Dr. Michael Knight, BSc (Hons.), Ph.D

Senior Data Scientist

About Dr. Michael Knight

Dr Michael Knight is a senior data scientist based at the Bristol (UK) site of Malvern Panalytical. He specialises in the development of data analysis methods for a diverse range of scientific instruments including laser diffraction, calorimetry and near infra-red spectroscopy. He focuses on leveraging cloud and high-performance computing to deliver insight from data.

Michael enjoys music and photography. He plays piano and violin.

Dr. Michael Knight

Career pathway

Michael joined Malvern Panalytical in 2019. He obtained his BSc in biochemistry with chemistry in 2006, and PhD in biophysics in 2009, both from the university of Southampton (UK). 

He held academic research positions at Ecole normale superieure de Lyon focussing on solid-state NMR of proteins (2010-2012) and the university of Bristol focussing on quantitative MRI (2013-2017). He moved to industry in 2017. 

Research & expertise

Michael has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications and is a patented inventor.

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