She has completed a PhD focusing on the impact of infection and antibiotic treatment on birds’ systemic metabolism and gut microbiota (GM) population under the supervision of Dr Sandrine Claus, Prof Martin Woodward (University of Reading) and Prof Roberto La Ragione (University of Surrey).

She is fascinated by the impact that the gut microbiota can have on host health. This interest started during an internship at the university of Reading where she studied the impact of a prebiotic on human GM and it’s metabolism in vitro and in vivo. Due to her interest for this topic she undertook a second work placement in the same department for her master’s dissertation that was looking at the impact of flavonoids and glucosinolats extracted from plants on GM modulation. She then investigated if the modification of the GM by these compounds could protect the host against intestinal cancer development. From there she became extremely interested by the influence that the gut microbiota composition and activity can have on metabolism in relation to diseases development and prevention and therefore started a PhD with Dr Sandrine Claus.