I am Professor of Computer Systems and Head of the School of Computing at the University of Kent, where I am a member of the Programming Languages and Systems research group (https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/research/groups/plas/). My primary research interests are efficient and correct garbage collection, and rigorous experimental methodologies. I co-founded and was the first Progamme Chair of ISMM in 1998. Author of the Garbage Collection Handbook (http://gchandbook.org).