Cluster people
Dr Christopher Rodrigues
Reader
Cluster Lead
A molecular microbiologist interested in bacterial biology and how bacterial cells develop into highly resistant dormant spores
Dr Antonia Sagona
Reader
Cluster Lead
A molecular microbiologist focusing on identifying the molecular and cellular mechanisms of phage therapy, using synthetic and cell biology tools
Dr Marwan Albuhtori
Associate Professor
I have PhD in molecular virology and have been teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate modules for over 10 years.
Dr Erin Gorsich
Reader
A disease ecologist interested in host-parasite interactions and their consequences for human, animal, and environmental health.
Dr Freya Harrison
Reader
A microbiologist who explores how bacteria stick themselves together to make antibiotic-tolerant biofilms in lungs and in wounds, and finds new ways to kill bacteria in biofilm infections
Professor Seamus Holden
Professor of Microbial Biophysics
Bacterial cell biophysics and single molecule fluorescence microscopy
Professor Matt Keeling
Professor
An epidemiologist with interests in epidemiological modelling and prediction for science informed policy, works on a range of infections from COVID to influenza to measles to foot-and-mouth disease
Dr Jeremy Keown
Assistant Professor
I use cryoEM to understand the function of RNA virus polymerase to prepare for future pandemics.
Dr Stephen Parnell
Associate Professor
An epidemiologist and modeller focusing on how detection and control strategies for plant and crop diseases can be improved.
Dr Mojgan Rabiey
Associate Professor
Molecular plant pathologist, focusing on host-microbe interaction and biological control of crop and tree diseases using bacteriophages
Dr Branko Rihtman
Assistant Professor and BBSRC Fellow
Dr Kristyna Rysava
Assistant Professor
Professor Thomas Walker
Professor
A medical entomologist focussing on using naturally occurring Wolbachia endosymbiotic bacteria to reduce transmission of vector-borne diseases
Research staff
Olivia Baker
Dr Maria Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar
Katie Brooks
Dominik Brotherton
Adiya Srinivas Ashley Calindi
Dr Stefanao Camaione
Dr Laura Chatterley
Maria-Laura Ciusa
Mary Coates
Dr Joanna De Clerk
Adrian Deng
Dr Amanda Dowson
Dr Shannon Greer
Dr Glen Guyver-Fletcher
Dr Rebecca Quinn
Bhupinder Singh
Dr Seynabou Sougourfara
Dr Erin Stafford
Jack Stone
Julie Tod