Mario Ramirez PhD

Mario Ramirez did his Ph.D. studies in Molecular Biology at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and at The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. He followed up his studies in a post-doc at the Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology, Oeiras. Presently he is an Associate Professor of the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Lisbon and the head of Molecular Microbiology and Infection Unit at Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon.

His main interest is to understand the dynamics of populations of bacterial pathogens and how they respond to selective forces. His current work focuses on characterizing the effect of antimicrobial use and human vaccination on the bacterial population. This involves not only a "wet-lab" approach but also a strong theoretical approach in statistics and bioinformatics.