Reshma Silvester
Prifysgol Bangor
Crwsibl Cymru 2026
Reshma Silvester is a Postdoctoral Research Officer in Environmental Microbiology at Bangor University. She holds a B.Sc. in Microbiology, M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology, and a PhD focused on antibiotic resistance in Vibrio bacterium. She previously worked with the One Health Trust on global AMR mapping across LMICs and later conducted postdoctoral research at CUSAT, India, on AMR in seafood and aquaculture systems. She joined Bangor University in 2023 through the PATH-SAFE project, where she now leads AMR surveillance initiatives using a One Health approach.
Her research focuses on tracking the spread of AMR across wastewater (hospital and community), environmental, and agricultural systems to support evidence-based policy and public health decisions. She integrates metagenomics, high-throughput qPCR, bioinformatics, and culture-based methods to identify pathogens, resistance genes, and their microbial hosts. With nearly 15 years of experience in AMR research, her work contributes to national surveillance efforts and addresses the global challenge of AMR. She is particularly interested in interdisciplinary collaboration and translating complex scientific data into actionable insights for policy and practice.