Peter Timms
Peter Timms is an Australian koala conservationist.[1] He is best known for his scientific contributions relating to infectious disease threats to koalas such as chlamydia and koala retrovirus.[1][2][3]
After attending Wavell State High School, Timms studied at the University of Queensland where he graduated with a PhD in molecular microbiology in 1989.[4]
He has published over 240 papers, reviews and chapters in scientific journals such as Nature Genetics, PNAS, Scientific Reports and the Journal of Virology.[5]
Timms was featured on a Catalyst episode in 2021, called "Are We Killing Our Koalas", hosted by Tim Flannery.[6][7]
Timms is currently a professor of microbiology at the University of the Sunshine Coast and the deputy director of the university's GeneCology Research Centre.[5] Prior to joining the University of the Sunshine Coast in 2014, he was a professor at the Queensland University of Technology.[4]
In 2022, Timms was named as a Queensland Great.[1][8]
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