Steven P. Djordjevic is a Professor of Infectious Disease and Group Leader at the Ithree Institute at the University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. He received his B.Sc. at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia from 1980 to 1982 and his Ph.D. at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia from 1984 to 1988. He is a co-founder and a member of the governing board and the scientific management committee of Ausgem, the Australian Centre for Genomic Epidemiological Microbiology, a collaborative partnership with the NSW Department of Primary Industries. His group also has a focus on the molecular, structural, and biochemical characterization of bacterial molecules that function in adherence, colonization, and invasion of eukaryote cells and a strong interest in the roles of protein processing and protein multifunctionality in bacterial pathogenesis.