Professor Jason Mackenzie is a basic research scientist and an international expert on flavivirus and norovirus replication and pathogenesis. He obtained his undergraduate degree at the University of Otago, New Zealand and his PhD at the University of Queensland. In 2002, he received a Fellowship to study at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany and in 2007 he accepted an academic position within the Department of Microbiology at La Trobe University. He currently holds a teaching and research position within the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne. Jason plays an active role within the national virology community, is an Executive Committee member of the Australasian Virology Society and has been a member of the local organising committee of numerous national virology meetings. In addition, he is an Editorial board member of notable journals Journal of Virology, Virology, Molecular Microbiology and is Section Editor for (+)RNA viruses for the Virology Journal. He is an alumni member of EMBL and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
