Dr Sophie Cowie

Starting out as a research meteorologist, Sophie moved into Data Science in 2016. After a couple of stints in industry working for start-ups, she returned to academia to do a postdoc at the University of Exeter. Working with Hywel Williams, Sophie looked at how "social sensing" could be used to determine hayfever levels in the UK using twitter "tweets" as a proxy for pollen observations. Around this time Sophie also trained as a counsellor and began working part-time in the NHS. Now she combines these skills and experience to support Degree Apprenticeship students on Level 7 Computer Science courses as an Academic Mentor/Lecturer.