Hi! I’m Juliana.

I’m a third-year PhD candidate in Biology in the Bansal Lab at Georgetown University and an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. My research explores the interplay between behavior and infectious disease, with a focus on how contact patterns vary across space, time, transmission modes, and disease states.

Prior to graduate school, I studied math and biology at Bowdoin College and participated in the PopBio REU at the University of Georgia. My full CV is available here.

Outside the lab, I enjoy experimenting with new recipes, playing ice hockey, and biking along the Potomac.

Please reach out if you would like to collaborate or have questions about my work!

Recent updates

12/25: Presented airborne contact poster at Epidemics 10 in San Diego
11/25: Presented talk on behavior change work at 2025 MIDAS Annual Meeting in DC
8/25: US pandemic & baseline contact patterns work out in Lancet Digital Health
7/25: Analysis of IDD authorship & citation patterns out in Proceedings B