Meet our ChangeMakers

Name: Dr Robert McLeay
IMB: PhD Student March 2008 – December 2011
Now: MD student, UQ

Name: Professor Kate Schroder
IMB: PhD Student, 2001 - 2005
Now: Principal Investigator, Inflammasome Lab
Director, IMB Centre for Inflammation Research NHMRC RD Wright Fellow

Name: Dr Kaiwen Chen
IMB: PhD student 2011 – 2015
Postdoctoral Researcher, Inflammasome Lab, 2016 - 2017
Now: Team Leader and Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute at the National University of Singapore

Name: Dr Mark Howes
IMB: PhD pre-2010
Now: Co-Founder, CEO, and Fermentologist of Newstead Brewing Co.
Co-Founder, Working Title Brew Co.

Name: Professor Melissa Little
IMB: 2000-2014 Senior Principal Research Fellow and Group Leader
Now: Chief Scientist, Cell Biology Theme Director, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

Name: Dr Ryan Taft
IMB: 2005-2009 PhD; 2009-2017 Research Fellow and Group Leader
Now: Vice President, Scientific Research, Illumina

Name: Dr Melanie Shakespear
IMB: 2007-2012 PhD; 2012-2014 Research Officer; 2015-2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Now: Director, COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy Taskforce, Australian Department of Health

Name: Dr Maria Margarita (Marga) Gual Soler
IMB: 2009-2013 PhD; 2010-2012 Science Ambassador
Now: Science Diplomacy Consultant and Advisor

Name: Dr Margaret (Maggie) Hardy
IMB: 2007-2011 PhD; 2012-2014 Post-Doctoral Fellow; 2014-2017 Research Fellow
Now: Senior Executive Service, Australian Public Service

Name: Dr Madhavi (Madi) Maddugoda
IMB: 2004-2007 PhD; 2007-2008 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Now: Strategic Advisor – Research Training, IMB