Dr Matthew Wakeling

About me:

Matthew graduated with a BA (and MA) in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. Immediately following this, he worked for two years in an internet shopping startup company, before returning to the university to work for the Department of Genetics in the FlyMine group for eight years. He then studied for his engineering doctorate with the University of Surrey and the Met Office. Matthew has developed a keen interest in novel data analysis methods for short read sequencing data, particularly for extracting information (such as copy number variants, homozygosity mapping, and relatedness) from sequence reads that would otherwise be unused. He has been instrumental in the discovery of multiple gene-disease associations for monogenic diabetes and hyperinsulinism. He has been working in the monogenic diabetes group in the university medical school since 2015.

In his spare time Matthew enjoys music, gardening, DIY and mountain walking.

Software engineering, data structures and algorithms, databases, data processing, performance optimisation, nonlinear minimisation, variational data assimilation.

• BA, MA University of Cambridge
• EngD University of Surrey