Perri Needham

Perri Needham is a skilled professional in the field of machine learning and robotics, currently serving as a Staff ML/Robotics Engineer at Cruise since May 2021. Previously, Perri held the positions of Head of GPU Acceleration and Scientific Programmer at OpenEye Scientific from November 2015 to March 2021, focusing on optimizing applications for accelerated computing in drug discovery. Prior experience includes a postdoctoral researcher role at UCSD, where innovative solutions were developed to enhance the Amber Molecular Dynamics software package. Perri holds a PhD in Computational Chemistry from The University of Manchester, a Master of Science in High Performance Computing from The University of Edinburgh, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from The University of Manchester.