Urvish Trivedi

CV

Education
PhD in Microbiology
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mar. 2014 – Nov. 2017, Degree awarded Jan. 23, 2018

BSc. in Biochemistry, with a Minor in Biology, Chemistry, and English Literature
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
Aug. 2007 – Aug. 2011, Degree awarded Aug. 6, 2011

Employment
Postdoctoral Fellow {Feb. 2018 – present}
University of Copenhagen, Department of Biology, Section of Microbiology

Research Assistant {Dec. 2017 – Jan. 2018}
University of Copenhagen, Department of Biology, Section of Microbiology

PhD Fellow {Mar. 2014 – Nov. 2017}
University of Copenhagen, Department of Biology, Section of Microbiology

Medical Researcher {Nov. 2011 – Feb. 2014}
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Department of Surgery
University Medical Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Research Fellow {May 2009 – Oct. 2011}
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Department of Surgery

Biomedical Research Intern {May 2008 – Sept. 2008}
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Pharmacy

Research stay abroad
Postdoctoral research stay abroad {Jun. 2019 – Sept. 2019}
NYU Langone Health, New York City, New York, USA

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) research stay abroad {Jun. 2010 – Sept. 2010}
Univeristy of Nottingham, Center for Biomolecular Sciences
University of Oxford, Department of Zoology

Teaching experience at University of Copenhagen (MSc. level courses)
2018, 2019 Human Microbiome Theory [Lecturer]
2014, 2015, 2017–2019 Advanced Bacteriology 1 [Lecturer & Lab Instructor]
2018, 2019 Human Microbiome Experiment [Lecturer & Lab Instructor] 

Short presentation

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Section of Microbiology, University of Copenhagen. My research focuses on the social lives of microbes and host-pathogen interactions. We utilize infection models combined with genetic techniques to study microbial physiology, ecology, virulence, and evolution. I am particularly interested in social behaviors (i.e. cooperation and competition) that occur on an intra- and inter-species level during infection and their effect on therapeutic success. So far I have focused on both chronic and acute infections, mainly those involving Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, and Streptococcus gordonii, as a system for understanding how environmental complexity and social evolution theories influence the course of infection. 

In addition to this, my current research project in collaboration with COPSAC focuses on understanding how the microbiome in pregnancy and early life is shaped and affected by factors such as antibiotics and delivery mode, and whether these factors, as well as the microbiome, can change the risk of asthma and allergy.