Thomas Kirk MEng DPhil

Education

2017 - 2021: DPhil Biomedical Engineering, Oxford University
- Holder of the Bellhouse scholarship, researching new MRI methods to improve the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
- 5 publications, 1 patent and 5 software modules released.
- Separately, was involved in two Covid-19 response projects (see employment below).
2013 - 2017: MEng Engineering, Economics & Management, Oxford University
- First class honours, winner of Millard scholarship and Knox prize for best degree result.
- Specialisms in biomedical and information engineering, macroeconomics and game theory.
2007 - 2012: Dulwich College, London
- 3 A at A2 level, 7 A* at AS level, 11 A* at GCSE, attended on scholarship.

2022 onwards: Research Fellow in Physiological Imaging, University of Nottingham [current]
- Leading the formation of a joint medical imaging spin-out, have completed a 6 month BBSRC ICURe incubator
- Responsibilities include identifying routes to market, establishing commercial partnerships, and appliying for seed funding from Innovate UK.
2021 onwards: Co-founder and technical lead, vaximap.org [current]
- Solo development effort for a free-to-use service to optimise Covid-19 vaccination for housebound patients
- To date, has reached over 50% of UK housebound patients and been adopted by the UK Army
- Project supported by Microsoft, JHubMed (UK Strategic Command) and Oxford University Innovation.
2020: Systems integration lead & Chief morale officer, OxVent, Oxford
- Oversaw system integration for Oxford University’s emergency Covid-19 ventilator, of which the UK Government ordered 6,000 units.
- Also responsible for design verification data analysis, system calibration, and authoring multiple technical documents submitted for MHRA and FDA authorisation.
- Partnered with Smith + Nephew UK for manufacturing, worked closely with their operations team to reduce manufacturing time down to 45 seconds per unit.
- Project was awarded the 2020 Global Challenge innovation award from the Institute of Engineering and Technology.

Experienced in Python (Django, Pandas, Tensorflow, Cython), Ruby (Rails), MATLAB and Unix.
Proficient with web deployment on Heroku
Intermediate level Bash, Swift and C/C++.

Native French speaker, dual French and British citizen.
Winner, 2020 Institute of Engineering and Technology Global Challenge innovation award for work on Covid-19.
Winner, 2016 OxTALENT award for prototype anatomy teaching app for medical students at the University of Oxford: see page 9 in PDF
Winner, 2014 Sladen essay prize: “Should governments pursue growth or happiness?”
Alumnus, 2012 Arkwright national engineering scholarships.
Winner, 2011 Shalheveth Freier international physics tournament in Tel Aviv.