I exist at the intersection of the natural and technological worlds, exploring each realm to unleash function and beauty.
I work at Lux Capital, where I invest & partner with scientists and engineers to push the
frontiers of what
was possible in areas like neuroscience, computational biology & more.
One of my core missions in life is to bring more beauty into the world. One of the things I find most
beautiful is the evolution of information, primarily nature's code.
I studied Biological Sciences and Neuroscience in London and Oxford.
Here, I worked in laboratories in Computational Neuroscience at UCL and The University of Oxford where I
leveraged a combination of 2-photon optogenetics & 2-photon imaging, fMRI and electrophysiology on neural
circuits in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex to help form an understanding of how we build, and navigate
internal models of the external world.
Many of the tools that we are developing in computational biology are giving us the capabilities to- for the
first time in history - begin to decipher, and harness the rules of evolution to design entirely new biologies
from very simple building blocks.
I am currently exploring the downstream ramifications of this. Such as understanding how we can use
computational tools to understand microbial warfare to find more tools (i.e PCR enzymes,
CRISPR's Cas9 nucleases and other scissors).
as well as
to design and protect
life.
I get energy from new ideas and people. All views (except boring ones) welcomed. If you are interested to meet
email me!
Thoughts & Interviews
- Digital and Analog Worlds of Protein Engineering, Nature Biotechnology
- On using AI to design new biological sequences, Nature Biotechnology
- Business Insider
- Inventing the Future with Scientific Breakthroughs
- Shaping Tomorrow with Biotechnology