I'm James. I use computers to explore and engineer data. π»π He/Him
- β° Times
- I work Monday to Friday, with alternating Fridays as non-working days.
- I usually start between 9.30 and 10.00AM
- I don't always finish at the same time but it's usually around 7pm
- βοΈ Communication
- Don't be alarmed if you get messages or emails from me outside of your work hours β I don't expect a response until you're back online and ready to reply
- I sometimes pop out for a coffee or a dog walk during the day. I'll do my best to flag this in slack. If you need me urgently, please call me βοΈ
- π€ Lead MLOps Engineer at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
- βοΈ Lead Data Engineer at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
- π Data Science QA Lead at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
- π Modelling QA Lead at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
- π₯ Senior Health Analyst at the Joint Biosecurity Centre, part of NHS test and trace
- π§ͺ Postdoctoral Fellow at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
- πΉπ Intern in the Computational Chemistry Department at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok
- π My publications can be viewed on Google Scholar.
- πΈπ¬ PhD at the University of Manchester and the Singapore A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute
- π¬π§ Masters in Biochemistry at the University of Liverpool
- Code Club Volunteer for the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
- Featured in the Sanger blog post on "Inspiring prisoners and their families with genomics"
- Awarded a grant from the Enabling Fund from the Wellcome Trust to run a workshop in schools and public events for using video games to examine protein structures
- SE Q&A posting history at Biology Stack Exchange.
If you have any sort of questions or comments, please feel free to get in touch.
βοΈ Email: james.a.baker@protonmail.com
π» LinkedIn: James Baker





