David is interested in how the ecology of mobile genetic elements influences microbial communities, and therefore environmental antimicrobial resistance. He is particularly excited about plasmid ecology, and how plasmid-host interactions and plasmid payload genes contribute to plasmid success.

During his PhD, David developed a CRISPR-Cas9 plasmid which can be used to remove AMR plasmids from microbial communities. More recently, David is working on synthetic bacteriophage and their application in phage therapy.

You can also find David on Bluesky (@davvi36) or his own web presence.