Meet the GAPDC team
The consortium brings together leading scientists and experts from six organizations, working collaboratively to advance genomic surveillance of animal and plant pathogens.
Consortium Leadership
Dr. Bhudipa Choudhury
Senior Responsible Officer GAPDC;
Lead Scientist Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency
Dr. Yogesh Kumar Gupta
Project Scientific Lead, GAPDC
Senior Scientist, Animal and Plant Health Agency
Mr. Jeremy Hawthorn
Project Manager, GAPDC
Senior Scientific Project Manager, Animal and Plant Health Agency
Dr. Lisa Ward
Lead scientist, GAPDC
Head of Plant Pathology, Forest Research
Prof. David Bass
Lead Scientist, GAPDC
Principal Investigator, Centre for Environment
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Science
Prof. Oliver Pybus
Lead Scientist, GAPDC
Professor, Royal Veterinary College, London
Dr. Ian Adam
Lead Scientist & Technical Domain Lead, GAPDC
Senior Scientist Fera Science
Dr. Graham Freimanis
Lead Scientist & Work-Package 3 Lead, GAPDC
Scientist, The Pirbright Institute
Dr. Lynn Laurenson
Work-Package 1 Lead, GAPDC
Scientist, Fera Science
Dr. Sarah Hill
Work-Package 2 Lead, GAPDC
Lecturer, Royal Veterinary College, London
Dr. Irene Cano Cejas
Work-Package 4 Lead, GAPDC
Scientist, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Dr. Mirjam Schilling
Work-Package 5 Lead and Technical Domain Lead, GAPDC
Senior Scientist, Animal and Plant Health Agency
Dr. Helen Roberts
Work-Package 6 Lead, GAPDC
Senior Policy Advisor, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Dr. Tahmina Ruba
Technical Domain Lead, GAPDC
Post Doctoral Researcher, The Pirbright Institute
Dr. Leone Olivieri
Technical Domain Lead, GAPDC
Research Scientist, Forest Research
Dr. Ronny van Aerle
Technical Domain Lead, GAPDC
Principal Bioinformatician, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Dr. Jayna Raghwani
Technical Domain Lead, GAPDC
Senior Post Doctoral Researcher, Royal Veterinary College, London
Dr. Bridget Crampton
Deputy Lead Scientist, GAPDC
Senior molecular scientist,
Forest Research
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