-present: Research affiliate at the Institute of Education, University College London.

• 2022: Founder & Director, product and R&D consultancy, Social Cognition Ltd (UK).

• 2016-2022: Principal Product Manager , digital marketing & personalisation, Oracle, London.

• 2011-15: R&D Manager in digital marketing technologies at Maxymiser Ltd (acquired by Oracle).

• 2009-11: Postdoctoral researcher in the quantum dynamics group at Royal Holloway University of London.

• 2006-09: Postdoctoral research fellow in theoretical physics, funded by the UK's Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (independent EPSRC fellowship appointment).

• 2004-06: Postdoctoral research fellow in quantum computing at the quantum information group in the University of Hertfordshire.

Research

• In a few words: I have been interested in applications of complex networks and machine learning in data science and "web intelligence" (personalisation and optimisation problems), such as social network analysis and recommender systems. 

• More recently: focused on child & adolescent mental health, social-cognitive and developmental psychology.

• In the past: fundamental research in theoretical physics (complex quantum systems, quantum optics, condensed matter physics and quantum information science). My work in theoretical physics can be found here.

Teaching & Outreach

• Associate Lecturer in the Open University for the 3rd-level course "Science Project: Radiation and Matter". (2007-2013)

• Supervisor of final-year projects in Quantum Physics and tutor of the Quantum Computing course in the University of Hertfordshire. (2005-2009)

• Member of Sense About Science (an independent trust, which responds to the misrepresentation of science); and formerly member of SciTalk.