François Balloux
François Balloux | |
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Infectious disease epidemiology | |
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Thesis | Gene Flow in Natural Populations: From Panmixia to Speciation (2000) |
Website | www |
François Balloux is the director of the UCL Genetics Institute,[1] and a professor of computational biology at University College London.[2]
Early life and education
Balloux earned a master's degree in 1996 and a doctorate in 2000 from the University of Lausanne. He then completed postdoctoral research at the University of Edinburgh.[2]
Career
Balloux was an assistant professor at the University of Cambridge, between 2002 and 2007, before taking a position as an associate professor in infectious disease epidemiology at Imperial College London. In 2012, Balloux became a full professor at University College London.[2]
Research
Balloux's research lies at the interface of genomics, epidemiology, evolution and ecology. The main focus of his work is on the reconstruction of disease outbreaks and epidemics of human and wildlife pathogens,[3][4][5] and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.[6][7][8] He has also engaged in research on the emergence and spread of drug resistance in tuberculosis,[9][10] and Gram-negative bacteria,[11][12] and the distribution of zoonotic pathogens in vertebrates.[13]
Balloux participated in curating a dataset of SARS-CoV-2 genetic samples early on in the pandemic.[14]
References
- ^ UCL (2019-02-08). "UCL Genetics Institute". UCL Division of Biosciences. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ a b c "Professor Francois Balloux | UCL Division of Biosciences - UCL - London's Global University". ucl.ac.uk. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
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