Nicola Harris
Associate Professor
School of Life Science
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research
Switzerland
Biography
Nicola Harris was born in New Zealand where she completed her undergraduate studies and PhD thesis. In 2002 she moved to Switzerland as a postdoctoral fellow where she worked with Hans Hengartner and the Nobel Laureate Rolf Zinkernagel at the Institute for Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich. In July 2005 she joined the ETH Zurich as an Assistant Professor and in August 2009 she gained a position as an Assistant Professor at the Swiss Vaccine Research Institute (SVRI) housed at the Global Health Institute, Department of Life Sciences, EPFL. In 2012 she gained a prestigious ERC starting grant, and in 2014 she was promoted to the role of Associate Professor at the EPFL.
Research Interest
Investigations of immune responsiveness and homeostasis in response to intestinal bacteria ; To study how the immune system can provide protection against heavy burdens of intestinal helminths.
