Zamin Iqbal PhD

Zamin Iqbal leads a computational genomics research group working on genetic variation in microbes, developing methods for representing and understanding complex genetic variation (e.g. surface antigens in P. falciparum and the pan-genome in bacteria), and exploring surveillance and diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance. Zamin obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Oxford, worked in the software industry for several years and returned to academia to work on the 1000 Genomes project at EMBL-EBI.