Now: indexing dive log
Quantum physicist by training (PhD, UCL) I spent years coaxing electrons into doing strange and beautiful things at temperatures colder than deep space. Now I'm a Principal Security Engineer, chasing anomalies through hyperscale data with the same instincts.
On weekends I disappear underwater as PADI Divemaster.
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PhD · quantum physics
7
Peer-reviewed papers
1
Patent granted
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Dives & counting
§ 01/07· about
I. I started as a physicist. BEng (First Class) and PhD at UCL, years in basement labs fabricating quantum wires and watching electrons behave in ways that still feel like magic. Left with a doctorate, a Dean's Prize, scholarships and several papers.
II. Quantum cryptography pulled me into security where first protecting quantum hardware, then SOC work, threat hunting, building data pipelines. The mental muscle is the same: form a hypothesis, run an experiment, read the noise, find the signal.
III. Today I'm a Principal Security Engineer applying ML to hyperscale logs, leading high-severity incident response, writing automation that lets humans sleep at night.
§ 02/07· physicist by training
My doctoral research, Interaction Effects in Quasi One-Dimensional Quantum Wires, focused on transport in low-dimensional semiconductors at ultra-low temperatures including fractional conductance plateaus in zero magnetic field.
I'm not in the lab anymore, but the physics never really leaves you. I still read papers, still get giddy about quantum mechanics, and still apply the same mindset to my day job.
doctorate
PhD, Quantum Physics
UCL
Scholarships
Undergrad and Postgrad Awards
UCL
Recognition
Dean's Prize
UCL
§ 03/07· research
Peer-reviewed work on electron transport in quantum wires, plus one patent from a stint in quantum cryptography.
Spin-polarised quantum conductance in 1D channels
Optimization of robot-trajectory planning with nature-inspired and hybrid quantum algorithms
Engineering electron wavefunctions in asymmetrically confined quasi-1D structures
Formation of a non-magnetic, odd-denominator fractional quantized conductance in a quasi-1D electron system
Zero-magnetic-field fractional quantum states
Patent — Unique identifiers based on quantum effects
§ 04/07· security, today
I work on detection & response, security automation, and applying machine learning to security telemetry. I lead high-severity incident response, build ML-driven anomaly detection on Apache Spark, and design Detection-as-Code pipelines that turn investigations into reusable code.
Across my career I've worked across multiple hyperscale environments protecting cloud infrastructure, and critical national infrastructure. My background spans across multiple security domains.
cap_01
Leading incident response on hyperscale infrastructure. Building Detection-as-Code pipelines, runbooks, and automation that turns one-off investigations into reusable rules.
cap_02
Anomaly detection over petabyte-scale logs on Apache Spark. Building features, models, and feedback loops that surface genuinely interesting signal from a sea of noise.
cap_03
Hypothesis-driven hunts across endpoint, network, and cloud. Reverse engineering attacker behaviour and translating findings into long-lived detections and hardening.
cap_04
Multi-cloud security engineering across AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI. Identity, network policy, secrets, and Kubernetes hardening at production scale.
cap_05
Designing and operating the security data platform ingestion, normalisation, enrichment, and querying. Making sure the data is there before you need it.
cap_06
From my time in industry research: identifier and key generation based on quantum mechanical effects in semiconductor devices (resulting in a granted US patent).
stack /
Python · Rust · Apache Spark · Kafka · Kubernetes · Terraform · BigQuery · ClickHouse · Elasticsearch · AWS · GCP · Azure · OCI
Companies /
Cloudflare · Atlassian · AWS · Curve · Careem · Mishcon de Reya · Crypto Quantique · BT Security
§ 05/07· side projects
Things I'm building on weekends and after hours. The stuff that keeps the curiosity sharp.
project_01
↗ papers
My UCL doctoral work on electron transport in quasi-one-dimensional quantum wires fractional conductance plateaus, interaction effects, and ultra-low-temperature measurement. Still reading the literature, still curious.
project_02
↗ security
Applying machine learning to security telemetry and anomaly detection using novel algorithms, feature engineering for noisy signals, and pulling genuine threats out of operational data.
project_03
↗ explore
The space where physics meets security. Quantum hardware as a primitive for cryptography, the strange physics that makes it work, and the move to post-quantum cryptography. What breaks, what survives, and how the rest of us migrate in time.
§ 06/07· giving back
The best part of being further along the path is helping the people behind you. I mentor junior security engineers and detection engineers through multiple programs and avenue and I try to make time for early-career physics PhD students figuring out what comes after the lab.
I also support a few causes that matter to me: ocean conservation through PADI AWARE (a natural fit for a Divemaster), and STEM outreach encouraging more first-generation students into physics and engineering.
§ 07/07· off the clock
When I'm not staring at logs, I'm under quite a lot of saltwater. Diving is the one thing that reliably empties my brain where is no Slack, no dashboards, just bubbles and the occasional reef shark giving me side-eye.
As a Divemaster I help guide dives, look after newer divers, and try to point at the right fish at the right time. It's the most fun I've ever had being responsible for other people.
§ 08/08· say hi
Open to chats about security, ML, physics, dive trips, or anything that needs an extra brain. Easiest way to reach me is on LinkedIn.
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