Warren Thompson
Senior Computational Scientist (XChem)
Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolWarren Thompson is a Senior Computational Scientist at Diamond Light Source with eight years’ experience building automated fragment-progression technologies for fragment-based drug discovery. He leads development of Chemist Assisted Robotics (CAR) and an automated fragment progression platform that synthesizes hundreds of compounds per week and integrates with the open-source Fragalysis curation and job-execution ecosystem. His PhD in Chemical Engineering and background in process chemistry and flow systems underpin strengths in data analysis, nonlinear optimisation and lab-scale digitisation. Warren combines hands-on lab management with software-first automation, uniquely bridging experimental synthesis and algorithmic pipelines to accelerate hit-to-lead decisions. Based in the Vale of White Horse, he has a track record of translating academic tools into production-grade platforms used across XChem projects.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree (Distinction) Organic Chemistry, Master’s Degree (Distinction) Organic Chemistry at University of the WitwatersrandHeriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (27)
loader10
backend10
restful-api9
react-redux9
compose9
django9
taiga9
django-rest-framework9
api9
todomvc9
rest-api9
python8
restful8
redux8
webpack7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Waztom/xchem-CAR
Nov 2020 - Feb 2022
Contributions:1 review, 279 commits, 27 PRs in 1 year 2 months
xchem/strucbio_practical
Dec 2020 - Dec 2021
Material for Structural Biology practical - 4th December 2020
Contributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 year
4thbiologystructural-biologypracticalstructural
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