Dr Lizzie Wadsworth
Contact
- Email: l.wadsworth@kingston.ac.uk
- Location: Penrhyn Road
- Faculty: Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education
- School: School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry
- Department: Department of Applied and Human Sciences
About
I completed a degree in Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Sheffield in 2016, which gave me a strong base in both molecular biology techniques and python-based bioinformatics. During my undergraduate, I also worked part-time in food microbiology safety testing and STI testing laboratories. Following this and using a mixture of wet-lab and bioinformatic techniques, I pursued a PhD at the University of Edinburgh studying the mitochondrial DNA of various Trypanosoma and Leishmania species, parasites responsible for the neglected tropical diseases African Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis. I successfully defended my PhD in 2020.
From 2020 to 2023 I worked as a Teaching Fellow at Royal Holloway University of London, where I was teaching and co-ordinating the Foundation Year for Computer Sciences, Physics and Mathematics, and in September 2022 co-designed and introduced a new Foundation Year for Life Sciences. I joined Kingston University as a Lecturer in 2024, with a focus on education into parasitology and bioinformatics.
Academic responsibilities
Lecturer in Biological Sciences
Qualifications
- Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), 2023
- PhD Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, 2020
- BSc Genetics and Microbiology, University of Sheffield, 2016
- Scottish Mental Health First Aid, SMHFA, 2018