Biography
Dr Christopher Cowled is a research scientist at CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong. Prior to this, Chris studied at Monash University, worked at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) and King’s College in London. Chris has published in Science, PNAS and Nature Reviews Immunology. His research interests broadly encompass virology, immunology and genomics and he has extensive experience using next-generation sequencing to study virus-host interaction. Since his PhD on arboviruses through to his most recent research activities which include a platform for biomarker discovery and pipelines for large-scale NGS data analysis, Chris has consistently built his knowledge and skills around bioinformatics of infectious diseases.
Current Roles
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Senior Research Scientist and Bioinformatician
Bioinformatics data analysis, project development, student supervision, grant writing
Professional Experiences
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2008-2013
Postdoctoral Fellow
CSIRO -
2005-2009
PhD Student
CSIRO/University of QLD -
2003-2004
Research Assistant
Kings College London (KCL) -
2001-2003
Research Assistant
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, (WEHI)
Achievements and Awards
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2017-current
Julius Fellowship
CSIRO -
2011-2011
Rendell Fellowship
CSIRO -
2008-2008
Smart Geelong Researcher of the Year Award (early career)
Smart Geelong Network
ORCID 0000-0002-1969-9371