Biography

As a Scientific Data Manager at the UK Polar Data Centre at BAS, I focus on management, publication, archiving and integration of marine UK-funded research data collected in Antarctic and Arctic polar regions. In my role I manage biological, chemical and physical oceanography data generated during marine surveys from BAS research vessels and by the BAS science programmes Pelagic Ecosystems, Polar Oceans and marine aspects of Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation. I act as the BAS data liaison for the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) and represent the UK Polar Data Centre at the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Data Management Sub-Committee.

Previous employment

2008-20017         Scientific Data Stewardship with focus on marine data management, standardisation and interoperability, EMBL-EBI, Hinxton – Cambridge, United Kingdom

2003-2007            Postdoctoral Research in Molecular Biology and Electrophysiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Education

1998-2002            PhD in Biochemistry, IPK, Gatersleben, Germany (Thesis: Immunomodulation of plant hormone functions)

1994-1996            MSc in Biophysics and Biochemistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

1989-1994            MSc in Physics and Computer Sciences, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic