Professor Darren Trott completed his veterinary degree at Murdoch University and worked in small animal practice for eight years. Following an honours project on Listeria monocytogenes he became interested in the ecology of infectious diseases and completed a PhD with Prof David Hampson on intestinal spirochaetes (awarded in 1998). After completing a three year post-doc at the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, USA, Prof Trott accepted a lectureship at The University of Queensland (UQ) School of Veterinary Science in 2000. Where he taught veterinary microbiology and antimicrobial chemotherapy to veterinary undergraduates at UQ for 10 years and conducted research on gastrointestinal diseases, microbial ecology and virulence/antimicrobial resistance in companion animal, livestock and human bacterial pathogens. Prof Trott joined The University of Adelaide School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences in January 2010 and his research areas have expanded to also include antimicrobial resistance ecology, repurposing existing drug classes for development as new anti-infectives, including pre-clinical assessment in murine bioluminescent models of infection, and the effect of antimicrobials on the gut microbiome