Team Members
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Adrian Harwood
Head of Research Software Engineering
Adrian is the Head of Research Software Engineering in Research IT. He joined the RSE team in 2019 having spent time as a systems engineer for Rolls-Royce, a post-doc in CFD/HPC and later lecturer in Virtual Engineering (Computational Fluid Dynamics) at the University. His background is in Aerospace Engineering with his PhD in Computational Aero-Acoustics (CAA). He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) through the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) and a certified SAFe 4 Agilist. Consequently, Adrian is a big advocate of robust engineering processes and agile software engineering and project management practices. Before taking the Head of RSE role, Adrian launched the Mobile Development Service (MDS) within Research IT as a Senior RSE brought in specifically with experience with mobile and GPU technologies. Technically, his most recent experience is in .NET (C#) based mobile and web technologies.
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Aadityaa Mehrotra
Research Software Engineer
Aadi is an undergraduate Computer Science student at UoM, joining Research IT in July 2025 as a placement year student. He has previously collaborated with the UoM Department of CS on a research project and worked at the university as a Research Assistant. With a strong background in full-stack development, data science, database management systems, user experience and the software engineering lifecycle, he’s quite proficient in Python, Spring, Java, JavaScript, SQL, etc. As an RSE, he has worked with the UoM Centre for Atmospheric Science and the Turing Innovation Catalyst so far. He also enjoys exploring new developments in the fields of AI and Deep Learning, and is constantly on the lookout for new things to learn.
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Abby Gavin
Research Software Engineer
Abby is a Research Software Engineer who joined the team in 2023. Since graduating with a masters in Maths and Computer Science, she worked at a consulting company providing software expertise to multinational companies. She has skills in C#, Blazor and JavaScript (including React/Redux). After joining the department she has been working with a research group to move to a new tech stack (Blazor) and improve security features.
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Adina Rahim
Research Software Engineer
Adina is a Research Software Engineer in Research IT. She has experience in Alexa skill development, GUI development, RPA, AI, Deep Learning for Computer Vision, Text Mining, and Recommender Systems. Currently, she is supporting SMEs in Greater Manchester, empowering them to utilize AI for business growth. Additionally, as a Python developer, she actively assists researchers in making ECGs explainable with colour, aiming to aid in the early detection of life-threatening heart conditions.
Email: Adina.rahim@manchester.ac.uk