Scientific Director, Bioinformatics & Data Engineering at LifeArc
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dan Halligan is the Scientific Director of Bioinformatics & Data Engineering at LifeArc, leveraging over 20 years of experience in drug discovery across commercial and academic sectors. His expertise is grounded in a PhD from The University of Edinburgh and a focus on applying data science to address unmet patient needs.
He maintains a public "manager readme" page, outlining his management philosophies and expectations to foster a transparent and collaborative team environment.
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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Scientific Director, Bioinformatics & Data Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Personality Overview
How Dan shows up
Value Seeker
Not Easily Convinced
Price-Sensitive
While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions.
Priorities
Topics Dan cares about
Bioinformatics Solutions
He is focused on driving bioinformatic and data engineering solutions to support drug discovery and address patient needs in his role at LifeArc.
Childhood Cancer
Recently shared his excitement for the C-Further collaboration between LifeArc and Cancer Research Horizons, which aims to tackle challenges in childhood cancer.
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Career
Work history
6-2025
Scientific Director, Bioinformatics & Data Engineering
LifeArc
9-2023 - 6-2025
Bioinformatics Lead
LifeArc
6-2023 - 8-2023
Lead Technical BD Support
Fios Genomics
11-2022 - 5-2023
Associate Director Computational Biology
Healx
9-2018 - 11-2022
Head of Research & Development
Fios Genomics
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