Curriculum Vitae
Infectious disease modeler developing data-driven models to inform public health policy. I led modeling that informed COVID-19 school-reopening strategies in the Netherlands and contributed to the pandemic response in the United Kingdom. My work integrates genomic, environmental, and clinical data across diverse health systems, including national tuberculosis surveillance in Brazil and U.S. Veterans Affairs antimicrobial resistance surveillance.
Research experience
- Sept 2025 – nowPostdoctoral Research AssociateUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City · Advisor: Katharine Walter
- Mar 2022 – Aug 2025Postdoctoral FellowHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston · Advisors: Marc Lipsitch, Yonatan Grad
- Mar – Oct 2021Infectious Disease ModelerMinistry of Education, the Netherlands · Advisor: Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen
- Feb – Aug 2020Visiting ResearcherUniversity of Oxford · Advisor: Ben Cooper
- Oct 2014 – Feb 2016Research AssistantRWTH Aachen University · randomization methods for rare-disease trials (R package randomizeR)
Education
- 2017 – 2022Ph.D., Infectious Disease EpidemiologyUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · Thesis: Contagions under control: Mathematical models to inform infectious disease prevention and control
- 2017 – 2022M.Sc., EpidemiologyUtrecht University
- 2013 – 2016M.Sc., MathematicsRWTH Aachen · Thesis: Algebraic Statistics for Ordinal Log-Linear Models
- 2010 – 2013B.Sc., MathematicsRWTH Aachen · Thesis: Algebraic attacks on stream ciphers
Awards and grants
- Sept 2026Best Oral Presentation AwardNational Postdoctoral Appreciation Week Research Symposium, University of Utah
- July 2026Halloran ScholarshipSummer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID)
- 2020SLAS Visiting Graduate Researcher Program GrantUniversity of Oxford
- 2016PROMOS scholarshipResearch internship in Québec City, Canada
- 2014 – 2016Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Deutschlandstipendium scholarshipsMaster’s degree
- 2013 – 2014DAAD scholarshipErasmus exchange year in London
Selected presentations
- Sept 2026Oral presentationNPAW Postdoc Research Symposium, University of Utah · Wildfire-related fine particulate matter and tuberculosis notifications in Brazil
- Jun 2026PosterSociety for Epidemiologic Research · Wildfire-related fine particulate matter and tuberculosis notifications in Brazil
- Mar 2024Oral presentationAntimicrobial Resistance – Genomes, Big Data and Emerging Technologies (Wellcome Connecting Science)
- Oct 2023Rapid-fire posterIDWeek · AMR trends in the US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
- Jun 2022Invited talkPreparing for the Next Pandemic, Banff International Research Station · Controlling COVID-19 in secondary schools
In the media
- Kahn K. In-Hospital Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance Declined Over 13 Years. MedPage Today, Aug 2024.
- Emerson L. New Study Warns About Increased Antibiotic Resistance Against Third-Generation Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics in VA Facilities. U.S. Medicine, Oct 2024.
- Dall C. Study finds significant pre-COVID declines in antibiotic-resistant infections at VA hospitals. CIDRAP, Aug 2024.
Service and outreach
- Speaker, Pint of Science Boston (2025)
- Academic Committee Member, Workshop to Increase Diversity in Mathematical Modeling and Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2024–2025)
- Organizing Committee Member, ID Epi Spring Seminar, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2023)
- Ph.D. Council Member, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Utrecht (2018–2022)
- Curriculum Volunteer, Kiron Open Higher Education (2015–2017)