Ada Yan

I am a Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences in the Department of Mathematics and Geospatial Sciences. My background is in developing mathematical models to understand how biological mechanisms drive the time course of infection within the host, and interactions between infection and host immunity. Prior to my appointment at RMIT University, I was an Imperial College Research Fellow in the Section of Virology, Department of Infectious Disease. During my fellowship, I developed skills in experimental virology and bioinformatics, to understand the cutting-edge questions in the field of infectious disease and the technologies available to tackle them.
I have held previous Research Fellow appointments at La Trobe University, The University of Melbourne and the Department of Infectious Disease and School of Public Health at Imperial College London. My PhD studies at the School of Mathematics and Statistics at The University of Melbourne analysed the effects of different components of the immune response on within-host influenza infection. I was awarded a Victoria Fellowship in 2015.