Rate My Professor Roman Biek

Biek obtained his PhD in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana in 2004, supervised by Professor Mary Poss, following a Dipl. Biol. (first class) from Philipps University Marburg, Germany. He conducted postdoctoral research at Emory University from 2004 to 2007 with Professor Leslie A. Real before joining the University of Glasgow in 2007 as Kelvin Smith Fellow in Biodiversity Management, advancing to Lecturer (2010-2013), Senior Lecturer (2013-2016), Reader, and Professor. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and previously held the Kelvin Smith Fellowship. Biek's scholarship has garnered over 8,000 citations. Notable publications include 'A virus reveals population structure and recent demographic history of its carnivore host' (Science, 2006), 'Emergence of Lyme disease on treeless islands in Scotland, UK' (Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021), 'Integrating contact tracing and whole-genome sequencing to track the elimination of dog-mediated rabies' (eLife, 2023), 'Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area' (Microbial Genomics, 2022), and 'Disentangling complex disease ecology networks' (Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2026).