About
Dr Eva Caamaño-Gutierrez is the co-director of the Computational Biology Facility (CBF), part of Liverpool Shared Research Facilities, hosted within the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology. The Facility provides advanced services in computational biology, data science, software and database development, and training in -omics analyses and programming, serving both internal and external stakeholders. Further information on the Facility’s work is available here.
As Director, Dr Caamaño-Gutierrez leads a team of data professionals, overseeing the strategic planning, execution, and delivery of a broad portfolio of research and service projects. She has particular expertise in health bioinformatics, providing oversight for projects spanning data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation. She represents the Facility at national and international forums and leads the development and delivery of high-impact training programmes, including R for Beginners and R for Data Science, which are cornerstone offerings of the Facility.
Dr Caamaño-Gutierrez has a tracked record of fostering collaborations across academia, healthcare, and industry. She has held leadership, coordination, and execution roles at multiple stages of the research pipeline, demonstrating exceptional ability to drive complex projects from conception to completion. She is recognised for her proactive engagement in identifying collaborative opportunities and generating innovative research ideas.
Dr Caamaño-Gutierrez is a recognised leader in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM. She has been instrumental in initiatives supporting widening participation, gender representation, and career development for underrepresented groups in computational biology. Her contributions were formally acknowledged when she was awarded the 2025 Inspirational Leader of the Year Award at the University of Liverpool. She also actively mentors early-career researchers and coordinates outreach programmes to inspire the next generation of scientists. Her team have also been shortlisted for multiple awards for their work on Public Engagement.
*Academic Background and Research Career*
Dr Caamaño-Gutierrez obtained her undergraduate degree in Biotechnology in Spain before moving to the United Kingdom in 2010 to join the University of Warwick as a Research Assistant in the laboratory of Dr Jose Gutierrez-Marcos. She was subsequently awarded a fully funded place at the Warwick Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centre, where she completed an MSc and PhD in Systems Biology.
Her doctoral research examined metabolic adaptation to environmental changes in Plasmodium falciparum, in a multidisciplinary collaboration involving the University of Warwick, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and the NMR Centre at the University of Liverpool. At term of her doctoral studies, she was awarded a short-term research fellowship at the Warwick Antimicrobial Interdisciplinary Centre, applying statistical modelling to discriminate resistant strains of P. falciparum, a study which subsequently informed multiple grant-funded projects.
In November 2016, Dr Caamaño-Gutierrez joined the University of Liverpool as a Data Scientist at the CBF. She has since held key leadership roles in the institution, including co-chairing the Postdoctoral Society, coordinating training and outreach initiatives, and organising events such as the Wholly Bio symposium, a national event for early-career researchers in Systems Biology and -omics research. These initiatives, resulted in three commendations at the University’s 2018 Staff Awards.
Prizes or Honours
- Inspirational Leader of the Year (University of Liverpool, 2025)