Dr Amaya Ortega
Project Manager, EC Australia
Working groups
Background
Amaya Ortega is a project manager for the EC Australia flagship initiative at Burnet. She was previously the lab manager for the Cellular Responses to Disease and Vaccination group, where she supported the coordination of malaria immunology projects, oversaw day-to-day laboratory operations, and managed logistics and research governance processes.
With a background in immunology and tropical medicine, Amaya has worked across multiple studies and international collaborations to ensure research activities are well-organised, compliant and effectively supported throughout their lifecycle. She has also been involved in the Institute’s My Green Lab certification work, contributing to sustainability-focused laboratory practices.
Qualifications
- 2022: PhD in Immunology, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Australia
- 2012: Master's Degree in Tropical Disease (MSc), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
- 2011: Licentiate Degree in Biology (BSc), Faculty of Biology, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Positions
- 2026: Project Manager, EC Australia, Burnet Institute, Australia
- 2023–2026: Laboratory Manager, Burnet Institute, Australia
- 2021–2022: Laboratory Manager, Peter Doherty Institute, Australia
- 2016–2017: Research Assistant, National Health Institute Carlos III, Spain
- 2016: Visiting Researcher, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
- 2014–2015: Research Assistant, University of Antioquia, Colombia
- 2013–2014: Research Assistant, Cancer Research Centre, Spain
Burnet publications
Comparison of CD4 T cell response in Plasmodium falciparum and vivax malaria.
PubMed
Mayimuna Nalubega et al
One Health epidemiology: A scoping systematic review of observational studies and their epidemiologic units
CABI One Health
Juan-Pablo Villanueva-Cabezas et al
