PhD project: Urinary tract infections revisited - Microbial eco-evolutionary drivers and regulators

I am a PhD student in GELIFES investigating the eco-evolutionary dynamics of urinary tract infections. My project aims to understand the role of bacterial community interactions on uropathogenic growth and diversification. My work combines multi-disciplinary methods on the intersection of microbial ecology and human health to disentangle the underlying mechanisms that drive UTIs.

I am originally from California (USA) and have a background in conservation, wildlife ecology, and evolutionary biology. I did my MSc in the MEME program and completed thesis projects at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) and Uppsala University (Sweden). My interest in microbial community dynamics began during my MSc thesis in Groningen, where I investigated higher-order bacterial interactions in uropathogenic communities.