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Monika Moir

Postdoctoral Researcher of Pathogen Genomics, Stellenbosch University

Postdoctoral Researcher of Pathogen Genomics, Stellenbosch University Currently, I am working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. CERI is specialised pathogen genomics research group and laboratory facility of the Africa CDC and WHO AFRO that leads the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa of COVID-19. I focus on molecular epidemiological investigations of SARS-CoV-2 and arboviruses using next generation sequencing data in South Africa and across Africa. In 2021, I conducted evolutionary biology research centred around pollination biology as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Biological Interactions Lab of Stellenbosch University. I acquired a PhD in Zoology from Stellenbosch University in 2020, in the fields of bat ecology and conservation with specialisation in bioacoustics, morphology, population genetics, phylogeography, and landscape ecology.