YVONNE DURANDET
Yvonne is an Associate Professor in the Dept of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering, and Academic Director for the School of Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology. She enjoys working on industry-linked projects for Teaching and Research, mainly on Manufacturing Processes and Technologies, Metals and Alloys. She received Industry Partners' and Commercialisation Awards from CAST CRC for achievements in laser assisted joining, surfacing and machining technologies. Prior to joining Swinburne, she led strategic projects at BHP on coatings and near net shape casting of steel and non-ferrous metals. Yvonne holds a PhD degree from the University of Adelaide and a Bachelor of Engineering from SUPMECA, France.
PETER REVILL
Peter is Head of Regional and Global Health at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, where he is also head of International Research Partnerships and co-lead of the Global Health Cross-cutting Discipline. He has a strong national and international reputation in hepatitis B virus (HBV) virology and in 2016 he co-founded the global HBV cure initiative, the International Coalition to Eliminate Hepatitis B (ICE-HBV). In 2021, he was appointed theme leader in Virology by the Australian Society for Microbiology and in 2022 he was recognized in the Queen’s Birthday Order of Australia honors for services to Microbiology and Immunology.
