Timothy J. Mahony is a Professorial Research Fellow at The University of Queensland's research institute Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) within the Centre for Animal Science. He joined the university in October 2010, after 15 years of conducting animal health-focused research projects with the Queensland Government. He obtained his Ph.D in molecular microbiology at James Cook University. During 2001 and 2002, he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. His research interests include molecular virology, host–pathogen interactions, and vaccine development, focusing on improving viral disease control in production animals such as cattle and poultry. A key theme of Professor Mahony's research is understanding the role play viruses in the development of bovine respiratory disease in intensively finished cattle. He is also interested in defining the molecular basis of virulence in animal herpesviruses, such as bovine herpesvirus 1. He is a member of the Australasian Virology Society, the American Society of Microbiology, and the Microbiology Society.