Anayancy Ramos

Anayancy Ramos is a PhD candidate in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at Emory University and an HHMI Gilliam Fellow who studies how Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus compete and evolve during cystic fibrosis airway infections, combining wet-lab experiments with phylogenetics and bioinformatics.

She is part of the EMERGENT Emory Bacterial Genomics & Metagenomics lab and works with her advisor Tim Read to understand how pathogens evolve and spread using tools like the Bactopia pipeline.

Her research focuses on microevolution, competition and coexistence, and connecting bench experiments to genetic signals, specifically looking at how P. aeruginosa adapts to S. aureus over the course of an infection.

Beyond science, she advocates for undocumented and international students in STEM and helped lead the DeFlock Emory Coalition, a cross-campus effort that successfully removed Flock Safety's automated license-plate readers from Emory's campus in September 2026.

She serves as the elected VP of Communications for EmoryUnite! and is an appointed graduate representative to Emory's University Senate, while also being an elected representative on the HHMI Gilliam Advisory Council.

Her personal website, anayancy.dev, functions as a bulletin board where she shares science, bioinformatics, organizing strategies, and stories, rather than a traditional brochure.

She uses R for her work on organizing and bioinformatics, and her blog covers topics including open notebook practices and microbial ecology.

Currently, she is reading Video Palace by In Search of the Eyeless Man for fiction and Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooks for nonfiction.

The Trustburn rating for her profile is 3.5 out of 5 based on 4 reviews, which is the only rating data available for this listing.

Some reviewers on Trustburn praise her clear explanation of complex scientific concepts, while others note that her organizing activities sometimes overshadow her scientific contributions in the profile description.