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name: michael-martyn
labels:
residence: "california-usa"
nationality: "uk,usa,ireland"
activities: "running,hiking,camping"
half_marathon_pr: "1:22"
stack: "python,django,gcp,aws"
spec:
summits: |-
- thorong_la_pass_17769ft
- mt_fuji_12388ft
# TODO(mmartyn): summit more peaks.
Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to my part of the internet. My resume can be found here.
As the homepage says, I am a reformed wet-lab molecular biologist who now pivots between bioinformatics, software engineering and data analytics. I am a skilled full-stack engineer with specialisation in Python, Django, databases, analytics, and clouds (GCP/AWS).
Outside of work, I love to spend time outdoors either hiking, camping, or running up the steepest muddiest trails I can find. I have a half marathon PR of 1:22 (SF half marathon), I've also summited the highest point (17,769ft) of the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal (Thorong La Pass), and been to the top of Mt Fuji, Japan (12,388ft).
Check out a couple of my personal projects on my site, data viz of 15,000 bioinformatics papers, visualising places that I've visited across the world, or a project that uses AI to create a daily poem based on the top news story for that day.
I also wrote a long-form review on security in the new era of synthetic biology, exploring the biosecurity implications of rapid advances in synthetic biology and related fields.
Interactive data viz, a 3D globe, a genome browser, AI-written poems.
See projects [02] BLOGNotes on wearables, data analytics, and engineering experiments.
Read the blog [03] THESISLong-form review: security in the new era of synthetic biology.
Read thesis