I'm a Software Engineer at the University of Edinburgh, working in the Genes to Cognition Programme under Professor Seth Grant. I build the tools, pipelines, and visualisations that power human brain synaptome mapping research. My work has contributed to Scientific Reports and bioRxiv manuscripts, and I'm a co-first author on SynaptopathyDB — an open resource connecting synaptic proteomes to human disease.
From Kerala to Edinburgh
I started coding in Kerala, India — self-taught, building PHP websites and learning Linux from the ground up. I joined Veeble Hosting early on, where I became their go-to engineer for anything server-related: DNS, email deliverability, cPanel, Exim, security hardening. They still call me when things get complicated.
I earned my Master's in Cyber Security from Nottingham Trent University, winning the Best Project Award. That gave me a formal foundation in security that I bring to everything I build.
What I Build at Edinburgh
Now I'm at the University of Edinburgh, in the Genes to Cognition Programme / SIDB, building software for one of the world's leading neuroscience labs. My work sits at a unique intersection: full-stack web development + scientific computing + systems engineering + 3D visualisation.
I've built 3D visualisation tools that render billions of synapse data points in the browser using Three.js. I've built microscopy format converters that freed the lab from proprietary software. I've built web applications, analysis pipelines, segmentation editors, and Docker Swarm orchestration for our compute infrastructure. My tools have directly enabled published research.
SynaptopathyDB: A Public Research System
I'm a co-first author on the SynaptopathyDB paper in Scientific Reports, a Nature Portfolio journal, and I built the synaptopathydb.org platform from scratch. The database integrates data from 64 mammalian synapse proteomic studies, identifying 3,437 consensus synapse proteins linked to 1,266 OMIM diseases. It is a public-facing example of the kind of full-stack scientific software I build.
Large-Scale Microscopy & Scientific Computing
I have extensive experience working with large-scale microscopy data — Nikon ND2, Zeiss CZI, IMS, and high-resolution TIFF montages. I've designed conversion pipelines, metadata extraction tools, and GPU-accelerated workflows for datasets spanning billions of data points. These pipelines run in production research workflows where accuracy, performance, and reproducibility are non-negotiable.
Infrastructure
On the infrastructure side, I manage Dell PowerEdge servers, Docker Swarm clusters, distributed task queues (Dask, Celery + Redis), and NAS storage with rclone sync. Monitoring with Nagios, Grafana, and Prometheus. My background in Linux system administration means I design solutions that are not just functional, but maintainable, secure, and cost-effective.
The Connector
What distinguishes my work is the ability to operate across domains: I discuss scientific requirements with researchers, design scalable architectures, write production-ready code, and deploy and maintain systems in live environments. I'm not a specialist in one narrow lane — I'm the person who connects all the pieces.