A/Prof David Powell is a computational biology researcher and the Director of the Monash Bioinformatics Platform. David has a PhD in Computer Science and a background in algorithm development for bioinformatics, and has also worked professionally as a software developer and lead two start up companies in a CTO role. David’s recent research has been in visualisation for biological data with an interest in building interactive tools to make analysis and data more accessible for both experts and novice users. His tools have been used by thousands of researchers around the world to visualise and analyse their biological data.