Teresa is an avid mathematical modeller who brings expertise on virus transmission bottlenecks and is now developing projects on immune-mediated interactions between infectious diseases and cancer. She is co-advised by Prof. Bryan Grenfell and has a ferocious looking cat.
Education
from 2024
Graduate student in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Princeton University
2020-2024
B.S. in Biology
Honors: summa cum laude
Emory University
Awards
2020-2024
Dean’s List, Emory University
2023
DataFest-Best Visualization, Emory University
Scientific Posts
2023-2024
Research Assistant in Virus Evolution
Department of Biology
Emory University
Summer 2023
Research Assistant in Osteology
Westlake University School of Life Sciences
2022-2023
Research Assistant in Neuroscience
Department of Biology
Emory University
Additional Publications
Shi, Y. T., Harris, J. D., Martin, M. A., & Koelle, K. 2024. Transmission Bottleneck Size Estimation from De Novo Viral Genetic Variation. Mol Biol Evol 41: msad286.
Lu, K., Wong, K. T., Zhou, L. N., Shi, Y. T., Yang, C. J., & Liu, R. C. 2023. Instinct to insight: Neural correlates of ethological strategy learning. bioRxiv: 2023.09.11.557240.