RagnorComerford

About.

Scientist, builder and engineer. Currently working on protein language model guided directed evolution of enzymes at the Francis Crick Institute and the University of Cambridge.
Previously, I worked as a data scientist at San Francisco-based on quantifying human health.
I also co-founded , an accelerator helping researchers spin-out pioneering companies, in collaboration with Cancer Research UK.

Fascinations.

Generative models, causal and bayesian inference.
Complex adaptive systems: markets, brains, cells and immune systems.
Information theory as a theoretical framework to understand biology.
Probabilistic foundations of machine learning.
Systems and synthetic biology.

Interests.

Outside of science and technology, I enjoy learning languages - currently Arabic, skiing, surfing, dancing salsa, italian cinema, classics, philosophy and product design.

Quarterly Updates

Every quarter, I'll send you a summary of what I've been working on and what's coming up next.