About Me
I’m Hew, a PhD student at the University of Oxford studying computational biology - particularly in the field of immunology.
My background included a biochemistry integrated Masters with a focus on immunology (specifically macrophage changes with age), after which I worked in industry for 2 years developing machine learning software for protein directed evolution. Now, alongside my PhD I am a self-employed consultant in machine learning and software development currently contracted with Isomerase.
I’m currently in my 1st year of my PhD which is under the 4 year Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP (BBSRC funded) where the 1st year is training and rotation projects before we commit to a 3 year PhD. I’ve rotated at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology under Mark Coles, Christopher Buckley and Molly Stevens were I explored organoid models of inflammation in the lab and mathematical models to describe these. My 2nd rotation is with Charlotte Deane at the Oxford Protein Informatics Group (OPIG) where I’m currently researching novel generative antibody design models.
My research experience and interests are diverse but can be categorised into machine learning and simulation intelligence with the aim of resolving autoimmune and chronic inflammatory conditions. I self taught a lot of mathematics and machine learning and so one aspect of this website is a blog-style approach to teaching sub-topics in these fields in the way that helped me to understand them. I also enjoy discussing recent research and so maintaining this website gives me a push to keep up to date.
Finally, it wouldn’t be a personal website without some element of self-advertisement and as I’m at the beginning of my career I’m always looking for opportunities like internships, studying abroad, fellowships and more consultancy work! You can find my CV here and links to my LinkedIn and Github.
If you have any questions, just stumbled onto my website, or also have a burning interest for machine learning and mathematics in biology then reach out!