Alex Cloherty is an award-winning science communicator, an enthusiastic speaker and event moderator, a PhD candidate, and marketeer for the agile data science company BioLizard. Alongside her doctoral research (which focuses on the role of autophagy - the recycling system of our cells - in protecting humans from viruses), Alex is active in science communication and empowering women in science. As the writer and creator of "Microbial Mondays", a blog that aims to improve public understanding of microbiology, Alex has published over a hundred articles and award-winning short videos that explain biological concepts in jargon-free language. Alex is also a junior ambassador for the TOPX network.