Olivier Restif, PI, United Kingdom/France

Olivier Restif is the Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Epidemiology at the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Cambridge. A mathematical modeller by training, he holds a PhD in Ecology from the University of Paris. His research focuses on the dynamics of infectious diseases across scales, from cells to ecosystems. One of his main projects investigates the circulation of zoonotic viruses in African bats, in relation to their immunology and ecology, as part of a long-standing UK-Ghana collaboration. He is a passionate advocate of model-guided fieldwork, which seeks to create synergies between theoretical and empirical research in disease ecology.