Email HuangAT@nus.edu.sg

Angkana T. Huang (aka HAT) seeks to advance the understanding of mechanisms driving pathogen ecology and evolution through deeply data-grounded approaches. Her research spans molecular changes of viruses to population-level host demography, as well as the immunological impact that co-circulating viruses have on the transmission of one another. Her work focuses primarily on arboviruses, especially dengue virus, and respiratory viruses.

Beyond pushing analytic boundaries to extract insights from sparse, biased, or complex data, she also works to improve the quality and quantity of data collection through innovative tools. Together, these efforts aim to enable practical, context-appropriate public health innovations that are scientifically robust, operationally relevant, and sustainable.

In addition to research and methodological innovation, HAT is committed to reshaping scientific ecosystems to be more open, democratic, and impactful. Examples of this commitment include serving on the inaugural Governance committee of the Climate Sensitive Infectious Disease Network (CSIDNet) and a founding committee of the Global Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics (GSIDD).

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Primary)
• NUS Yong Loo Ling School of Medicine (Joint)

• Infectious disease modelling
• Virus ecology and evolution
• Inference from case, serological, and genomic data

• PhD in Biology, Department of Biology, University of Florida, USA (2017-2021)
• Masters in Computer Science, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Mahidol University, Thailand (2016-2017)
• Bachelor of Industrial Design, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (2004-2009)

• NUS Presidential Young Professorship (Class of 2026)
• Wellcome Early Career Award (2026-2030)
• Climate Sensitive Infectious Disease Network Fellowship (Class of 2025)
• Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2023-2026)

• Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK (2023-2026)
• Research Associate, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK (2021-2023)
• Bioinformatics Research Technologist, Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand (2019-2021)
• Data Analyst, Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand (2013-2019)
• Influenza Surveillance Consultant, Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand (2012-2013)

• Angkana T. Huang, Darunee Buddhari, Surachai Kaewhiran, Sopon Iamsirithaworn, Direk Khampaen, Aaron Farmer, Stefan Fernandez, Stephen J. Thomas, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Taweewun Hunsawong, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Gabriel Ribeiro dos Santos, Megan O’Driscoll, Marco Hamins-Puertolas, Timothy Endy, Alan L. Rothman, Derek A. T. Cummings, Kathryn Anderson, Henrik Salje “Reconciling heterogeneous dengue virus infection risk estimates from different study designs” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)
• Angkana T. Huang, Saki Takahashi, Henrik Salje, Lin Wang, Bernardo Garcia Carreras, Kathryn Anderson, Timothy Endy, Stephen Thomas, Alan L. Rothman, Chonticha Klungthong, Anthony R. Jones, Stefan Fernandez, Sopon Iamsirithaworn, Pawinee Doung-Ngern, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Derek A. T. Cummings, “Assessing the role of multiple mechanisms increasing the age of dengue cases in Thailand” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2022)
• Angkana T. Huang, Henrik Salje, Ana Coello Escoto, Nayeem Chowdhury, Christian Cha ́vez, Bernardo Garcia-Carreras, Wiriya Rutvisuttinunt, Irina Maljkovic Berry, Gregory D. Gromowski, Lin Wang, Chonticha Klungthong, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Ananda Nisalak, Luke M. Trimmer-Smith, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Damon W. Ellison, Anthony R. Jones, Stefan Fernandez, Stephen J. Thomas, Derek J. Smith, Richard Jarman, Stephen S. Whitehead, Derek A. T. Cummings, Leah C. Katzelnick, “Beneath the surface: Amino acid variation underlying two decades of dengue virus antigenic dynamics in Bangkok, Thailand” PLoS Pathogens (2022)
• Angkana T. Huang, Bernardo Garcia-Carreras, Matt D. T. Hitchings, Bingyi Yang, Leah C. Katzelnick, Susan M. Rattigan, Brooke A. Borgert, Carlos A. Moreno, Benjamin D. Solomon, Luke Trimmer-Smith, Veronique Etienne, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Justin Lessler, Henrik Salje, Donald S. Burke, Amy Wesolowski, Derek A. T. Cummings, “A systematic review of antibody mediated immunity to coronaviruses: kinetics, correlates of protection, and association with severity” Nature Communications (2020)

View the detailed list of publications here.