Ariadna Miquel Clopés

As ELIXIR-UK Node Coordinator, Ariadna Miquel manages ELIXIR-UK operations, including project planning, budget oversight, flexible funding awards, event coordination, and acting as a key link between the UK Node, the ELIXIR Hub, and member organisations.

Following the completion of her BSc in Microbiology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2016, Ariadna relocated to Norwich after receiving an Erasmus grant to work with Professor Simon Carding at Quadram Institute where she later obtained her PhD focused on intranasal vaccines for human respiratory pathogens.

Prior to joining the Earlham Institute, Ariadna worked as a portfolio manager at Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in the studentship department where she assisted in the development, implementation and administration of doctoral grants.