Current members

Guillaume Méric
Guillaume Méric
Main PI; Associate Professor in Human Microbiome and Population Health
Camila Gazolla Volpiano
Camila Gazolla Volpiano
Postdoctoral researcher, Baker HDI, Australia
Visiting Researcher, University of Bath, UK
PC
Phoebe Cheong
PhD student
Co-supervised with Prof Francine Marques
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
EP
Ella Passell
Undergraduate student
Final year BSc Biology
University of Bath, UK
MS
Maisy Southgate
Undergraduate student
Final year BSc Natural Sciences
University of Bath, UK
CP
Claire Duperrex
Undergraduate student
Final year BSc Biomedical Sciences
University of Bath, UK

Past members, co-supervised students, visiting scientists, mentees, etc.

2025–now, University of Bath, UK

  • 2026 Zak Bishop-Wright, final year BSc student
  • 2026 Jake Isherwood, Masters student; MSc Molecular Biosciences, Bioinformatics
  • 2025 Thomas Mullin, final year BSc student
  • 2025 Pachalo Sibakwe, final year BSc student

2018–2025, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute, Australia

(as a postdoc, then independent)
  • 2024 Dr Viktoria Weinberger, visiting PhD student from Graz, Austria
  • 2023–2024 Dr Myo Naung, postdoctoral researcher
  • 2022–2023 John-Luis Moretti, administrative officer
  • 2018–2020 Dr Youwen Qin, PhD student, mentee and collaborator
  • 2019–2023 Dr Fachrul Muhamad, PhD student, mentee and collaborator
  • 2018–2022 Dr Yang Liu, PhD student, mentee and collaborator
  • 2018–2021 Dr Jason Grealey, PhD student, mentee and collaborator

    • 2016–2018, University of Bath, UK

    (as a postdoc)
    • 2016–2018 Dr Evangelos Mourkas, PhD student
    • 2017 Dr Patrick Hooper, BSc project student
    • 2016 Prof Gabriel Rossi, visiting DVM/PhD student
    • 2017 Dr Diana Espadinha, visiting PhD student
    • 2016–2017 Dr Amandine Thépault, visiting PhD student
    • 2017–2018 Dr Diego Flórez Cuadrado, visiting PhD student
    • 2017 Dr Karina Frahm Kirk, visiting MD/PhD student

    2012–2016, Swansea University Medical School, UK

    (as a postdoc)
    • 2013–2016 A/Prof Leonardos Mageiros, PhD student
    • 2015–2016 Hannah Evans, BSc project student
    • 2014–2015 Dr Jake Ireland, BSc project student
    • 2012–2013 Kasonde Chibelushi, BSc student
    • 2012–2013 Dr Alicia Torralbo Montoro, visiting PhD student
    • 2012–2013 Huw Barton, BSc project student