Niklas is pursuing a Master of Science in Epidemiology at the University of Alberta School of Public Health. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science with Great Distinction in Neuroscience in 2022 from the University of Lethbridge. He has worked in both epidemiology and neuroscience labs in his career with focuses on a multitude of research topics, including research on COVID-19 and research on addictive behaviour. Niklas is currently interested in the relationship between infectious disease and environmental epidemiology and aims to explore this relationship in his thesis.