Education:

2025  Defence of PhD Thesis title: An expanded computational model of cell envelope biogenesis for Escherichia coli. DOI: 10.25448/LBU.28253822.V1
2019 – 2025  PhD studies at Leeds Beckett University, School of Clinical and Applied Sciences, UK
2013 – 2017  Integrated Masters in Biomedical Sciences (Merit achieved), Leeds Beckett University, School of Clinical and Applied Sciences, UK
2011 – 2013 International Baccalaurate, GEMS Wellington International School Dubai
2009 – 2011  GCSEs: GEMS Wellington International School Dubai

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Work experience:

Since 2025  researcher, Systems Biology team at Bioinformatics Group, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia

Since 2025  leading expert, University of Latvia, the faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences/Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Riga, Latvia

2018 - 2025  Senior Scientist of Computational Biology and Biochemistry, Oppilotech Ltd, UK

2016 (Summer) Voluntary Research Assistant 

2015 (Summer) Voluntary Research Assistant 

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Projects:

2024 – 2027 Productive catalytic living materials: combining 3D biobased fibrillar membranes with synthetic microbial consortia to produce chemicals (LivMat), M-ERA.Net funded by the Latvian Council of Science

2024 – 2026 Systems biology based analysis of mitochondrial metabolism as a driver of inflammation in cardiovascular disease development (SysMito), RSU consolidation project  

2023– 2025 Novel antibiotic drug discovery through the use of kinetic metabolic models and biochemical assays, Oppilotech Ltd, UK

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Language skills:

Portugese – native

English – Fluent

Spanish – Proficient

Italian – Basic

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