Prof Andrew Lonie
Andrew has been at the helm since Day 1 of BioCommons! He is our founding director, and is now focused on our strategic direction in his role as Co-Director (Science and Strategy). Andrew is a strong relationship builder, particularly with our international peers. He keeps the team up to date with the latest advances in data science and artificial intelligence, and directs our focus areas across the life sciences.
Andrew has over 20 years of experience working at the University of Melbourne across a wide variety of leadership roles. He was Head of the Life Sciences Computation Centre for 14 years, and has held directorships at Melbourne Bioinformatics, Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, and EMBL-Australia Bioinformatics Resource.
Andrew's position is funded by Bioplatforms Australia and hosted by the University of Melbourne.