CV
Contact Information
| Name | Samuel McDermott |
| Professional Title | Associate Teaching Professor & Programme Manager, EPSRC Sensor CDT, University of Cambridge |
| sjm263@cam.ac.uk |
Experience
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2024 - Cambridge
Associate Teaching Professor
University of Cambridge
Convening, teaching and examining for the ESPRC Sensor CDT and the Department of Chemical Enineering and Biotechnology.
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2024 - Cambridge
EPSRC Sensor CDT Programme Manager
University of Cambridge
Managing the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies and Applications in an Uncertain World, including financial and project management, student recruitment, training and development activities, and liaising with academic and industry partners.
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2025 - Cambridge
Director of Studies and Bye-Fellow in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Selwyn College
Academic advisor for undergraduate and postgraduate-taught students, including admissions, supervisions (small group teaching), and academic progession monitoring.
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2022 - 2024 Cambridge
Senior Research Ethics and Governance Coordinator
University of Cambridge
Preparing ethics protocols and governance processes for large scale public health data studies in UK, EU, Africa and Asia.
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2019 - 2022 Cambridge
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Cambridge
Creating open source hardware and software for automating the diagnosis of malaria with microscopic images of blood smears.
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2023 - Cambridge
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2022 - 2025 Cambridge
Supervisor
Lucy Cavendish College
Small group teaching to undergraduate students in Mathematical Biology.
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2014 - 2014 London
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2013 - 2013 Cambridge
Summer Internship
Brady PLC
Software Development and Testing in a commodities trading and risk management software company.
Education
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2024 - 2025 Cambridge
Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert)
University of Cambridge
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
- Including recognition as Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
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2015 - 2019 Sheffield
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The University of Sheffield
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Thesis title: Optical quantitative phase microscopy: novel methods and applications
- Supervisor: Prof. Andrew Maiden
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2014 - 2015 Coventry
Master of Science (MSc)
University of Warwick
Computer Science and Applications
- Dissertation title: Image forgery detection using camera sensor pattern noise
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2011 - 2014 Cambridge
MA (Cantab)
University of Cambridge
Natural Sciences
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Chemistry
- Astrophysics
- Computer Science