Rate My Professor Muhammad Mowlaboccus

Muhammad Mowlaboccus serves as Lecturer in Medical Microbiology within the School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. In this role, he also acts as Deputy Academic Chair for the Master of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control (Advanced Practice and Innovation). Hailing from Mauritius, Mowlaboccus earned his Bachelor of Science with Honours from the University of Western Australia in 2013. He subsequently received the International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, enabling him to complete his Doctor of Philosophy at the same university in 2018. Post-PhD, he joined Murdoch University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2019 and maintains an Adjunct Research Fellow position in the School of Biomedical Sciences at UWA.

Mowlaboccus's academic interests center on medical microbiology, with a focus on genomics, bioinformatics, and molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. His research investigates resistance profiles, virulence factors, and clonal expansions in bacteria including Enterococcus species, Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Staphylococcus aureus, spanning clinical, agricultural, and wildlife settings. Notable publications encompass: "Antimicrobial resistance and whole genome sequencing of novel sequence types of Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, and Enterococcus gallinarum from chickens in South Africa" (Scientific Reports, 2023); "Clonal Expansion of New Penicillin-Resistant Clade of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Clonal Complex 11, Australia" (Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017); "Emergence of an extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineage in Australia" (The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2024); "Antimicrobial resistance among clinically significant bacteria in wildlife: an overlooked One Health challenge" (International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2024); and "Genomic characterisation of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis from Western Australia" (Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2022). He contributes to the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) by performing whole genome sequencing for national surveillance. His scholarly output, with over 80 publications and nearly 700 citations, underscores his impact in combating antimicrobial resistance. Additionally, he was nominated for the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award in 2019.