Education:
2022 – Present | The Open University, UK
PhD, Applied and Computational Linguistics
2020 – 2021 | Univesity of Durham, UK
MA, Applied Linguistics
2016 – 2020 | University of Sunderland, UK
BA, Linguistics and Modern Languages
2015 – 2016 | Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), France
APILS, Natural Sciences (Physics, Mathematics, Biology, and Chemistry)
Certifications:
2021 | Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL)
Specialised translation (English into French)
Doctoral project:
My research project will aim to domain-adapt Machine Translation (MT) technology for the Bioinformatics domain in order to support translation in this field, and to evaluate this technology. As such, large in-domain parallel (English-French) and monolingual comparable corpora will be compiled. Additionally, a detailed analysis of the linguistic features and patterns (e.g., Multiword Expressions) found in the domain-specific discourse of Bioinformatics will be performed.
This project aspires to build bridges between the fields of Machine Translation (MT), Translation Studies, and Bioinformatics, thereby providing valuable contribution to each of these fields of research. Knowledge and expertise from other areas of research, such as Natural Language Processing, Corpus Linguistics and Contrastive Linguistics, will also be examined through the lens of this collaborative approach.
This project is in collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and is funded by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership (OOC DTP).
Supervision team:
Dr Andrew Gargett (lead supervisor), Dr Jérôme Devaux, and Dr Wendi Bacon.
Academic engagement:
2024 – 20205 | Teaching Assistant
This role supports the Graduate School Core Training programme by assisting with teaching, managing sessions, and facilitating student engagement.
2024 – 2025 | Student Representative
Contributions:
Invited presentation: "Translation of Bioinformatics Materials to Address Equity and Inclusivity" - Workshop for Education in Bioinformatics (WEB2023).
31st Annual Intelligent Systems For Molecular Biology and the 22nd Annual European Conference on Computational Biology (ISMB/ECCB 2023).
