Contact Dr Milena Dropa
- Email: Milena.Dropa@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Water and Sanitation for Development
- Water Science and Engineering
Background
Dr Milena Dropa has been working on clinical and environmental antimicrobial resistance (AMR) since 2004. She is a researcher at the University of São Paulo, Faculty of Public Health. She has collaborated on diverse research projects focusing on the sanitary surveillance of various sources (clinical, food, environmental matrices), using Microbiology and Molecular Biology methods. During her MsC and PhD projects, she studied the spread of AMR through clinical and environmental Enterobacteriales. As a PhD, she was awarded a scholarship by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) for the development of an international project on the biochemical characterization of a new protein, as well as for an independent research project on the detection and quantification of AMR genetic determinants in sewage samples from Brazil. She is currently a Research Fellow at ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥, working on the project "Engineering Nature-based Solutions to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance," coordinated by Dr. Tao Lyu.
Research opportunities
Milena is particularly interested in studying the dynamics of AMR bacteria and genes through clinical and natural environments.
Current activities
She is currently a Research Fellow at ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥, working on the project "Engineering Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)," coordinated by Dr. Tao Lyu. The project has established a multidisciplinary partnership of experts in NbS, Environmental Chemistry, and AMR to evaluate and optimize constructed wetland technologies as NbS for wastewater treatment targeting emerging environmental challenges. She is also a researcher at the University of São Paulo, Faculty of Public Health, Brazil, where she has been developing several national and international research collaborations on AMR since 2004.
