Milo Thurston
Research Software Engineer at Oxford e-Research Centre
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMilo Thurston is a Research Software Engineer based in Oxford with 15 years of experience building scientific and web applications, specializing in Ruby and Python. He currently leads development teams and serves as technical coordinator for FAIRsharing, bridging front- and back-end work to support FAIR data standards. His background blends academic research in virology and bioinformatics with hands-on Linux sysadmin, distributed computing (BOINC), mobile apps and data portals, reflecting a habit of turning domain science into production software. Previously he developed domain-specific tools such as the OBOE system and climate and genomics data portals, and has a track record of shipping pragmatic, maintainable solutions. Known for teaching and team leadership, he also brings unusual personal breadth—he fences and plays jazz—suggesting a collaborative, disciplined approach to problem solving. He prefers direct communication for urgent matters, reflecting a practical, no-nonsense working style.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
D. Phil., Virology, D. Phil., Virology at University of OxfordBSc. (hons), Microbiology with genetics, 2.1, BSc. (hons), Microbiology with genetics, 2.1 at University of DundeeOundle School
English, French
Github Skills (165)
json-schema10
python10
ontology10
semantic-web10
metadata10
data-management10
datasets10
owl10
ontologies10
lov10
api10
science10
cookbook10
open-science10
rdf10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
ISA-tools/ISAdatasets
Feb 2016 - Nov 2022
Repository for ISA datasets, which may be available in different formats (tab, RDF, JSON)
Contributions:32 commits, 5 PRs, 41 pushes in 6 years 9 months
rdfisa-datasetsisa-jsonisa-tabdatasets
ISA-tools/isa-specs
Oct 2016 - Sep 2022
ISA Model and Serialization Specifications
Contributions:3 reviews, 7 commits, 3 PRs in 6 years
serialization
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