Dr Manal Mohammed is a Senior Lecturer of Medical Microbiology at University of Westminster. Manal’s research and teaching focus on infectious diseases, their diagnosis, prevention and treatment.

Dr Mohammed obtained her PhD in Medical Microbiology from University of Liverpool, UK. Manal’s research interests include application of next generation sequencing technologies and associated bioinformatics analyses tools in investigating the molecular basis of virulence of non typhoidal salmonellosis in humans and understanding the complex dynamics of bacteria-phage interaction.

Manal is very passionate about science and science communication. She has been interviewed by BBC Radio London, Daily Mail and BBC News podcast ‘Victoria Derbyshire’. Manal also had the opportunity to present her research work at UK Parliament: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news-and-events/2017/westminster-bioscientist-manal-mohammed-takes-her-research-to-parliament