Jennifer is a postdoctoral researcher working in the group of Dr. Cristina Cunha at the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), University of Minho. Her work focuses on fungal pathogenesis and host-fungus-microbiota interactions, aiming to improve the understanding and treatment of life-threatening mycoses. She earned her BSc (Hons) in Biology from the University of Bath, England (2014). Her studies included a year-long research placement under the supervision of Professor Scott Moye-Rowley at the University of Iowa, USA, where she investigated transcriptional events driving fungal multi-drug resistance. In 2016 Jennifer joined the group of Dr. Jorge Amich at the University of Manchester, England, as a Research Technician before completing her PhD (2023) in the same group. Her research explored Aspergillus fumigatus virulence, particularly the role of sulfur metabolism. This included characterizing the metabolic basis of methionine synthase conditional essentiality and defining the metabolic pathway responsible for a volatile mediated synergism that increases pathogenicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa – A. fumigatus co-infection. She also optimized a regulatable expression system for validation of drug targets in models of established invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and contributed to the observation, description, and initial characterization of A. fumigatus persistence in supra-MIC voriconazole concentrations. Jennifer’s current work at ICVS utilizes a multi-omics approach to explore microbiota dynamics throughout infection. Connecting clinical phenotyping with molecular and genetic signatures of the host-fungus-microbiota interaction, this research seeks to inform personalized diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of fungal diseases.