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Oxford Immune Algorithmics is a deep biotech company incubated by The University of Oxford. Our team is divided into five major overlapping working groups representing the breadth and width of our company core areas:
Our cross-functional team consists of AI experts, medical leaders, pioneers in IoT and optical engineering at the forefront of science and technology able to tackle some of the most pressing human health challenges such as cancer, infection, antibiotic resistance and tropical diseases.
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​Dr. Hector Zenil
Founder & CEO
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BSc in Mathematics (UNAM), Masters in Logic (ENS/Paris), PhD in Computer Science (Lille), PhD in Epistemology (Sorbonne). He has 20+ years experience in academia & industry in 6 countries from NASA Payload team member at MIT for the Mars Gravity Biosatellite to test health and behavioural effects of artificial microgravity on mammals to helping develop the factual answering AI engine behind Siri and Alexa reporting to WolframAlpha's CEO to publishing more than 100 papers on symbolic AI as a Senior Researcher (faculty member) at the University of Oxford & as lab leader at the Unit of Computational Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute (the institution that awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology).
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​​Dr. Jürgen Riedel
Co-founder, CTO and DPO
​​PhD in Physics (Germany). He is an international data expert with over 25 years of working experience at major companies in two continents, as well as a researcher in complex systems, classical field theory, quantum gravity, neuro-symbolic AI & cellular automata. His expertise spans from extensive knowledge of database systems, data migration, data cleaning and governance, to Business Intelligence, analytics, data science, data visualisation, data governance and compliance, machine & deep learning working for major corporations in the private banking, manufacturing, and energy companies such as UBS, Citibank, Volkswagen, Eon and, most recently, Rabobank.
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Agostino Forcella
Chief Operating Officer
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Engineering background in advanced microelectronics with Masters  studies covering technical and commercial aspects of planning designing & launching electronic products with more than 30 years experience in a wide range of areas including manufacturing, telco, software & hardware development, testing, large IT infrastructure, business development, and large-scale organisational transformations to UK Government and private firms. He was the Programme Delivery Director at BT Global Services responsible for the transition of BT Spine to Health & Social Care Information Centre & for delivering new tests & training platforms to the NHS. 
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Dr. Kourosh Saeb-Parsy
Chief Medical Officer
​MD & PhD in Neurosciences (Cambridge), NHS Consultant Transplant Surgeon, University Reader in Transplantation & Clinical Research Group Leader at the Department of Surgery at the University of Cambridge specialising in immunogenicity of regenerative cellular therapies, he has over 15 years experience in startup and biotech companies, and is the director of the Cambridge In Vivo Assessment Platform and the Cambridge Biorepository for Translational Medicine. He has more than 50 papers published in top journals such as Nature, and Science.

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Ed Sant'Anna
​Chief Strategist

An engineering graduate (BEng) with more than 15 years of multinational experience, Ed has managed teams, and crafted and delivered deals worth £100M+. He has vast experience advising CxOs of large enterprises on strategy, investment & digital transformation as well as prototyping, development & implementation of AI-powered solutions.

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Beverley Scott
​Chief Compliance Officer

NHS accredited Clinical Safety Officer with more than 20 years experience. Expert in clinical & patient safety, quality standards, risk assessment, CE marking & compliance. She has vast experience in medical devices, medical apps, & the medical technology & equipment sector serving for large health technology organisations.

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Dr. Lionel Khalil
Business Development Manager

PhD in Applied Maths (École Polytechnique) and J.D. (Ph.D. in law from UPEC) with vast experience as a strategic advisor for organisations like KPMG and Mars in areas of intangible assets including technology for impact investments. Experience in Data Science for Derivative Trading, Market risk and Credit risk for Investment Banks, and in Marketing Insight for FMCG. 
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Mariana G. Castellón
​Business and Localisation Manager

Masters in Translation and Interpretation specialising in communication, legal & medical areas. She has experience in corporate communication at multinational electronics & manufacturing companies such as Jabil (Research in Motion, Cisco), in journalism, localisation, automatic translation, compliance & ISO standards auditing.


