Jamie Lloyd-Smith, PI, USA/Canada

James Lloyd-Smith is Professor in the Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Biomathematics at University of California, Los Angeles, USA. His research programme explores the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases in animal and human populations, with emphasis on the emergence of zoonotic pathogens and drug-resistant strains. His group combines mathematical models, statistical analysis, and laboratory, clinical and field studies to learn about diseases such as monkeypox, leptospirosis and influenza. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, where he studied heterogeneity in disease transmission dynamics, and he carried out his postdoctoral studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA.