About Heather Bouzek
Heather K. Bouzek, is a computational biologist and data scientist whose research combines genomics, statistics, and software development to understand microbial evolution and human health. Her recent work has focused on the Gardnerella pangenome, using long-read sequencing and comparative genomics to investigate species boundaries, mobile genetic elements, and the genomic basis of bacterial vaginosis. She is interested in developing computational approaches that translate complex biological data into reproducible, clinically meaningful insights.