Gene Tyson

Professor Gene Tyson is a well-respected microbial ecologist as well as the Co-founder of Microba and head of microbiome research at the Queensland University of Technology, with an international education. His expertise and pioneering of metagenomic sequencing in the role of the human microbiome ensures that he is best placed to guide the strategic direction of Microba’s science. Professor Tyson is an expert in the development and application of culture-independent molecular approaches for studying microbial communities and has published extensively in the field of microbiology, including 12 publications in Science and Nature. He received his PhD in community genomics from the University of California at Berkeley in 2006 and went on to complete postdoctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) before returning to Queensland in 2010. Recognising the potential of metagenomics to uncover the role of the human microbiome in health and disease, Professor Tyson co-founded Microba with Professor Philip Hugenholtz in 2017 and remains a key advisor and advocate for Microba’s research and development programs and product development. He was recognised on the Highly Cited Researchers list by the Web of Science in 2019 and 2020.