Emmanuelle Münger
Project
Track 23: Pathogen detection, metagenomics and genomic epidemiology for early warning surveillance
Promotor
Marion Koopmans (EMC)
Primary Supervisor
Bas Oude Munnink (EMC); Richard Molenkamp (EMC)
Cosupervisor
Maarten Schrama (LU)
University
Erasmus University Medical Centre
Description PhD project
I am an environmental health scientist interested in evolutionary and ecological dynamics of infectious diseases
After a Bachelor’s in Biology, I completed an interdisciplinary Master’s program in Human Health, Nutrition and Environment at ETH Zürich, and more recently did a postgraduate specialization in geographic information systems at the University of Geneva. I have experience supporting WHO’s emergency response to the humanitarian crisis in Northeast Nigeria and have carried out research projects using phylogenetics and geospatial methods to investigate arboviral diseases dynamics with institutes in Oxford and in Rotterdam.
My PhD will focus on the development and application of pathogen detection assays, sequencing methods and bioinformatic workflows, as well as on performing phylogenetic and phylodynamic analyses of arboviral diseases. Ultimately, the aim is to integrate genomic data with ecological and environmental information generated within the OH PACT to investigate the spatiotemporal dynamics of arboviral diseases.
Publications
West Nile virus spread in Europe: Phylogeographic pattern analysis and key drivers
January, 2024
Authors: Lu Lu, Feifei Zhang, Bas B Oude Munnink, Emmanuelle Munger, Reina S Sikkema, Styliani Pappa, Katerina Tsioka, Alessandro Sinigaglia, Emanuela Dal Molin, Barbara B Shih, Anne Günther, Anne Pohlmann, Ute Ziegler, Martin Beer, Rachel A Taylor, Frederic Bartumeus, Mark Woolhouse, Frank M Aarestrup, Luisa Barzon, Anna Papa, Samantha Lycett, Marion P.G. Koopmans
Detection of West Nile virus in a common whitethroat (Curruca communis) and Culex mosquitoes in the Netherlands, 2020
October, 2020
Authors: R. S. Sikkema , M. Schrama , T. van den Berg , J. Morren , E. Munger , L. Krol, J. G. van der Beek, R. Blom, I. Chestakova, A. van der Linden , M. Boter, T. van Mastrigt, R. Molenkamp, C. J. M. Koenraadt, J. M. A. van den Brand, B. B. Oude Munnink, M. P. G. Koopmans, H. van der Jeugd