I am a Schmidt Science Fellow and a postdoctoral scientist in the Global Health Resilience group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.

My research explores infectious disease dynamics with a focus on how environmental and sociodemographic factors affect bacterial respiratory disease. By bringing together earth systems, pathogen genomic, and epidemiological data, I am working to understand the mechanisms and drivers of pathogen evolution and disease transmission.

Beyond scientific research, I am an avid runner, skier, rock climber, and cyclist.

Education

  • PhD in Pathogen Genomics & Epidemiology
    University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK)
    Thesis: “Geographic Migration and Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae” (Supervisors: Prof. Stephen Bentley & Prof. Henrik Salje)

  • MSc in Medical Microbiology
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London, UK & Fajara, The Gambia)
    Dissertation: “Towards understanding genomic drivers of antimicrobial resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis” - awarded with distinction

  • BA in Biology - minor in Neuroscience
    Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Oregon, USA)