Kevin Pepper

Principal Software Developer

Kevin is currently working as a developer on the Tree of Life STS project

Background

Kevin is involved with the development of the Tree of Life STS system, a sample tracking web application written in Python and React which will be used by the Parasites and Microbes programme.

Kevin joined PaM Informatics in 2017 as a Java developer working on open source bioinformatics tool development. He has since worked in many different areas including Docker containerisation & DevOps, Nextflow pipeline construction, OpenStack deployments and web application development including the Monocle data sharing platform.

Kevin possesses a background in software engineering, having worked in industry for sectors including Investment and Retail Banking, Health, Utilities, Insurance, Defense, Consultancy and as a software company director.

 

Qualifications

MSc Computer Science

BSc (Hons) Physics

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Wellcome Sanger Institute

Programmes and Facilities

 

Programme

Parasites and Microbes

We use genomics to study important problems in infectious disease, with a strong desire to develop and refine tools for disease ...
 

Programme

Tree of Life

Investigates the diversity of complex organisms through sequencing and cellular technologies. We generate and use high-quality genome sequences to explore the ...