Resume
Below is an abridged version of my full resume which can be downloaded in full as a PDF file.
Professional experience
July 2007 - Present: Associate Director
July 2006 - July2007: Sr. Architect and IT Manager
Jan. 2004 - July 2006: Sr. Architect, Bioinformatics at Five Prime Therapeutics
At Five Prime Therapeutics I have worked on the design and implementation of a laboratory information management system (LIMS) specificially geared towards Five Prime's unique screening platform. The LIMS tracks and integrates data from the multiple stages of the screening pipeline including the production and curation of the cDNA clone library, protein production and cell-based assays. The current implementation consists of a distributed, service-oriented system providing core functionality to multiple clients including a web-based thin client, a Swing-based rich client and a number of non-graphical clients such as automated data upload and reporting. In addition to providing access and visualization of internal screening data the rich client also provides an interface to invoke, and visualize the results of, a number of bioinformatic algorithms.
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2003: Group Leader, Bioinformatics
Oct. 2000 - Dec. 2001: Research Scientist, Bioinformatics at BD Biosciences, Clontech
At Clontech I managed the software development team within the department of bioinformatics. The main focus of my work was to develop tools used both in-house in product development, and externally as product support. While at Clontech I designed and implemented an expansion of the bioinformatics web application suite from a system supporting one product to a site hosting ten web applications supporting six product lines. The majority of these applications were implemented in Java on a J2EE platform using an Oracle database. The main in-house, product development support application was a Java Swing based client, and associated database back end, used by the bioinformatics group to aid in probe design for Clontech's gene chips.
Feb. 1993 - Oct. 2000: Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Institute
While at the Neurosciences Institute I conducted research aimed at elucidating the biological basis of higher brain function. Of particular interest was the influence of context on visual perception which I addressed using both large-scale, neural simulations and human brain imaging. The modeling studies illustrated a mechanism by which the underlying anatomy and physiology of the visual cortex could give rise to certain contextual properties of color vision, such as color constancy. Using MEG human brain imaging we were also able to demonstrate a relationship between brain dynamics and contextual interactions within vision.
Education
1992: Awarded Ph.D. in Computational Biology from The Department of Physiological Sciences, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
My thesis work was concerned with the mathematical analysis of artificial neural networks and, in particular, the comparison to traditional system approximation and modeling techniques such as Volterra series. One outcome of the research was a novel algorithm for the calculation of the Volterra kernels of unknown, non-linear dynamic systems. The developed algorithm has since found application in a number of diverse areas from the characterization of the dynamics of chemical reaction systems to modeling the dynamic interactions within the human brain.
1989: Awarded B.Eng. (1st class) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
My undergraduate studies placed a final emphasis on microprocessor and computer engineering. The academic work was complemented by an industrial sponsorship from Marconi Radar Systems.
Publications
Journal Papers
- Rucci, M., G.M. Edelman and J. Wray. (2000) Modeling LGN responses during free-viewing: A possible role of microscopic eye movements in the refinement of cortical orientation selectivity. Journal of Neuroscience. 20:4708-4720.
- Rucci, M., G.M. Edelman and J. Wray. (2000) Robust localization of auditory and visual targets in a robotic barn owl. J. Rob. Auton. Syst. 30:181-193.
- Rucci, M., G.M. Edelman and J. Wray. (1999) Adaptation of orienting behavior: From the barn owl to a robotic system. IEEE Trans. Robotics and Automation 15:96-110.
- Rucci, M. and J. Wray. (1999) Biaural cross-correlation and auditory localization in the barn owl: A theoretical study. Neural Networks. 12:31-42.
- Wray, J. and G.M. Edelman. (1996) A model of color vision based on cortical reentry. Cerebral Cortex 6:701-716.
- Verschure, P.F.M.J, J. Wray, O. Sporns, G. Tononi and G.M. Edelman. (1995) Multilevel analysis of classical conditioning in a behaving real world artifact: An illustration of synthetic neural modeling. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 16:247-265.
- Wray, J. and G.G.R. Green. (1995) Neural networks, approximation theory and finite precision computation. Neural Networks 8:31-37.
- Wray, J. and G.G.R. Green. (1994) Calculation of the Volterra kernels of non-linear dynamic systems using an artificial neural network. Biological Cybernetics 71:187-195.
Meeting papers and abstracts
- Wray, J. and Srinivassan, R. (1999) Neural correlates of contextual interactions within color perception revealed by MEG dynamics. Invest. Opthalmol. Vis. Sci. 40, S818
- Wray, J. and Srinivassan, R. (1999) Synchronization of neural activity during brightness induction revealed by MEG frequency tagging. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 25, 2187
- Rucci, M., J. Wray and G.M. Edelman. (1995) Spatial localization and the refinement of orienting behavior. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control: 253-256.
- Rucci, M., J. Wray and G.M. Edelman. (1997) Adaptation of orienting behavior: From the barn owl to a robotic system. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 10-11:91-93.
- Wray, J. and G.G.R. Green. (1992) Hardware implementation of trained networks. IJCNN International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2:560-564.
- Wray, J. and G.G.R. Green. (1991) Analysis of networks that have learnt control problems. International Conference on Control 1:261-265.
- Wray, J. and G.G.R. Green. (1991) The practical use of artificial neural networks: an investigation using Taylor series expansions of the network equations. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2:995.
- Wray, J. and G.G.R. Green. (1991) The production of equivalent transfer functions from trained networks. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2:973.
- Gorgui-Naguib, R.N., S.S Dlay, J, Wray and G.G.R. Green (1991) An investigation into the use of nonlinear neural network architectures. International Conference on Control 1:25-28.
You can contact Jonny Wray at jonny at jonnywray dot com
