David Oliver is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UBC. Prior to coming to UBC in 2014, Dave was a manager of Product Development at Response Biomedical Corporation (2008 to 2013), a Vancouver based biotechnology company that develops and manufactures point of care diagnostic devices. Dave studied protein structure and function using x ray crystallography as a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research post doctoral fellow at Simon Fraser University (2005 to 2008). He did his doctoral work in the field of bacterial pathogenesis in the laboratory of Dr. Rachel Fernandez at UBC (1998 to 2005). At UBC, Dave has leveraged his experiences in academic and industrial research settings to guide the development of cutting edge team based research courses (MICB 421 and MICB 447), which includes management of the Undergraduate Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology (UJEMI). Dave received the Killam Teaching Prize in 2017, UBCs highest honour recognizing excellence in teaching.