Oleksandra Rudenko

Oleksandra Rudenko is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland's School of the Environment. Her research focuses on evolutionary epidemiology and genomics of bacterial pathogens affecting aquaculture, with emphasis on vaccine development and antimicrobial resistance mitigation. Research employs genomic, molecular, and experimental approaches to study pathogen evolution in Streptococcus, Photobacterium, and Tenacibaculum species.

Methodological innovations include developing genetic tools for intractable pathogens and field-adapted diagnostics. Recent work demonstrates increasing focus on translational applications like autogenous vaccine development and resource-limited diagnostics. Publications consistently address aquaculture disease management through molecular pathogenesis studies and genomic epidemiology.