Hi! I’m Juliana.

I’m a fourth-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

6/26: Presented contact patterns work at NetSci 2026 in Boston, awarded best lightning talk!
3/26: Released preprint on sources of pandemic behavior change
12/25: Presented airborne contact poster at Epidemics 10 in San Diego
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