Meet our Fellows

IMB's Fellows are supported by a range of competitive fellowships awarded by government agencies and the university.

Featured Fellow

Professor Jenny Martin
ARC Laureate Fellow

Professor Martin received an ARC Laureate Fellowship to develop a new class of antibacterial drugs that may avoid the problems of antibiotic resistance.

Antibiotics were one of medicine's most significant breakthroughs, but their usefulness has been undermined as bacteria develop resistance to them.

Bacteria develop resistance because antibiotics work by killing most bacteria, leaving only the resistant bacteria alive.

Professor Martin's research will address this by developing compounds that won't kill bacteria, but rather will inactivate a specific bacterial machinery responsible for causing disease.

Learn more about Professor Martin's research at her lab webpage.

NHMRC Australia Fellows

The Australia Fellowship was a one-off funding scheme proposed by the government in 2006. A pre-eminent award in health and medical research, successful Fellows have leading international status in their field and are now conducting research programs of major impact and benefit to Australia.


Professor Matt Cooper	Professor Rob Parton

NHMRC Research Fellows

NHMRC Research Fellowships provide support for experienced researchers to undertake research that is of major importance in its field and of significant benefit to Australian health and medical research.


Professor David Craik	Professor David Fairlie	Professor Melissa Little

Professor Mike Waters	Professor Sean Grimmond	Professor Glenn King

Professor Richard Lewis	Professor Jennifer Stow	Professor Rick Sturm

Professor Alpha Yap	Associate Professor Rohan Teasdale	Dr Matt Sweet

ARC Future Fellows

Future Fellowships promote research in areas of critical national importance by giving outstanding researchers incentives to conduct their research in Australia. The aim of Future Fellowships is to attract and retain the best and brightest mid-career researchers.


Professor Kirill Alexandrov	Dr Lachlan Coin	Dr Brett Collins

Dr Yann Gambin	Dr Ben Hogan	Dr Kelly Smith

Dr Matt Sweet

ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards

The Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards provide more focused support for researchers and create more opportunities for early-career researchers in both teaching and research, and research-only positions.


Sonia Henriques	Dr Markus Kerr	Dr Ryan Taft

NHMRC Career Development Award

Career Development Fellowships aim to develop Australian health and medical early to mid-career researchers so they establish themselves as independent, self-directed researchers and help build Australia’s capacity for research in all fields of health and medical research.