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Dr Simon Worrall is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences within the Faculty of Science at the University of Queensland. He earned a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from the University of St Andrews and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Nottingham. Worrall commenced his research career as a Science and Engineering Research Council-funded PhD scholar at the Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, UK, purifying the D2-dopamine receptor from bovine brain. He relocated to Australia as a Research Officer in the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Queensland, investigating acetaldehyde modification of proteins in alcohol abuse. In 1992, he was awarded a University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, followed by an NHMRC grant in 1994 to study ethanol toxicity. He was appointed Associate Lecturer in Biochemistry in 1996, promoted to Lecturer in 1999, and to Senior Lecturer in 2010. Since 2007, he has directed the Postgraduate Coursework programs in Molecular Biology, mentoring students in research projects. He has successfully supervised 10 Honours students and 6 doctoral students. Worrall also serves as Chief Integrity Officer for the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Community Leader for the Science Integrity & Misconduct Community of Practice, and a member of the leadership group for The University of Queensland Integrity Officers Network. Since 1997, he has held a Visiting Professor position at the Omaha Veterans’ Administration Hospital Research Division, University of Nebraska.