Charles Whittaker (Charlie)

Charlie Whittaker is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley, where he directs the Pandemic and Epidemic Threat Analytics Lab (PETAL). His research focuses on the dynamics, detectability and control of pathogens with pandemic potential, and uses computational modelling to explore how infectious diseases spread and to enhance preparedness and response strategies for public health emergencies and globally catastrophic biological risks. Current projects include work modelling the potential impact of broad-spectrum medical countermeasures during future pandemics, how to optimally structure and design next-generation surveillance systems and evaluation of indoor air disinfection technologies, amongst others.