Sheyda Azimi

Sheyda Azimi received her B.Sc. degree in Molecular Cell Biology from the University of Tehran, Iran.She moved to the UK in 2009 to join the University of Nottingham Molecular Medical Microbiology program. After receiving her MSc and Ph.D. in Microbiology, she joined Dr. Diggle’s group as a postdoctoral fellow in 2015 to study the Social Evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in chronic infections. Her research is focused on understanding the role of intrastrain population dynamics of P. aeruginosa. As part of her Cystic Fibrosis postdoctoral fellowship (2018-2021), she studied the effects of microbial population heterogeneity on pathogenesis, microbiogeography, and host-pathogen interactions.

Research Interests

The core focus of Azimi lab is understanding the molecular mechanisms of bacterial population dynamics.