Nick Brain

Nick Brain has a diverse work experience spanning across various companies and roles. Nick is currently the Director of Commercial and Product Marketing at Oxford Nanopore Technologies since 2022. Prior to that, Nick held senior managerial positions at Thermo Fisher Scientific from 2017 to 2021, focusing on EMEA regional market development and integrating the microarray business post-acquisition. Before that, they worked at Affymetrix as the Associate Director of Marketing, developing go-to-market strategies for SNP genotyping business in EMEA and North America. Nick also served as the Sales and Business Development professional at TECHNOPATH and as a Field Application Scientist at Stratagene. Nick started their career in research at the University of Glasgow as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate and Research Assistant.

Nick Brain has a strong educational background in the field of genomics and genetic epidemiology. Nick obtained a PhD in Cardiovascular genomics and genetic epidemiology from the University of Glasgow, studying from 1999 to 2004. Prior to their PhD, they pursued an MSc (by Research) in Biomedical and Life Sciences from the University of Glasgow, completing it from 1997 to 1998. Nick began their academic journey with a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry with Analytical Chemistry from the University of Reading, which they completed between 1993 and 1996.

In addition to their formal degrees, Nick Brain has also acquired additional certifications related to project management. Nick earned the certification of "Agile Foundations" from LinkedIn in October 2021, as well as the certification of "Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile Project Management" from the same institution in the same month and year.