Samuel has a PhD in Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics and a MSc in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering from Uppsala University and has been working for a couple of years as a systems administrator and developer at UPPMAX super computing center at Uppsala University, developing infrastructure for Life Sciences research and computation. 

Samuel has a track record as a front end web and graphic designer, who subsequently became a full stack web developer, linux systems administrator, and research software developer. 

Samuel is also is a long-time hobby musician on the piano and pipe organ, with a specialty in improvising and composing music in the classical genre.