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Dr. Shivani Amdekar
Medical Consultant
Shivani Amdekar, MD is a Royal College of Anaesthetics (FRCA) certified (Obstetric) Anaesthetic senior registrar and NHS Clinical Entrepreneur at University College Hospital (UCL) and The Royal Marsden Hospital covering emergency adult and paediatric cases, high risk obstetrics, complex cancer, perioperative and intensive care medicine  at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. She is a policy advisor at NHS England, focusing on Pan London Critical care.
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Dr. Maximus ​Byamukama
Senior Hardware Systems Engineer

PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, postdoctoral research engineer at the University of Oxford with wide experience in software development for Embedded Systems, back-end & front-end software development, multi-platform mobile apps, hardware & IoT devices.
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MD. Rashedul Amin
Lead Cloud Engineer
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IoT expert with several years experience in embedded systems in industry as senior engineer and team leader, among other leadership positions. He has been involved in projects for smart home technology and energy. and has published on IoT and embedded technology to his credit. ​
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Dr. Samir Khan
Market Access Strategist

PhD in Pharmacology (Cambridge) with a Bill and Melinda Gates Trust Scholarship. Specialisation on the commercialisation and pricing-market access of technologies and medical devices within the global health market. Co-architect of the collaborative project Accelerator in partnership with NHS, SMEs and Industry Catalysts. Previously a Business development Lead for the Strategic and Industry Partnerships (SIP) initiative at Oxford AHSN. He has worked also for Ipsos and GfK in the past.

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Kaye Ashley
Lead Biomedical Scientist

Degree in Medical Technology, certified Biomedical Scientist at HCPC and BMS certified in the UK & at the American Society of Clinical Pathology in the U.S. Her main expertise is in biochemistry, haematology & blood transfusion.
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Dr. Santiago Hernández O.
Senior AI Researcher

PhD in Mathematics and 6+ years experience in research programming and R&D, postdoctoral experience at the Unit of Computational Medicine at the Karolinska Institute. He designs neurosymbolic and implements new AI algorithms in application to cell biology.
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J. Santiago Zenil-Araiza
Control Applications Engineer

Engineering degree in mechatronics, robotics and automation with experience in mechanical, & electronic engineering in Germany, working for multinationals such as Siemens, Schneider Electric, and SSI Schaefer.
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Dr. M. Elena Martínez-Pérez 
Senior Computer Vision Scientist

PhD in Computer Science (Imperial College), postdoctoral researcher at the École Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications (Paris), she is a world renowned researcher in medical image processing, pattern recognition & computer vision.

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MD. Motin Sobuj
3D Modeller Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer with Masters studies and Solidworks Professional-CSWP certification in Mechanical Design. He has more than 5 years of experience in Product Design, ECAD, MCAD, from concept drawing to 3D modelling, & complete bill of materials for IoT products. ​​​​
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Steeve Tchatchuing Ntetmen
Business Associate

Masters in Engineering and MBA from the Cambridge University. He has experience in the financial services industry, and has worked with senior business leaders to improve the financial performance of retail banks.
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Dr. Rafael G. González-Acuña
Senior Optical Engineer

Industrial Physical Engineer with a Master's Degree in Optomechatronics and PhD  in Nanotechnology. He is co-author of the solution to the problem of designing bi-aspheric single lenses free of spherical aberration widely covered by the world press.
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Dr. Florent Michel
AI Researcher

PhD in in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics with seven years' experience in mathematical modelling. Expert in mathematical machine learning with applications ranging from fundamental science to real-world problems in finance and data analysis. Held a postdoctoral position at Durham University in the UK.
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John Escreet
Cloud IT Architect
Cloud architect, database Administrator and Application/DB Developer. Specialties: SQL Server, Cloud Infrastructure and Data Warehousing. SQL optimisation, performance tuning and BI stack specialist. Web Development, ASP, C#, Client Server Development. Proficient in SAN architecture and vmWare for SQL Server optimisation and build. 
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Raghavendra Koushik
Cloud Software Developer
Computer Engineering degree with Master's degree in Business Intelligence and Analytics from the University of Westminster with experience in data science, machine learning. More than 3 years experience on Retail, RMS, ReIM, RPM, WMS and Manhattan at Ahold Delhaize, Morrisons and Levis.
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Dr. Francisco Hernández Q.
R&D Associate

PhD in Computer Science (Imperial College) with contributions to the semantics of computer languages, & academic experience connecting biology, computation, & mathematical logic. His research interests include discrete mathematics, modal logic, computational biology,  & computability theory.

