Miguel Lacerda is a Chief Data Scientist and Executive at Differential Capital who is primarily interested in statistical problems in bioinformatics, with a focus on computational molecular evolution, phylogenetics, and population genetics. He is particularly interested in how host-pathogen interactions shape the evolution of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), allowing the virus to escape the immune response and drug therapy. He obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Galway.