Mark Basham
Dr Mark Basham is Science Director for Artificial Intelligence and Informatics at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, located on the RAL campus in South Oxfordshire. Mark was awarded his Physics PhD in surface science simulation from the University of Reading, he then moved to data acquisition and analysis of synchrotron and other experimental data after working with colleagues in the field.
Mark’s primary research contributions have focused on the removal of barriers between image processing techniques in different scientific domains, and the open development of these techniques. He is a strong advocate of open-source software tools that focus on the similarities between different fields rather than their differences, and in so doing, bring advances to all. A key aspect of these collaborative projects is their inclusive nature, bringing key stakeholders to the table. For example, in the development of SuRVoS workbench, Mark gathered together a group of biochemists, cell biologists, beamline physicists, and computer vision programmers to identify the needs in segmentation of biological images and work towards the development of a software program that addressed these needs.