Silvie Huijben

Silvie Huijben is an evolutionary biologist with a keen interest in the arms-race between us humans and the organisms we aim to control, in particular, resistance evolution of malaria parasites and disease-transmitting mosquitoes. Her lab studies the evolutionary ecology of resistant organisms with the key question: how can we use evolutionary theory to better design resistance management strategies? Her research combines fieldwork, experimental evolution in the laboratory setting and mathematical modeling.