Kylie Joanne Boyce is an adjunct associate professor at the STEM College at RMIT University, Australia. She received her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2003. She is an expert in the molecular genetics of pathogenic fungi, with 20 years of experience in the field of medical mycology and molecular genetics. During her career, she has performed genetic research using a variety of fungal species that has led to 30 publications cited >1000 times in top-ranking journals (PLoS Pathog, Mol Microbiol) and broad readership journals (mBio, Nature). This research has led to competitive grant funding, including from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Her research is recognized internationally as evidenced by frequent review requests (Trends Microbiol, FEMS Microbiol Rev), manuscript reviewing for up to ten different journals, two current editorial positions, conference session chairing, grant assessment for the NHMRC and more than ten invited National and International conference presentations. She has supervised postgraduate students (six honours, four M.Sc.s and one PhD to completion and current honours, M.Sc. and PhD students), co-ordinated courses and lectured to both undergraduate students (Genetics and Molecular Biology, Introduction to Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Gene Technology and Medical Mycology) and postgraduate students (Systems Biology) at RMIT University.