Neil is the founding Director and PI of the Software Sustainability Institute and Professor of Research Software Policy and Practice at EPCC, University of Edinburgh. He graduated with an MPhys in Computational Physics from the University of Edinburgh. His current research interests are in community engagement and development, software sustainability and the research software ecosystem. He works with research communities across the UK and globally to promote and enable the improvement of important research software through consultative advice; collaborative partnerships; and long-term engagement. He is the current Chair of UKRI/Met Office ExCALIBUR Steering Committee, a member of the BBSRC Transformative Technologies SAP and EOSC SIRS TF, co-author of Best Practices for Scientific Computing and An Open Science Peer Reviewers Oath, co-organiser of the Software Engineering for Science workshop series, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Open Research Software.