Dr Andrew Millard is an associate professor in bacteriophage bioinformatics. Dr Millard studied at the University of Plymouth gaining a degree in Micro and Cell Biology before moving to the University of Warwick to complete a PhD in the molecular biology of marine cyanophages, leading the genome sequencing of the marine cyanophage S-PM2. This was followed by postdoctoral positions with Professor N Mann and Professor D Scanlan in the area of marine microbiology. In 2013 Dr Millard moved from the School of Life Sciences to Warwick Medical School to take up a position as a senior research fellow and establish a group in the newly formed Microbiology and Infection Unit. In 2017 Dr Millard moved to Leicester to take up a position as a lecturer. Throughout Dr Millard’s career his research has focused on the interaction of bacteriophages with their bacterial hosts. Recently he has been developing methods for the engineering of bacteriophages. Further details can be found here: www.millardlab.org