James Stovold is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science. He completed his MEng and PhD in Computer Science with the York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis at the University of York. After returning to academia from industry in 2017, he has worked in a number of British institutions before joining LU Leipzig in 2022. His research interests centre around emergent behaviour and unconventional computing. In particular, he has interests in computing with biological and chemical matter and using modern computer science techniques to help understand biological and cognitive processes.