Elena Gómez-Sanz,
ETHZ, Switzerland
Biography
Elena Gómez-Sanz is an expert on staphylococcal antimicrobial resistance and currently focusses her research on animal and environmental antimicrobial resistance from a One Health perspective following next-generation approaches. She has participated in six national and international projects, and is currently Principal Investigator for the Swiss National Science Foundation NFP72 (“Antimicrobial Resistance”). She has developed her research career in Spain, UK, Germany, Australia and Switzerland, and has been awarded a number of grants and fellowships in competitive, merit-based calls from national and international organizations. Dr. Gómez-Sanz has participated in more than 40 scientific publications and contributed with 75 presentations in international and national conferences. She participates as reviewer for several scientific editorials and is member of several scientific societies. Since December 2016 Dr. Gómez-Sanz is a postdoctoral fellow at the “Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ)” thanks to a Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Individual Fellowship Global Fellowship within the Horizon 2020 program.