Nicole Wheeler
Program Director at Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA)
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNicole Wheeler is a program director and computational biologist with 11 years of experience developing machine learning and bioinformatics methods to detect and manage infectious disease threats. Currently leading programs at ARIA after founding and running a research group at the University of Birmingham, she bridges academic rigor and policy-facing technical work on AI and synthetic biology risk. Her background includes developing production-ready algorithms for predicting antibiotic resistance and invasive Salmonella strains, contributing to WHO consultations and international DNA sequence screening standards. She has a strong track record in mentoring and building capacity—designing ML training programmes for the Wellcome Sanger Institute and delivering public engagement on AI and antimicrobial resistance. Based in Birmingham, UK, Nicole combines hands-on algorithm development with strategic coordination across governments, NGOs, and industry. An unusual blend of skills: she moves between bench-level genomic analysis, scalable data workflows, and high-level governance of emerging biosecurity capabilities.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at St. Margaret's CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry at University of Canterbury
English
Github Skills (32)
genetic9
probabilistic7
pathogen5
querying5
sequence5
sequence-alignment5
ncbi5
machine-learning5
bioinformatics4
interpretation4
infectious-diseases4
biodiversity4
sequencing4
genomics4
genome3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nwheeler443/thesis_scripts
Feb 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:47 commits, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
Gardner-BinfLab/invasive_salmonella
Jun 2017 - Oct 2021
Contributions:71 commits, 38 pushes, 4 comments in 4 years 5 months
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