17 December 2025
Double degree PhD student Ludovica Preite
Ludovica Preite has started as a new PhD student at the University of Sydney and University of Copenhagen, in a double PhD degree position. Ludivica will study avian influenza and the interface between wild birds and poultry in Australia and Denmark. After conducting field studies in Australia, Ludovica will do comparable field studies in Denmark, investigating transmission dynamics of avian influenza.
Left to right: Niraj Meisuria, Ludovica Preite, Tatiana Proboste, Michael Ward and Thuy Hoang from the Disease Ecology Lab at the University of Sydney on a research retreat on Cockatoo Island, Sydney, December 2025.