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 (16)
genomics9
genome9
bioinformatics8
image7
image-processing7
computer-vision7
r-package6
python6
sampling6
api4
r4
pipeline4
dataframes3
snakemake3
data-pipeline2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Nardus/nardusmollentze.com
May 2020 - Sep 2023
Contributions:60 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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
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