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 (Interim) | Professor Hayley Newton T: +61 3 9902 9146 E: Hayley.Newton@monash.edu W: Newton Laboratory |  |
| Executive Assistant to Head of Department | Lauren Perillo T: +61 (0)3 990 29138 E: lauren.perillo@monash.edu | |
| Head of Teaching and Learning | Associate Professor Meredith Hughes T: +61 3 9902 9189 E: meredith.hughes@monash.edu | 
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| Honours Convenor | Professor John Boyce T: +61 3 9902 9179 E: john.boyce@monash.edu W: Boyce 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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| Professor John Boyce | Boyce Laboratory Bacterial pathogenesis | Infection |
| Professor Mariapia Degli-Esposti | Degli-Esposti Laboratory Experimental and viral immunology | Infection; Cancer |
| Professor Chris Greening | Greening Laboratory Integrative microbiology | Infection |
| Dr Meiling Han | Han Group Antibiotic resistance and bacterial metabolism | Infection; Immunity |
| Professor Diana Hansen | Hansen Laboratory Immunology of vector-borne infectious diseases | Infection |
| Dr Terry Kwok-Schuelein | Kwok Schuelein Laboratory Microbial oncogenesis | Infection; Cancer |
| Dr Rachael Lappan | Lappan Group Microbial ecology in challenging environments | Infection |
| Professor Jian Li | Jian Li Laboratory Antimicrobial systems pharmacology and drug discovery | Infection; Cardiovascular Disease |
| Professor Trevor Lithgow | Lithgow Laboratory Bacterial cell biology | Infection |
| Professor Dena Lyras | Lyras Laboratory Functional biology of bacterial pathogens | Infection |
| Associate Professor Sheena McGowan | McGowan Laboratory Structural microbiology | Infection; Cancer |
| Associate Professor Gregory Moseley | Moseley Laboratory Viral pathogenesis | Infection |
| Professor Hayley Newton | Newton Laboratory Pathogenesis of Intracellular Bacteria | Infection |
| Dr Nitin Patil | Patil Group Peptides and oligonucleotides therapeutic group | Infection |
| Professor Anton Peleg | Peleg Laboratory Mechanisms of pathogenesis of hospital-acquired organisms | Infection |
| Associate Professor Anna Roujeinikova | Roujeinikova Laboratory Structural biology of bacterial virulence factors | Infection; Cancer |
| Dr Francesca Short | Short Laboratory Bacterial regulation and environmental survival | Infection ; Global Change |
| Professor Stephen J Turner | Turner Laboratory T cell transcriptional regulation and epigenetic regulation | Immunity |
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Our education-focussed academics
| Name | Area of research |
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| Associate Professor Meredith Hughes | Engaging students in science, Collaborative learning |
| Professor Priscilla Johanesen | Redefining academic identity; Examining roles of lab classes in biomedical education |
| Dr Jen Moffat | |
| Dr Wendy Relf |