I am currently doing a PhD in Immunoinformatics in the Oxford Protein Informatics Group (OPIG), University of Oxford. I am funded via the EPSRC Sustainable Approaches to Biomedical Science Centre for Doctoral Training: Responsible and Reproducible Research (SABS:R3) program.

My research focuses on designing and building in silico tools for engineering immunological proteins (i.e. antibodies, T-Cell Receptors, MHCs, etc.). For this, I make use of deep learning and other data science approaches. I have experience working with humanization, antibody paratope prediction, TCR:p:MHC structure prediction and affinity prediction. I have collated, processed and worked with both structural data as well as billions of amino acid sequences. Additionally, I have worked on predicting useful bioactivities for peptides. My current work focuses on improving the developability of therapeutic antibodies by utilising large antibody sequence datasets and language models.

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  PhD candidate in Immunoinformatics • University of Oxford, Oct. 2019 - Present

  Investigating B-cell repertoire data using deep learning approaches to aid in the development of antibody therapeutics.
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  Research Assistant • Technical University of Denmark, Sep. 2018 - Jun. 2019

  Designing in silico tools for prediction of peptide functions, a deep learning approach for predicting the antibody paratope and de-immunogenization of proteins. Supervised by Professor Paolo Marcatili.
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  M.Sc. Eng. in Pharmaceutical Design and Engineering • Technical University of Denmark, 2016 - 2018

  Thesis: Combining deep learning and structural modelling to predict T cell receptor specificity. Supervised by Professor Paolo Marcatili and Postdoc Kamilla Kjærgaard Jensen at the Department of Bio and Health Informatics, DTU.
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  Student Assistant • Technical University of Denmark, Mar. 2018 - Aug. 2018

  Designing in silico tools for prediction of peptide functions. Supervised by Professor Paolo Marcatili and Professor Egon Bech Hansen.
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  Exchange Program • Seoul National University, South Korea, Sep. 2017 - Dec. 2017

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  B.Sc. in Biotechnology • Technical University of Denmark, 2013 - 2016

  Thesis: Investigation of the Substrate Specificity Determinants of Barley Limit Dextrinase. Supervised by Professor Birte Svensson and Ph.D. Susan Andersen at the Enzyme and Protein Chemistry Group, DTU.
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  Exchange Program • Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, Sep. 2015 - Dec. 2015