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Kalyani Koul
Research Associate

Masters in Computer Science with more than 15 years of experience in IT. She has been a Senior Technical Manager at RBS, driving engineering teams in the context of cloud computing and Senior Technology Architect at Infosys, leading a governance team for code quality and standards. She has also worked at. Nationwide and Microsoft.
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Raúl Cázares
Product Engineer
M.Sc. Electronic design, B.Eng Mechatronics with experience in product maintenance (testing, component validation, cost reduction, behaviour enhancement, debug, worse case analysis, failure cause analysis, DFMEA) as an Advanced Electrical Engineer, Value and Component Engineer, and Electronics Designer for multinational companies such as Honeywell, FCA and Ford
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Mehul Bhatt
Cloud App Developer

Full-stack Computer Science Engineer with experience in web and cross-platform mobile apps handling all aspects of the system from prototyping to deployment. Has worked in markets such as e-commerce, real estate, and IT.
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Héctor H. de la Cerda
AI Research Associate

Biomedical engineer and postgraduate in engineering (University of Sheffield) with experience in engineering and medicine, imaging (cancer), machine learning and research in the clinical laboratory to enhance health care. ​
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H. Alejandro Chaparro-Romo
Senior Optical Engineer

Electronic Engineer with Master's studies in Computer Science, specialising in scientific computation, and years of experience in optics research and applications, he is co-author of the solution to the problem of designing bi-aspheric single lenses free of spherical aberration.
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Viktor Cekov
IT Assistant

Finished education in the school of Mathematical and Natural science in Bulgaria. Currently studying Computer Science at the University of Reading. He is an Android developer and C++ programmer. Provides IT and file server support.
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Phuong Pham
Data Assistant

Computer Science student from the University of Reading she has knowledge in machine learning and Web programming (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, bootstrap, Reactjs, Redux), PostgreSQL, MySQL, git. Experience working on a variety of projects in both Python and Java.
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Jack Richards
Social Media Manager

With over 7 years of industry experience in social media, he has worked on various campaigns for national brands in the UK and has an in-depth understanding of social analytical data and user demographics.
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Jasper R. Williams
Data Science Assistant

Data assessment, gathering, cleansing, & classifying in connection to machine & deep learning in application to image processing, automatic input recognition & science-oriented micro-services.
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Moussa Messafer 
Biomedical Scientist

Doctor in Medical Science with a postgraduate certificate (KU, London) in Biomedical Science (haematology) & an MSc, also in Biomedical Science. HCPC and BMS registered, with over 20 years of experience in the NHS in positions such as Bank Biomedical Scientist.
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Judah R. Williams
​Environmental Assistant
Designs the company's processes for eco-friendliness, in particular best practices for prototyping, production and bio waste disposal.

Scientific Advisory Board

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Dr. Amos Burke
Lead oncologist at the Department of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, NHS Cambridge University Trust. He is a childhood cancer specialist working at Addenbrooke's Hospital providing service for children in the East of England. He is an authority in children's leukaemia and responsible as Cancer Specialist Lead for the delivery of clinical cancer trials for children and young people in England. He is member of the National Cancer Research Institute Lymphoma Clinical Studies Group and chairs its paediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma subgroup.
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Dr. Petroula A. Tsagkaraki
Senior Managing Partner at the Medici Medical Centre in Luton, with a catchment population in excess of 15000 patients. She has worked in General Practice for more than 10 years and has experience in healthcare management and leadership. She is the Associate Director of the Medics Primary Healthcare Network and the local community lead for Care Home Alignment and Management of Frail patients. Petroula is also involved in medical education. She has a Masters in Medical Education and is a GP trainer for Health Education East of England.
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Dr. Weizi Li
Associate Professor of Informatics and Digital Health, Deputy Director in Informatics Research Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading. Her research focuses on digital health, integrated systems, AI and machine learning applications in healthcare. She has been scientific advisor for the company responsible for a mobile healthcare and data platform used in 3000 hospitals in China. Her research impact for improving healthcare quality and efficiency using data and AI was recognised as one of winners of O2RB Excellence in Impact Awards in 2018, supported by University of Oxford Economic Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account.
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