Kat Holt | |
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| Born | Kathryn Elizabeth Holt |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia (BSc (Hons), BA) University of Cambridge (PhD) University of Melbourne (MEpi) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbial genomics Computational genomics Epidemiology |
| Institutions | Monash University London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| Thesis | High-throughput sequencing provides insights into genome variation and evolution in Salmonella Typhi (2008) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gordon Dougan Julian Parkhill Duncan Maskell |
| Website | https://holtlab.net |
Kathryn "Kat" Elizabeth Holt is an Australian computational biologist specializing in infectious disease genomics. She is a professor at Monash University's Department of Infectious Diseases and a professor of Microbial Systems Genomics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Her current research focuses on investigating the evolution and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance. In 2015, Holt received the L'Oréal-UNESCO International Rising Talent Award.