Australia's Dedicated Microbiome Research Centre
Meet our Research Team
Principal Investigators
Prof. Emad El-Omar
Director Microbiome Research Centre, Professor of Medicine UNSW, Gastroenterologist, St George Public Hospital
Prof. Georgina Hold
Professor of Gut Health UNSW, Director of Research SESLHD, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Program Lead
A/Prof. Amany Zekry
Associate Professor UNSW, Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, St George Public Hospital, Liver Microbiome Research Program Lead
Research Team
Dr. Fatima El-Assaaad
Senior Research Associate
Woman's Health Program Lead
Centre coordinator
Dr. Xiaotao Jiang
Head bioinformatician/ Lecturer
Resistome & Antimicrobial Resistance Program Lead
Dr. Fan Zhang
Senior Research Associate
Bioinformatics Lead, IBD program
Dr. Howard Yim
Senior Research Associate
Cancer Microbiome Program Lead
Dr. SJ Shen
Post Doctoral Researcher
Liver Microbiome Program
Dr. Paris Tavakoli
Post Doctoral Researcher
IBD Program
Dr. Barbra Troplis
Project Manager
"BIOMICA" Program
Dr. Michelle Fitzmaurice
Senior Research Officer
Doctoral Candidates
Sabrina Koentgen
PhD student
Thisun Jayawardana
PhD student
Yashar Houshyar
PhD student
Jayashi Rajapakse
PhD student
Milena Katz
PhD student
