Nardus Mollentze
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNardus Mollentze is a postdoctoral researcher and statistician based at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research with a decade of experience dissecting virus cross-species transmission, host shifts, and epidemic dynamics. Combining a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with an MSc and BSc(Hons) in Virology/Microbiology (cum laude), he leverages large, multi-host and multi-virus datasets to identify generalizable patterns that can inform epidemic preparedness. His work blends rigorous statistical modelling with ecological insight to predict which viruses are most likely to jump hosts and drive outbreaks. Based in Glasgow, he brings a rare mix of deep virology training and quantitative data-science skills, often uncovering subtle, non-obvious drivers of host jumps that improve surveillance prioritization.
10 years of coding experience
BSc (Hons), Microbiology/Virology (Cum Laude), BSc (Hons), Microbiology/Virology (Cum Laude) at University of PretoriaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Glasgow
English, Afrikaans, German
Github Skills (12)
genomics9
genome9
bioinformatics8
r6
image-processing6
python5
computer-vision5
snakemake3
xml3
data-pipeline3
issue-tracking1
pipeline1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Nardus/zoonotic_rank
Nov 2020 - Aug 2022
Code and data used in Mollentze et al. (2021) "Identifying and prioritizing potential human-infecting viruses from their genome sequences".
Contributions:3 releases, 33 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 9 months
genomezoonotic-diseasegenomicsvirusesbioinformatics
Nardus/hiv_growth_rates
Jun 2022 - Sep 2025
Contributions:1 release, 2 pushes, 1 tag in 3 years 3 months
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