Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Animal Science and Zoology
Research interest
Research interests include Viral Infections and Vectors, Animal Virus Infections Studies, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, and Plant Virus Research Studies.
Viral diversity, ecological interconnectedness, and the identification of mammalian chuviruses in Australian microbats.
The origins and potential cross-species transmission of paramyxoviruses and other RNA viruses between native snakes and invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades.
Limited effect of short- to mid-term storage conditions on an Australian farmland soil RNA virome.
Ecological factors and genetic features are associated with ecological generalism in pathogenic tick-borne viruses.
Genomic features associated with sustained mammalian transmission of avian influenza A viruses.
Dynamics and ecology of a multistage expansion of Oropouche virus in Brazil.
Longitudinal Epidemiology and Variant Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Coastal Kenya (2020-2025): Clinical Features and Wave Patterns.
Host innate immune response profiling reveals hidden viral infections across diverse animal species
The Inter-Pandemic Generation Represent An Expanding Gap in Population Immunity against a Novel Sarbecovirus of High Pandemic Potential
RNA virus discovery in Australian camelids reveals divergent picornaviruses and the convergent evolution of upstream ORFs
ViraHInter: a dual-modal artificial intelligence framework for predicting virus-host interactions
Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics
Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics
Generalized biological foundation model with unified nucleic acid and protein language
Extensive cross-species transmission of pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes in mammals neglected by public health surveillance
Travel-associated international spread of Oropouche virus beyond the Amazon
Attenuation of virulence in <i>Yersinia pestis</i> across three plague pandemics
The diversity, pathogenic spectrum, and ecological significance of arthropod viruses
Diversity and cross-species transmission of viruses in a remote island ecosystem: implications for wildlife conservation.
Attenuation of virulence in <i>Yersinia pestis</i> across three plague pandemics.
Recent advances in the inference of deep viral evolutionary history
Recently reported SARS-CoV-2 genomes suggested to be intermediate between the two early main lineages are instead likely derived
Identification of coxsackievirus A24 variant during an acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis outbreak in coastal Kenya, 2024.
Predicting the Evolutionary and Functional Landscapes of Viruses with a Unified Nucleotide-Protein Language Model: LucaVirus
Genomic and clinical epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in coastal Kenya: insights into variant circulation, reinfection, and multiple lineage importations during a post-pandemic wave
Re-emergence of Yellow Fever Virus in Brazil: Evidence from Forest and peri-urban Settings
Phylogenomics redefines the evolutionary history of mosquitoes.
Insect-specific Alphamesonivirus-1 (<i>Mesoniviridae</i>) in lymph node and lung tissues from two horses with acute respiratory syndrome.
Recently reported SARS-CoV-2 genomes suggested to be intermediate between the two early main lineages are instead likely derived.
Coxsackievirus A24 variant whole genome sequencing from clinical samples using a three overlapping amplicons strategy