Our people
Our research and education excellence is a reflection of the people behind it. We have research group leaders who are world experts in their field, in addition to many talented researchers, educators and postgraduate students.
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Microbiology Department leadership
| Head of Department | Professor Stephen Turner T: +61 3 9902 9138 E: Stephen.j.turner@monash.edu W: Turner Laboratory |  |
| Personal Assistant to Head of Department | Sherrie Young T: +61 3 9902 9138 E: sherrie.young@monash.edu | |
| Deputy Head of Department | Professor Dena Lyras T: +61 3 9902 9155 E: dena.lyras@monash.edu W: Lyras Laboratory |  |
| Head of Teaching and Learning Graduate Research Coordinator | Associate Professor Priscilla Johanesen T: +61 3 9902 9153 E: priscilla.johanesen@monash.edu |  |
| Deputy Head of Teaching and Learning | Dr Meredith Hughes T: +61 3 9902 9189 E: meredith.hughes@monash.edu | 
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| Honours Convenor | Associate Professor John Boyce T: +61 3 9902 9179 E: john.boyce@monash.edu W: Boyce Laboratory | 
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| Deputy Honours Convenor | Professor Julian Rood T: +61 3 9902 9157 E: julian.rood@monash.edu W: Rood Laboratory | 
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Our academic and research staff
Our Lab Heads and Group Leaders are listed below. The lab information (click on the links to visit their laboratory websites) showcases the incredible research each of them are doing.
| Name | Lab information | Program membership |
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| Associate Professor John Boyce | Boyce Laboratory Bacterial pathogenesis | Infection and Immunity |
| Professor Mariapia Degli-Esposti | Experimental and viral immunology | Infection and Immunity |
| Dr Philip Heraud | Antimicrobial resistance | Infection and Immunity |
| Dr Terry Kwok-Schuelein | Kwok Schuelein Laboratory Microbial oncogenesis | Infection and Immunity; Cancer |
| Professor Jian Li | Jian Li Laboratory Antimicrobial systems pharmacology and drug discovery | Infection and Immunity; Cardiovascular Disease |
| Professor Trevor Lithgow | Lithgow Laboratory Bacterial cell biology | Infection and Immunity |
| Professor Dena Lyras | Lyras Laboratory Functional biology of bacterial pathogens | Infection and Immunity |
| Professor Charles Mackay | Mackay Laboratory Immunology and therapeutic innovation | Infection and Immunity |
| Associate Professor Sheena McGowan | McGowan Laboratory Structural microbiology | Infection and Immunity; Cancer |
| Dr Gregory Moseley | Moseley Laboratory Viral pathogenesis | Infection and Immunity |
| Professor Anton Peleg | Peleg Laboratory Mechanisms of pathogenesis of hospital-acquired organisms | Infection and Immunity |
| Professor Julian Rood | Rood Laboratory Functional biology of bacterial pathogens | Infection and Immunity |
| Associate Professor Anna Roujeinikova | Roujeinikova Laboratory Structural biology of bacterial virulence factors | Infection and Immunity; Cancer |
| Professor Stephen J Turner | Turner Laboratory T cell transcriptional regulation and epigenetic regulation | Infection and Immunity |
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Our education-focussed academics
| Name | Area of research |
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| Dr Meredith Hughes | Engaging students in science, Collaborative learning |
| Associate Professor Priscilla Johanesen | Redefining academic identity; Examining roles of lab classes in biomedical education |
| Dr Jen Moffat | |
| Dr Wendy Relf |