Graeme Winter
Deputy Director at NE-CAT
Lemont, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGraeme Winter is a Deputy Director and seasoned scientific software leader with 20 years’ experience applying data reduction, automation, and computational methods to single crystal X-ray diffraction. He progressed from hands-on scientist roles at STFC and Diamond Light Source to leadership positions driving software teams and facility-scale data pipelines, now leading NE-CAT operations from Lemont, Illinois. With a PhD in Crystallography and an MMath from Cambridge, he uniquely blends deep domain expertise with practical engineering, including embedded/IoT coding contributions such as MicroPython libraries for Pimoroni Pico displays. Graeme is known for turning complex experimental workflows into reliable, automated pipelines that accelerate structural biology research. Colleagues describe him as both a pragmatic problem-solver and a meticulous code improver who pays attention to error handling and reproducibility.
19 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Crystallography, Ph.D., Crystallography at The University of ManchesterMaster's degree, Mathematics, Master's degree, Mathematics at University of CambridgeBSc, Mathematics, BSc, Mathematics at University of Plymouth
Github Skills (7)
embedded10
c-language10
lib10
cprogramming-language10
sys10
micropython10
font-rendering9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
pimoroni/pimoroni-pico
Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
Libraries and examples to support Pimoroni Pico add-ons in C++ and MicroPython.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 13 comments in 10 days
Contributions summary:Graeme primarily contributed to the development of the `pico_scroll` MicroPython library, which is designed for Pimoroni Pico add-ons. Their work focused on implementing new functionalities, such as `set_pixels()`, `show_bitmap_1d()`, and `scroll_text()`, to control and display content on the display. Furthermore, the user addressed error handling and improved code quality.
raspberry-piadd-onsraspberry-pi-picopimoronipico
graeme-winter/arm-asm
Feb 2023 - Nov 2024
Playing around with ARM assembly
Contributions:8 PRs, 61 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 9 months
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