Nídia Trovão
Assistant Professor Of Molecular Epidemiology at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Urbana-Champaign Area United States
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Top SchoolNídia Trovão is an Assistant Professor of Molecular Epidemiology and a molecular epidemiologist with 11 years of experience applying and developing Bayesian phylodynamic models to track the evolutionary and spatio-temporal dynamics of RNA viruses and bacterial pathogens. Her work spans academia and public institutions—including leadership at the Fogarty International Center and contributions to NASA’s Open Science Data Repository—bridging methodological innovation with global genomic surveillance. She has trained over 1,000 researchers in genomic epidemiology, translating complex phylodynamic methods into practical capacity building for outbreak response. Trained at KU Leuven and experienced in top labs (Mount Sinai, NIH), she combines rigorous evolutionary theory with hands-on pathogen genomics and a specialty in disease ecology that informs real-world public health decisions.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Evolutionary Biology at KU LeuvenBsc Molecular and Cellular Biology Biology Biochemistry Pharmaceuticals, Bsc Molecular and Cellular Biology Biology Biochemistry Pharmaceuticals at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Portuguese, Spanish, French, holandês, English
Github Skills (1)
beast4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nidiatrovao/HBVD1-Trovao-et-al
Jan 2022 - Apr 2024
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
Yinkaokoh/updatedSARCoV2_project
Apr 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:10 pushes in 7 months
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