Angela Suriyakumaran

Dr Angela (Ange) Suriyakumaran received her PhD from the University of Bristol in the field of Functional Nanomaterials, and her Masters in Chemistry with Nanotechnology from the University of Hull.

Her PhD titled 'A tamper indicating toolbox: exploring ultrasonic monitoring of silica sol-gel' draws from areas of Inorganic Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering, to form a novel system of tamper detection in nuclear dismantling security. During this time, she developed an interest in coding for data collection and analysis purposes.

This then led her to work for a digital education software company, LearnSci, where she designed and developed software products geared towards university science departments. Her research and previous work experience has been brought together in her RSE role within IBM, where her focus lies in developing novel code for various sectors including big data, geology and nuclear fusion.