About Professor Robert Speight

Robert is a Professor of Microbial Biotechnology at Queensland University of Technology and the Leader of the Industrial and Synthetic Biotechnology Program within the Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy. He is a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology and Vice-President of Synthetic Biology Australasia. He has extensive industry collaborations and works closely with industry partners on projects involving synthetic biology and industrial biotechnology.

Robert has been in an academic role since 2014, prior to which he was a research manager at The University of Queensland. He moved to Australia from the UK in late 2010 after 8 years as Founder, Operations Director and Head of Biotechnology for Ingenza Ltd, a global leader in industrial and synthetic biotechnology.