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Russell Johnston Location
Edinburgh, GB
Russell Johnston Work
Head of Data Science and Advanced Analytics @ (January 2026 - Present)
Data Science Chapter Lead (Contractor, Day Rate) @ (July 2025 - January 2026)
Member Of The Board Of Advisors @ DISCnet (August 2017 - Present)
Modelling Capability Lead, Risk (Fixed Term Contractor) @ (August 2024 - June 2025)
Head of Data Science and ML-Ops @ (September 2018 - August 2024)
Head of Data Science @ (November 2017 - August 2018)
Data Science Manager @ (January 2016 - November 2017)
Post Doctoral Researcher @ (August 2009 - December 2015)
Phd Student @ (January 2007 - January 2009)
Russell Johnston Education
University of Glasgow
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Astronomy and Astrophysics)
2005-2009
University of St Andrews
MSCi (Astronomy and Astrophysics)
1995-1999
Russell Johnston Skills
Astrophysics
Python
Data Analysis
Algorithms
Research
Mathematical Modeling
Statistics
Physics
Science
Programming
Data Modeling
Statistical Modeling
SAS Programming
Numerical Analysis
Scientific Writing
Matlab
Microsoft Azure
Bash
SQL Server Management Studio
LaTeX
WordPress
HTML
C
Tutoring
Mentoring
Lecturing
Teaching
University Teaching
Machine Learning
Apache Spark
Scala
R
Fortran
Bayesian methods
Scientific Computing
Bayesian statistics
Data Science
OpenMP
Markov Chain Monte Carlo
Non-parametric
Cosmology
Astronomy
High Performance Computing
Public Outreach
Science Communication
Public Lectures
Leadership
Public Speaking
Engineering
Microsoft Excel
Non Parametric
Customer Service
SQL
Russell Johnston Summary
Russell Johnston, based in Edinburgh, GB, is currently a Head of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Royal London. Russell Johnston brings experience from previous roles at Royal London, DISCnet, NatWest Group and Sainsbury's Bank. Russell Johnston holds a 2005 - 2009 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Astronomy and Astrophysics @ University of Glasgow. With a robust skill set that includes Astrophysics, Python, Data Analysis, Algorithms, Research and more. Russell Johnston has 2 emails and 2 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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