What is next after my PhD.

As explained in my last post, I have finished my PhD. My PhD thesis is now available online and Open Access here. I am delighted to say that on October 1st, 2025, I joined the Rohani Lab at the University of Georgia (UGA). I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate, studying the ecology and evolution of […]

WHAT A YEAR.

Since my last post, it’s been almost a year. Thus, this is a long one: 1. Finishing my PhD 2. Leaving Cambridge 3. Leaving the UK but becoming British 4. Becoming a digital nomad and travelling the world 5. Rediscovering my hometown 6. Final reflections on this year Finishing my PhD A while ago, I […]

My LAST Cambridge summer | Season 7 Finale

In this post, I look back at the last months of my 7th year in Cambridge. I make a huge announcement at the end!

Spring recap 2024 | S7 Episode 5

It’s time again for an update: mostly personal but a bit of PhD too. I’ll pick it up from where I left it the last time: mid-March. The end of March was interesting. April’s highlight was a two-day trip to the Netherlands, just for fun (and meeting a friend from undergrad). Before this, my only […]

Lent Term 2024 Round-up | S7 Episode 4

My PhD is still going well, but this post is about personal updates. My 2024 started in Madrid. I tried to make the most of the warmth and sunlight there. For good reason. On my return to Cambridge in mid-January, I was met with negative temperatures and 4 p.m. sunsets. At the end of January, […]

Why I Choose a PhD in Infectious Disease Modelling

I get this question a lot. The short answer is that I chose to do a PhD in infectious disease modelling because I think research in that area can be incredibly useful for the world. The long answer is complicated. I have wanted to write about this for a long time. However, each time I […]

2023 Wrap-up | S7 Episode 3

Upcoming academic talk alert: In just over a month, I will present at the DSABNS Conference in Lisbon. The registration deadline is the 12th of January. At this time of the year, it feels like I should be doing a 2023 review. I won’t write a proper yearly review, mainly because I have already done […]

Fall 2023 Update | S7 Episode 2

Another (Michaelmas) term at Cambridge has already finished, so here is a summary. I’d be lying if I said I enjoy British autumn weather. With colder, wetter, darker days, I did my best to embrace a hygge lifestyle. Still, I got lucky and my birthday was a sunny day. I’m unsure what sounds scariest: being […]

Holiday Catch-up | Season 7 Episode 1

It’s officially back to school/uni/work time, one of my favourite parts of the year. In a few weeks I’ll be travelling back to Cambridge. This will be my SEVENTH year living there, and my third(!) year as a PhD student. Before season 7 of the blog gets started, this is what’s happened since last time… […]

2023 Summer update | Season 6 Finale

It’s been fairly quiet in Cambridge since the end of May week. It’s always a different place during the summer. I have been here since I came back from Sweden, except for a short day trip to Henley-on-Thames (to race the qualifiers of Henley Royal Regatta) With the rowing season over and without any meetings, […]