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Sebastian Funk

Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics

Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics

Orcid identifier0000-0002-2842-3406
  • Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics
    Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics

BIO

I develop methods and tools to support the response to infectious disease outbreaks through modelling and analytics. This often means making sense of incomplete, noisy and diverse data to reveal patterns of transmission. My group develops statistical methods and open-source software that help track and anticipate the spread of infectious diseases in real time.

 

I co-direct the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) at LSHTM and lead the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Health Analytics and Modelling, a collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Imperial College London. I also lead the epiforecasts group, whose tools for real-time epidemic analysis are used by agencies including WHO, ECDC and UKHSA. From 2018–25 I held a Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship, and from 2013–18 a Medical Research Council Career Development Award in Biostatistics.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Fellow
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom1 May 2011 - 31 Aug 2012
  • Assistant Professor
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2013 - 31 Aug 2016
  • Associate Professor
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2016 - 31 Jul 2020
  • Professor
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom1 Aug 2020 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Fellow
    Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom1 May 2010 - 30 Apr 2011
  • Research Fellow
    Royal Holloway, University of London, School of Biological Sciences, Egham, United Kingdom1 Jan 2010 - 30 Apr 2010
  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    Princeton University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton, United States1 Sep 2012 - 31 Aug 2013
  • Hilfswissenschaftler (0.5 FTE)
    Humboldt University, Physics, Berlin, Germany1 Oct 2005 - 30 Sep 2006

DEGREES

  • PhD, Biology
    University of London, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2006 - 31 Dec 2009
  • Diplom (MSc equivalent), Physics
    Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany1 Oct 2000 - 30 Sep 2005

CERTIFICATIONS

  • PGCILT
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medidcine, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2017 - present

RESEARCH CENTRES

  • Vaccine Centre
  • Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases