David Craik (AO, FRS, FAA) is a Professor at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science. His research focuses on applications of cyclic peptides and toxins in drug design. He is recipient of a number of prizes in the peptide field, including the du Vigneaud Award of the American Peptide Society and the Hirschmann Award of the American Chemical Society. He is author of more than 840 papers and has trained more than 100 PhD students.