Main PI; Associate Professor in Human Microbiome and Population Health
Systems Medicine & Population Health,
Department of Life Sciences,
University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK

Email: gm657@bath.ac.uk | Google Scholar | LinkedIn | BlueSky
ORCID: 0000-0001-6288-9958

Bio

I am an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) and group leader in human microbiome(s) and population health, working in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Bath (United Kingdom). I hold a clinical affiliate appointment with Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute in Melbourne (Australia) and other honorary appointments at Uppsala University (Sweden) and other Australian universities (University of Melbourne & La Trobe University).

My research combines microbiology, microbial (meta)genomics and bioinformatics to analyse large-scale human population cohorts that include a microbial component, typically metagenomic or metagenome-assembled genome datasets from the gut and other body sites. Our group works with large datasets as part of consortia or as collaborators, which include Nordic population cohorts and other publicly available large datasets. We also have an interest in larger, biobank-scale cohorts (such as UK Biobank) to contextualise our research.

Positions and qualifications

  • 2025–now: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), University of Bath, UK
  • 2023–2025: Group Leader, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2018–2023: Senior Research Officer, Baker HDI, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2016–2018: Research Fellow, Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, UK
  • 2012–2016: NISCHR Health Postdoc Fellow, Swansea University Medical School, UK

  • 2012: PhD, University of East Anglia / Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK
  • 2007: MSc, INSA Lyon / Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
  • 2005: BSc, Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France

Current honorary positions

  • Clinical Affiliate, Cambridge-Baker Systems Genomics Initiative, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
  • Visiting Researcher, Department of Medical Sciences-Molecular Epidemiology, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Honorary Fellow, Department of Cardiometabolic Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Department of Cardiovascular Research, Translation and Implementation, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Affiliate Member, Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, UK
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