CV

Contact Information

Name Samuel McDermott
Professional Title Associate Teaching Professor & Programme Manager, EPSRC Sensor CDT, University of Cambridge
Email sjm263@cam.ac.uk

Experience

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2023 -

    Cambridge

    Co-Founder
    autohaem
    Designer of an open-source, low-cost, automated blood smearing device.
  • 2022 - 2025

    Cambridge

    Supervisor
    Lucy Cavendish College
    Small group teaching to undergraduate students in Mathematical Biology.
  • 2014 - 2014

    London

    Summer Internship
    UBS
    Working on a global SaaS project within HR IT.
  • 2013 - 2013

    Cambridge

    Summer Internship
    Brady PLC
    Software Development and Testing in a commodities trading and risk management software company.

Education

  • 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)
  • 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
  • 2014 - 2015

    Coventry

    Master of Science (MSc)
    University of Warwick
    Computer Science and Applications
    • Dissertation title: Image forgery detection using camera sensor pattern noise
  • 2011 - 2014

    Cambridge

    MA (Cantab)
    University of Cambridge
    Natural Sciences
    • Physics
    • Mathematics
    • Chemistry
    • Astrophysics
    • Computer Science