Michael Gillings is a member of the Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University, where he is Professor of Molecular Evolution. His research interests lie in evolution, the exploration of genetic diversity, and the movement of mobile DNA between species. In the past five years he has worked on bacteria, fungi, invertebrates, plants, sharks, bony fish and mammals. He convenes one of the largest 1st year classes at Macquarie (Human Biology) with over 1200 students per semester, and is consistently voted in the top five university lecturers in Australia.He supervises Postgraduate research students working on a wide range of projects, including management of endangered species, tracking antibiotic resistance, and the effects of global climate change.Main areas of research are Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and DNA diversity.