Kassy Raymond is a PhD Candidate in Computational Sciences at the University of Guelph studying under the supervision of Dr. Deborah Stacey (School of Computer Science) and Dr. Theresa Bernardo (Population Medicine). She is also the Technical Manager for the Global Burden of Animal Diseases (GBADs) Informatics theme and has recently completed a Fellowship with the Datasphere Initiative. Kassy’s research explores the interoperability of metadata and data from heterogeneous sources. She is interested in exploring data infrastructure to improve and understand data quality and interoperability, specifically using graph databases to map between Open Data sources and identifying the insights that can be drawn using this tool. Her research is complimented by her interdisciplinary background developed through academic and professional work in biology, bioinformatics, machine learning, data science, and data governance. Kassy’s research is supported by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). She holds a Master of Science in Bioinformatics and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Guelph.