Email: A.E.Day@soton.ac.uk
I am currently working as Senior Data Engineer of Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI) leading the development of its metadata. This involves: applying best practices in designing the metadata schema; development of tools and workflows to support metadata input, update and validation; integration with other PSDI services; and providing support and guidance to PSDI contributors.
Throughout my career I've worked with one foot in science (Chemistry and Materials Science) and one foot in computing (computer modelling, programming, databases).
I initially studied materials science at Cambridge University, then completed a PhD in the chemistry department at University College London (computer modelling zeolites). I worked as a Materials Information Consultant for Granta Design where I made databases of materials properties, test data, and design data and trained customers to set up, use and integrate these with their workflows. I then worked for the Royal Society of Chemistry developing RSC resources (RSC Publications; ChemSpider; ontologies; educational projects e.g. the RSC Learn Chemistry Wiki) and linking these resources to each other and externally to the RSC.