About Me
Biography & Academic Journey
I am a PhD Research Fellow at the University of Oslo working at the intersection of microbiology, genetics and bioinformatics. My research focuses on antimicrobial resistance and horizontal gene transfer in oral streptococci. I am interested in how mobile genetic elements such as plasmids and phages contribute to the spread of antimicrobial resistance genes in the human oral microbiome. I use a variety of methods including functional gene assays, comparative genomics, and machine learning to study these questions.
Research Interests
Education
Doctoral Research Fellow (Ph.D.)
🎓 Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo
Doctoral Project: Cell-to-cell communication in oral bacteria and molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance. Advised by Assoc. Prof. Roger Junges and Prof. Fernanda Cristina Petersen.
M.Sc. in Toxicology & Environmental Sciences
🎓 Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
Master's Thesis: Cytotoxic and inflammatory effects of HDPE microplastics and fungal particle mixtures.
B.Sc. in Biosciences
🎓 Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
Curriculum in cell biology, molecular genetics, microbiology, biochemistry, human physiology, and biostatistics.
Experience
Research Assistant
💼 National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
Molecular effects of metal nanoparticles on the human alveolar environment.
Teaching Assistant
💼 Institute of Life sciences, University of Oslo
Teaching first-year students in general and molecular toxicology.
Research Assistant
💼 Institute of Informatics, University of Oslo
Domain adaptation research for Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire (AIRR) data.