Curriculum Vitae
I trained as a botanist but have also spent some time working in commercial IT. I now combine these two interests in my work on biodiversity informatics.
I am currently employed by the Natural History Museum London in the botany department but I live in Edinburgh and have a desk at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh where I look after the Biodiversity Collections Index.
Education
1983 – 1986 B.Sc. (Hons) Biological Sciences Wolverhampton Polytechnic
1987 – 1988 M.Sc. Pure and Applied Plant Taxonomy University of Reading
1993 – 1997 Ph.D. “Molecular and conventional data sets and the systematics of Rhododendron L. subgenus Hymenanthes (Blume) K. Koch.” Bristol University and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
1999 Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform Sun Microsystems
Employment
2009 – 2011 Project Officer: WP4 of Pan European Species Infrastructure, Natural History Museum London.
2008 – 2009 Developer: Biodiversity Collections Index.
2005 – 2008 Technical Architect: Biodiversity Information Standard (TDWG).
2004 – 2005 Freelance Biodiversity Informatics Consultant.
2001 – 2004 Senior Developer: Calligrafix, Lempitlaw, Kelso, TD5 8BN
1999 – 2001 Senior Developer/Team Leader: Orbital Software, Barnton, Edinburgh.
1996 – 1999 Higher Scientific Officer: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
1993 – 1996 Scientific Officer: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
1992 – 1993 Freelance Botanist writing Hyam and Pankhust (1995) Plants and Their Names.
1990 – 1992 Photographic Technician: University of Reading School of Plant Sciences
1988 – 1990 Freelance Botanist and Photographer
Publications
Hyam, R.D. (2008) TDWG Standards Roadmap. Proceedings of TDWG, 2008.
Hyam, R.D. (2008) The Biodiversity Collections Index – Linking 140 Million Records? Proceedings of TDWG, 2008.
Hyam, R.D. (2008) SpeciesIndex: A Practical Alternative to Fantasy Mashups? Proceedings of TDWG, 2008.
Hyam, R.D. (2007) TDWG Standards Architecture – What and Why. Proceedings of TDWG, 2007.
Hyam, R.D. (2007) RDF over TAPIR. Proceedings of TDWG, 2007.
Hyam, R.D. (2007) The Role of Ontologies in the TDWG Architecture. Proceedings of TDWG, 2007 .
Kennedy, J., Hyam, R., Kukla, R., Paterson T. (2006) Standard Data Model Representation for Taxonomic Information OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology. 10(2): 220-230. doi:10.1089/omi.2006.10.220.
Hyam, R.D. (2006) A Technical Architecture for TDWG Standards. Proceedings of TDWG, 2006.
Pereira, R.S., Donald Hobern, D., Hyam, R. Belbin, L., Blum, S. (2006) Globally Unique Identifiers (GUID) for Biodiversity Informatics Proceedings of TDWG, 2006.
Kennedy, J., Gales, R., Kukla, R., Hyam, R., Wieczorek, J.R., Hagedorn, G., Döring, M., Vieglais, D. (2006) Developing a Core Ontology for Taxonomic Data Proceedings of TDWG, 2006.
Miller, A.G., Morris, M., Alexander, D. (Design), Atkinson, R. (Editor), Pullan, M. (Bioinformatics), Hyam, R. (Bioinformatics), Kowter, A.M. (Logistics) (2004) Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. [Winner of the Technical Category of CBHL awards 2005]
Pullan, M.R., Watson, M.F., Kennedy, J.B., Raguenaud, C., Hyam, R. (2000) The Prometheus Taxonomic Model: A practical approach to representing multiple taxonomies, Taxon 49(1), pp 55-75.
Chamberlain, D.F., Hyam, R.D. (1998) The genus Rhododendron: a case study to test the value of various molecular techniques as measures of biodiversity. In: Karp, A., Isaac, P.G. & Ingram, D.S.(eds) Molecular Tools for Screening Biodiversity. Chapman & Hall.
Chamberlain, D.F., Hyam, R.D., Argent, G., Fairweather, G., Walter, K.S. (1996) The genus Rhododendron: Its classification and synonymy. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. (181pp)
Hyam R.D. (1996) Review of The Rhododendron Story: 200 years of Plant Hunting and Garden Cultivation. The New Plantsman. 3(2): 124
Hyam, R.D. (1995) Draba. In: Cullen, J. Alexander, J.C.M., Brady, A., Brickell, C.D., Green, P.S., Heywood, V.H., Jorgensen, P.-M., Jury, S.L., Knees, S.G., Leslie, A.C., Matthews, V.A., Robson, N.K.B., Walters, S.M., Wijnands, D.O. & Yeo, P.F. (eds) The European Garden Flora Vol. 4 Cambridge University Press.
Hyam R.D. & Knees, S. (1995) Echeveria and Crassula. In: Cullen, J. Alexander, J.C.M., Brady, A., Brickell, C.D., Green, P.S., Heywood, V.H., Jorgensen, P.-M., Jury, S.L., Knees, S.G., Leslie, A.C., Matthews, V.A., Robson, N.K.B., Walters, S.M., Wijnands, D.O. & Yeo, P.F(eds) The European Garden Flora Vol. 4 Cambridge University Press.
Hyam, R.D. & Pankhurst, R. (1995) Plants and Their Names. Oxford University Press. (545pp)
Hyam, R.D. and Jury, S.L. (1990) A review of the genus Graellsia Bois. including Draba L. section Helicodraba Schultz. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 102: 9-22.
Hyam, R.D. (1990) A review of The Roya Horticultural Society , Gardeners’ Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 104: 389-390.
Extensive Compilation and research for: Huxley, A., Griffiths, M. & Levy, M. (eds) (1992) The New Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan Press, London. and Moore, D.M. (1991) Plant Life. Oxford University Press