
I'm a biologist based at the University of Bristol. I research bacterial evolution, particularly the genetics of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Before coming to Bristol I was a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biology, Oxford (2021-2025). Before that, I did my PhD in Computational Biology at UCL (2018).
Alongside my academic research, I write about science. My first book, Dangerous Miracle, is being published in late 2025.
(Photo credit: Katherine Hannaford.)
Contact
Academic: firstname [dot] lastname [at] bristol.ac.uk
Other (gmail): liam.philip.shaw