Noel O’Boyle
Chemical Biology Resources Team Leader
“AI and machine learning rely on large, high-quality data sets, and this is precisely what our resources provide.”
Meet our people
With over 700 employees and fellows from 68 countries, EMBL-EBI brings together experts from many different disciplines.
Leadership
Melissa Harrison
Head of Literature Services
“I wanted my next move to be to another mission-driven organisation that is trying to make science open and accessible to everyone.”
Sameer Velankar
PDBe Team Leader
“Most of the time you don’t know if you’re ready for a life-changing moment, such as starting a new job or moving abroad. Step one is showing up, speaking to people, asking around.”
Sarah Dyer
Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader
“People are becoming more aware and more accepting of flexible working patterns.”
Julio Saez-Rodriguez
Head of Research
“EMBL is a special place for science because it’s young, collaborative, and interdisciplinary by design.”
Geetika Malhotra
Head of Web Development
“The opportunity to work with some of the brightest people from the scientific community keeps my adrenaline flowing.”
Deepti J. Kundu
Scientific Curator
“I love the fact that every day brings a new challenge, and the best thing is that our team loves solving problems so there’s always someone to consult with.”
Santiago Sanchez Fragoso
Software Developer – Machine Learning
“We’re incredibly fortunate to have access to this much data and it’s vital for the work I do to train machine learning algorithms.”
Aybuke Kupcu Yoldas
Data Project Leader
“I love working with our user communities and knowing that what we do has an impact.”
Timothé Cezard
Project Lead
“I migrated from being a biologist to being a bioinformatician, a developer, then building research and clinical infrastructure.”
Ania Niewielska
Lead Software Engineer
“The way I see it, the role of my software is to guide our colleagues from the research and service teams to find technology solutions for their needs.”
Shrayans Agrawal
Network Engineer
“EMBL-EBI is a place where you have the freedom to apply creative thinking in your job.”
Research leaders
Evangelia Petsalaki
Research Group Leader
“Diversity gives us broader insight into how to tackle research questions. It also keeps us on our toes.”
John Lees
Research Group Leader
“Moving to EMBL-EBI felt like a natural fit for me. All the data resources managed by EMBL-EBI are great and the leadership in making data open access is fantastic.”
Jess Ewald
Research Group Leader
“We need people who are willing to jump into a new area and not be afraid to ask questions, big or small.”
PhDs and Postdocs
Valentina Lorenzi
PhD student
“The research environment at EMBL is conducive to interaction and discussion. The opportunities to learn are immense with resources and events to foster networking and career growth.”
Francesco Costa
PhD student
“I enjoy the connection with other people who work in similar areas and learning by discussing your research project with them.”
Hillary Elrick
PhD student
“When it came time for me to apply for PhD positions, EMBL-EBI was top of my list because I knew in terms of bioinformatics, I would learn a lot here.”
Iguaracy Pinheiro de Sousa
Postdoctoral fellow
“The only way to make progress in organoid research is for computational and wet lab scientists to work together.”
Carolin Sauer
Postdoctoral fellow
“EMBL provides a very diverse community of colleagues. Researchers from various backgrounds and nationalities work here, which makes for a stimulating and enjoyable environment.”
Administration and Operations
Alannah Lockwood
Principal Legal Officer
“It’s satisfying to know that we’re enabling the world’s biological data to keep flowing.”
Jessica Hornsby
Grants Officer
“What I find most satisfying is being able to help our group leaders with their grant applications and being successful.“
