Council
Professor Roy Robins-Browne began his research career after studying medicine, specialising in pathology, in South Africa. He migrated to Australia in 1982 to take up a position as Reader in Microbiology at the University of Melbourne. Professor Robins-BrRead More... Jon Iredell is Perth-born Infectious Disease Physician and Microbiologist who spends half his time in Sydney at Westmead hospital in a combined Infectious Diseases/ Microbiology Dept and half his time in research supported by NHMRC at the University of SyRead More... Professor Dena Lyras is an ARC Future Fellow located in the Department of Microbiology at Monash University. Her research team has developed new and innovative ways by which disease-causing clostridial species can be genetically manipulated and they have Read More... Cheryl Power is a senior lecturer and teaching specialist in the department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne where she has worked for over 20 years. She has taught microbiology to students enrolled in many different degrees, iRead More... Dr. Jack Wang is the convenor of the Microbiology major at The University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Australia. He completed bachelor degrees in Science and Information Technology at UQ in 2006, and was awarded his PhD on identifying novel molecules inRead More... Dr Seib is a Group Leader at the Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University (Gold Coast). She completed a PhD in microbiology in 2004 from the University of Queensland, spent several years at Novartis Vaccines (Siena, Italy), and returned to Australia iRead More... Dr Rebecca LeBard as a lecturer in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular sciences at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She completed a BSc (hons) later completed her PhD, both at the University of Sydney, on the molecular characterisation oRead More...Executive Committee
Prof Roy Robins-Browne (FASM)
Prof Jon Iredell
Prof Dena Lyras
Ms Cheryl Power
Dr Jack Wang
Dr Kate Seib
Dr Rebecca LeBard
Linda Louise Blackall has been a Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, Australia since February 2014. She has a strong international reputation in the field of biological wastewater treatment, marine and coral microbiology, mammalian Read More... Read More... Read More... Professor Mark Schembri is the Deputy-Director of the Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre. Prof. Schembri’s research is focused on the study of surface proteins that mediate adhesion, aggregation, and biofilm formation, as these are the primary Read More... Read More...Scientific Advisers
Linda Blackall
Heidi Drummer
Tom Riley
Mark Schembri
Deb Williamson
Branch Representatives
Queensland Branch Delegate: Ulrike Kappler
Western Australian Branch Delegate: Charlene Kalher
Victorian Branch Delegate: Karena Waller
New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory Branch Delegate: Mitchell Brown
South Australian Branch Delegate/Northern Territory: Stephen Kidd
Tasmanian Branch Delegate: Anthony Baker
Standing Committee Representatives
Chair, National Scientific Advisory Committee: A/Prof Dena Lyras
Chair, Workforce Standing Committee: Mr Tony Jennings
Chair, National Examinations & Qualifications Board: Prof Julian Rood
Chair, Editorial Board: Dr Ipek Kurtboke
Chair, Standing Committee on Clinical Microbiology: Dr Stephen Graves
Chair, Standing Committee on Biosafety and Biosecurity: *Under Review*