With a background in statistical and computational genomics, Gerry has developed highly used algorithms for analysing microbial genomics data. These algorithms have been applied to a wide range of microbes, including parasites, viruses, and bacteria. Prior to starting at Peter Mac, Gerry completed a PhD in Mathematical Genomics and Medicine at the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Sanger Institute, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology.

Sudaraka received his B.Sc. (Eng.) from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and worked as a Lecturer at the same institute for two years. He received his Ph.D (Eng.) from Monash University and started working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in statistical genetics at Melbourne Integrative Genomics (MIG), University of Melbourne. In 2022, he received a Marie Curie Fellowship to conduct research in computational pathogen genomics at the University of Oslo. His research interests are in genomics, data science, machine learning, computational physics and biomedical engineering.

Qing is currently a Master of Science (Bioinformatics) student at the University of Melbourne. In 2023, she completed her BSc (Hons) in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the International Medical University, Malaysia, and then worked as a research assistant at Monash University, Malaysia, with Dr. Yeong Keng Yoon’s medicinal chemistry group, primarily focusing on Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. With a strong passion for medical research, she hopes to use bioinformatics and machine learning to aid in the development of medical technology for global health.