I'm a Cypriot scientist with a passion for microbiology that brought me to Imperial College London for my BSc Microbiology degree. I completed my Master of Research in Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection and pursued my PhD in the Gründling lab investigating the requirement of c-di-AMP for the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. I moved to Ireland in 2020, for my postdoc in the O’Gara lab at University of Galway to integrate molecular microbiology with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research. I am an Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Microbiology in the University of Galway, and I hold a Research Ireland (SFI-IRC) Pathway Fellowship. I am also a collaborator partner on a recent grant awarded by the European Union (EU) Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) Interventions. My research group focuses on understanding and manipulating Staphylococcal metabolism whilst developing targeted antisense oligonucleotide therapeutics against AMR in ESKAPE pathogens.

I am interested in Staphylococcus aureus biology, antibiotic resistance in ESKAPE pathogens, and environmental stress responses, with focus on microbial genetics, bioinformatics, and high throughput methods. I enjoy unraveling the mechanisms behind bacterial infections, and work towards developing innovative strategies alleviating the burden of antibiotic resistant bacterial infections.

I have great enthusiasm in guiding new researchers, supervising students, and teaching the future generations in science.I have studied and done extensive research in the field of Microbiology and enjoy teaching all levels of students in Microbiology.During my PhD, I have had the amazing opportunity to teach two years in a row (2018 and 2019) at the Advanced Bacterial Genetics course in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA.To date, I have supervised 10 final-year BSc Microbiology students, 3 third-year BSc summer students, 1 Erasmus visiting student, 3 Masters of Research students, and 3 PhD students (2 as a primary supervisor, 1 as a co-supervisor).