Professor Matt Castle
- Teaching Professor (Mathematical Biology and Bioinformatics)
- Head of Centre for Research Informatics Training
Location
- Centre for Research Informatics Training, University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, United Kingdom, Email: mdc31 at cam.ac.uk
About
Job Role
Matt took over the running of the Centre for Research Informatics Training in 2020 and oversees all aspects of the centre's programme, working with the rest of the team to drive innovation and continually improve the quality of bioinformatics, data science and biostatistics training for researchers within Cambridge and more broadly.
Hours
Monday to Friday, office hours.
With a background in Mathematics and Epidemiological Modelling, Matt has spent many years teaching and developing material for a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses. Matt set up the PSLS Biostatistics Initiative at the University of Cambridge in 2017 to support improved biostatistics training for life science researchers.
Matt won the 2020 Technology-Enabled Learning Prize in the in the STEMM category.
Research
Matt has a particular interest in supporting early career academics and researchers develop their pedagogical understanding and teaching skills.
Teaching and supervision
2016 - present:
- Core Statistics in R - Training Lead, Trainer
- Experimental design for statistical analysis - Trainer
- Fundamentals of Programming in R - Training Lead
- Reproducible Research and Experimental Design R - Training Lead
- Critical Analysis of Papers - Training Lead
- Core Statistics for Chemists - Training Lead, Trainer
- Core Statistics using Python - Training Lead, Trainer
- Bioinformatics Data Exploration for Biologists - Training Lead
- Statistics for Biologists in R - Training Lead
- Bioinformatics for Biologists - Training Lead
- Part III Systems Biology - Training Lead