Alex Best

Biography

2016 - Current: Lecturer, SoMaS, University of Sheffield2013 - 2016 : Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, SoMaS, University of Sheffield2012 - 2012 : Associate Research Fellow, Biosciences, University of Exeter2010 - 2011 : Postodctoral Research Associate, Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield2006 - 2010 : PhD, Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield

Research Interest

I am a mathematical biologist who uses theoretical models to investigate the dynamics of infectious disease systems. I use tools from dynamical systems theory to explore disease dynamics at a range of scales. My research interests include: models of host-parasite coevolution; spatial structure in epidemic/evolutionary models; immune processes in epidemic/evolutionary models; within-host models of bacteria-cell dynamics.