Email k9.jenns@nus.edu.sg

Dr. Kane “K9” Jenns works at the intersection of viral evolution and infectious disease dynamics. His current research will focus on applying Bayesian methods to elucidate how spatiotemporal, ecological, and epidemiological factors may affect the evolution of major pathogens including Dengue virus and SARS-CoV-2. Alongside this, he works closely with the BatOneHealth group and other wildlife health organizations as a bioinformation and evolutionary biologist, using metatranscriptomics and phylodynamics to uncover and characterize novel viral diversity in fruit bats and other vertebrates.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
• Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, The University of Sydney

• Infectious Disease Modelling
• Viral Evolution and Ecology
• Bayesian Phylogenetics
• Phylodynamics

• BSc(Adv)(Hons), The University of Sydney, Australia (2022)
• PhD, The University of Sydney, Australia (2023)

• Jenns, K., Eden, J.-S., Olsson, A., & Phalen, D. (2025). Two Avastrovirus Species Discovered in Psittaciformes Expand the Host Range of the Family Astroviridae. Viruses, 17(3), 450. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17030450
• Jenns, K., Sassi, H. P., Zhou, R., Cullen, P. J., Carter, D., & Mai-Prochnow, A. (2022). Inactivation of foodborne viruses: Opportunities for cold atmospheric plasma. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 124, 323-333.
• Ortiz-Baez, A. S., Cousins, K., Eden, J. S., Chang, W. S., Harvey, E., Pettersson, J. H. O., … & Holmes, E. C. (2020). Meta-transcriptomic identification of Trypanosoma spp. in native wildlife species from Australia. Parasites & Vectors, 13(1), 447.
• Geoghegan, J. L., Di Giallonardo, F., Cousins, K., Shi, M., Williamson, J. E., & Holmes, E. C. (2018). Hidden diversity and evolution of viruses in market fish. Virus evolution, 4(2), vey031.