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Oliver Pybus is a leading biologist specializing in Evolution and Infectious Disease. His research focuses on the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of infectious diseases, exploring how pathogens evolve in relation to their ecology and evolutionary processes. Pybus utilizes advanced genome sequencing technologies to investigate biological questions with unprecedented detail, aiming to address global challenges such as biodiversity loss and emerging epidemics. His work, particularly in the field of phylodynamics, integrates evolution and ecology to inform public health, outbreak surveillance, vaccine design, and drug resistance evolution. As a Professorial Fellow at New College and Co-Director of the Oxford Martin School Programme in Pandemic Genomics, he is instrumental in developing new computational methods for analyzing genetic sequence data. Pybus also serves as Chief Editor for the open-access journal Virus Evolution and collaborates with various research groups both at the University of Oxford and the Royal Veterinary College. His interests span the interface of ecology and evolution, ancient DNA, portable genomics, spatial ecology, and statistical genetics.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.