Professor Chris Greening hosts a diverse team seeking to understand the causes and consequences of bacterial persistence. Following a first-class degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at the University of Oxford (2010), Chris completed a doctorate at the University of Otago (2014) investigating the physiological roles of the hydrogenases in mycobacteria. He then gained postdoctoral experience at CSIRO. In 2016, he was appointed as a group leader in Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences and completed an environmentally-focused ARC DECRA Fellowship. In 2020, he moved to Monash’s Department of Microbiology to take up a medically-focused NHMRC EL2 Fellowship. He has published over 120 publications mostly in top journals and partnered extensively with large-scale intervention programs and diverse industrial organisations. In 2023, he was awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year. He received the Fenner Medal from the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 and the Prime Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year in 2023.