David Gavaghan
Professor of Computational Biology at the University of Oxford

David Gavaghan

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Professor of Computational Biology at the University of Oxford
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Male
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BioinformaticianComputer scientist
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TechnologyScience
Birth:
10 February 1966
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Professor David J. Gavaghan (born 10 February 1966) is Professor of Computational Biology in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford. He is also the director of the Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre, Principal Investigator of the Integrative Biology project and Research Fellow in Mathematics at New College, Oxford.

Education

Gavaghan completed his undergraduate degree in Mathematics at Durham University in 1986, a Master of Science in Numerical Analysis and Mathematical Modelling in 1987 and his Doctor of Philosophy on the development of Parallel Numerical Algorithms in 1991 at Linacre College at the University of Oxford.

Research and career

Gavaghan's research is interdisciplinary and involves the application of mathematical and computational techniques to problems in the biomedical sciences. Gavaghan serves on the advisory board chair for the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI).

Personal life

See Gavaghan for the origin of his surname.