Iris Floria

Iris is a PhD student on the Wellcome Trust Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health Programme. Her PhD project aims to elucidate the intra-macrophage lifestyle of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and how this may impact the evolution of antibiotic resistance and tolerance in the host. She is co-supervised by Dr Helen Alexander.

Iris studied Microbiology at the University of Glasgow, where her final year project in the Roe Lab examined D-serine’s effects on Escherichia coli genotoxin colibactin. She then pursued a MSc in Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance, investigating Streptococcus pyogenes genotype fitness determinants in the One Health Research into Bacterial Diseases lab.

Academic bio

• 2019 - 2023: BSc (Hons) in Microbiology with a specialisation in Bacteriology, School of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow (advised by Prof Andrew Roe).
• 2023 - 2024: MSc Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow (advised by Dr Katarina Oravcova)
• 2024 - 2025: MScR Hosts Pathogens and Global Health School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
• Since Oct 2025: PhD Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health programme, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh