Ben Warner

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Ben Warner
Alma mater University College London (PhD)
Known for Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
Scientific career
Fields Data science
Institutions ASI Data Science
University College London
Vote Leave
Thesis Engineering the properties of magnetic molecules through the interaction with the surface  (2014)
Doctoral advisor Cyrus Hirjibehedin

Ben Warner is a British data scientist.

Education

Warner earned a PhD at University College London for research investigating single molecule spintronics. [1] The research was supervised by Cyrus Hirjibehedin and was awarded the Marshall Stoneham prize. [2] [3]

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Career

Warner was a postdoctoral research fellow in quantum physics at the centre for nanotechnology at University College London. [4] [5] [6] He left to join ASI Data Science (now Faculty), [7] a company founded by his brother Marc Warner in 2014, where he is now[ when? ] a commercial principal. [2] [8]

Warner was a key figure in the computer modelling used by Vote Leave's successful 2016 referendum campaign. [9] He was brought in by Dominic Cummings to run the Conservative Party's private computer model for the 2019 general election, which predicted that the Conservative Party would win 364 seats (they won 365). [9] [10]

Warner served as one of the 23 participants of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) during the COVID-19 pandemic alongside Dominic Cummings. [11]

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References

  1. Warner, Ben (2014). Engineering the properties of magnetic molecules through the interaction with the surface. ucl.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University College London (University of London). OCLC   926984540. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.634646. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. 1 2 "Dr Ben Warner, Commercial Principal, ASI Data Science". thezebraproject.co. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. "Hirjibehedin What's New". ucl.ac.uk. London Centre for Nanotechnology Research Groups. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. Warner, Ben; El Hallak, Fadi; Atodiresei, Nicolae; Seibt, Philipp; Prüser, Henning; Caciuc, Vasile; Waters, Michael; Fisher, Andrew J.; Blügel, Stefan; van Slageren, Joris; Hirjibehedin, Cyrus F. (2016). "Sub-molecular modulation of a 4f driven Kondo resonance by surface-induced asymmetry". Nature Communications. 7 (1): 12785. arXiv: 1609.08202 . Bibcode:2016NatCo...712785W. doi:10.1038/ncomms12785. ISSN   2041-1723. PMC   5052670 . PMID   27666413.
  5. Warner, Ben; El Hallak, Fadi; Prüser, Henning; Ajibade, Afolabi; Gill, Tobias G.; Fisher, Andrew J.; Persson, Mats; Hirjibehedin, Cyrus F. (2017). "Controlling electronic access to the spin excitations of a single molecule in a tunnel junction". Nanoscale. 9 (12): 4053–4057. doi: 10.1039/C6NR06469H . ISSN   2040-3364. PMID   28282100.
  6. Warner, Ben; Gill, Tobias G.; Caciuc, Vasile; Atodiresei, Nicolae; Fleurence, Antoine; Yoshida, Yasuo; Hasegawa, Yukio; Blügel, Stefan; Yamada-Takamura, Yukiko; Hirjibehedin, Cyrus F. (2017). "Guided Molecular Assembly on a Locally Reactive 2D Material". Advanced Materials. 29 (43): 1703929. Bibcode:2017AdM....2903929W. doi: 10.1002/adma.201703929 . ISSN   0935-9648. PMID   29024122.
  7. Evans, Rob; Pegg, David (4 May 2020). "Vote Leave AI firm wins seven government contracts in 18 months". The Guardian.
  8. Carrell, Severin (24 April 2020). "Revealed: Cummings is on secret scientific advisory group for Covid-19". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  9. 1 2 Shipman, Tim (2019). "Leave campaign's data geek joins No 10". thetimes.co.uk. The Sunday Times . Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  10. Gallardo, Cristina (2019). "POLITICO Sunday Crunch, presented by BP: Whitehall shake-up — No to EU alignment — Labour war". politico.eu. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  11. Sample, Ian (24 April 2020). "Who's who on secret scientific group advising UK government?". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 April 2020.