Ross Carter

Curriculum vitae

Principal Data Scientist at Camgenium, Cambridge, UK. Full publication list on the publications page.

Experience

Jul 2023 – Present

Principal Data Scientist

Camgenium

Data science for medical-device applications.

  • Developed and deployed machine learning models, turning complex algorithms into tools healthcare professionals can actually use.
  • Established the data science workflows behind model validation and deployment.
  • Implemented a custom vector store and RAG system to support data-driven decision-making in healthcare.
Jun 2017 – Jul 2023

Post-doctoral Research Associate

Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge

Multiscale modelling of the processes underpinning morphogenesis in plant systems, in the group of Prof. Henrik Jönsson.

Sep 2014 – May 2017

Post-doctoral Research Associate

Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre

Research into leaf development, in the groups of Dr Verônica Grieneisen (2014–2016) and Dr Stan Marée (2016–2017).

  • Built image- and data-analysis tools and models to characterise the processes underpinning leaf growth, combining time-lapse imaging, computational image analysis and mathematical modelling.
  • Collaborated with the group of Prof. Mike Bevan to characterise growth phenotypes in a mutant of a gene thought to underpin crop yields.
  • Started a collaboration between Prof. Richard Morris's group and Sheffield, pairing stomatal biomechanics data with a finite-element model of stomatal dynamics.

Education

Apr 2010 – Aug 2014

PhD, Plant Biophysics

University of Sheffield

Thesis: In vivo analysis of plant cell mechanics using atomic force microscopy and modelling. Supervised by Prof. Andrew Fleming (Animal and Plant Sciences) and Prof. Jamie Hobbs (Physics and Astronomy).

  • Developed atomic force microscopy techniques for measuring plant cell wall mechanics, focusing on the wall mechanics behind stomatal function.
  • Modelled the effect of auxin influx transporters on auxin distribution in the leaf margin, and on the development of leaf shape.
Oct 2004 – Jul 2009

MPhys (Hons), Theoretical Physics

University of Sheffield

Dissertation: Analytical and numerical study of reaction–diffusion kinetics of phoretic nano-swimmers, supervised by Prof. Ramin Golestanian. Quantum and statistical mechanics, mathematical physics and non-linear dynamical systems.

Selected talks and posters

Oct 2017

On Growth and Form workshop — invited participant

Leiden, Netherlands

Jul 2017

EMBO Multi-level Modelling of Morphogenesis workshop — invited guest

Norwich, UK

Jul 2016

Society of Experimental Biology — selected talk, In the zone: quantifying leaf development at the cellular level

Brighton, UK

Jun 2015

Society of Experimental Biology — selected talk, Leaf development, from cells to tissue

Prague, Czech Republic

Jan 2015

Quantitative Biology of Auxin Transport workshop — talk, The importance of auxin transporters in the leaf margin

Leiden, Netherlands

Jul 2012

Seeing at the Nanoscale — poster prize, In vivo analysis of plant cell mechanics using atomic force microscopy

Bristol, UK

Teaching and supervision

Skills

Data science and ML

  • Python — pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn
  • Applied statistics and experimental design
  • Vector stores and RAG systems
  • Model validation and deployment

Modelling and analysis

  • Python, MATLAB and R
  • C, C++, Java and JavaScript
  • Finite-element analysis — COMSOL, Ansys
  • Multiscale and cell-based tissue models
  • Image analysis — scikit-image, confocal stacks

Experimental

  • Atomic force microscopy
  • Confocal and fluorescence microscopy
  • Some electron microscopy
  • Reproducible analysis pipelines