Dr. Oliver Crook

Biography

Oliver Crook holds a degree in Mathematical Sciences (MMath) from the University of Warwick and completed his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, where he was supervised by Kathryn Lilley, Laurent Gatto, and Paul Kirk. His PhD research focused on computational biology, earning him the Peter Landshoff prize for outstanding work. Subsequently, he was awarded the Fisher Memorial Trust’s Young Biometrician Award for his published papers during his PhD. Oliver served as a research associate at the University of Oxford's Department of Statistics, collaborating with notable researchers such as Charlotte Deane. He was also briefly seconded to the UK Government's AI Safety Institute, leading a group focused on protein design. Currently, he is a MRC Career Development Award Fellow and a Todd-Bird Junior Research Fellow at New College, Oxford, where he continues to lead his research group. His research interests include protein-protein interactions, molecular parasitology, machine learning applications in biochemistry, and the design of protein conformations through experimental and computational methods. He aims to leverage advanced techniques in molecular biophysics to illuminate complex biological processes, particularly those relevant to malaria and biosecurity.

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