Our people

Executive Team

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  Professor Matthew Morell

  Institute Director

  The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  Institute Director

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Dr Michael O'Shea

  Director, Institute Operations

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Professor Andre Drenth

  Acting Centre Director, Centre for Horticultural Science

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  Centre Director of Centre for Horticultural Science

  Centre for Horticultural Science

  

  Professor Ian Godwin

  Professor and Academic Centre Director & Centre Director of Centre for Crop Science

  Centre for Crop Science

  

  Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa

  Centre Director, Nutrition & Food Science & Centre Director of Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences

  Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences

  Affiliate of Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry

  Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry

  

  Professor Timothy Mahony

  Acting Centre Director, Centre for Animal Science

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Professor Heather Smyth

  Deputy Director of Research

  The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  Professorial Research Fellow

  Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences

  

  Mr Oliver Frith

  Business Development Manager

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Mrs Vanessa Stott

  Senior Commercial Manager

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Mrs Natasha Guttenbeil

  Manager, HR Client Partnering Institutes

  The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Research Theme Leaders

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  Professor Mark Cooper

  Chair, Crop Improvement

  Centre for Crop Science

  

  Dr Alison Kelly

  Senior Research Fellow in Statistic

  Centre for Crop Science

  Adjunct Associate Professor

  Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences (QAAFI)

  

  Dr Barbara George-Jaeggli

  Senior Research Fellow

  Centre for Crop Science

  

  Associate Professor Sudhir Yadav

  Senior Principal Research Fellow

  Centre for Crop Science

  

  Associate Professor Femi Akinsanmi

  Principal Research Fellow

  Centre for Horticultural Science

  

  Dr Conny Turni

  Senior Research Fellow

  Centre for Animal Science

  

  Dr Dharini Sivakumar

  Associate Professor and Senior Principal Research Fellow, Agri-Food Science

  Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences

Advisory Board

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  Adjunct Professor Brian Keating

  Chair QAAFI Advisory Board

  Adjunct Professor

  Centre for Horticultural Science

  

  Professor Mark Blows

  Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation

  The University of Queensland

  

  Bernadette Ditchfield

  Deputy Director-General, Agriculture

  Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

  

  Professor Matthew Morell

  Institute Director

  The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  Institute Director

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Ms Sarah Meibusch

  Partner

  OneVentures

  Adjunct Associate Professor

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Bryce Camm

  Camm Agricultural Group

  

  Ms Marie Piccone

  Managing Director

  Manbullo Limited

  

  Mr Andrew Short

  Pacific Seeds

Operations Management Team

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  Dr Michael O'Shea

  Director, Institute Operations

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Mr Oliver Frith

  Business Development Manager

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Dr Rona Barugahare

  Operations Manager & Senior Manager, Operations

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Ms Carolyn Martin

  Marketing and Communication Manager

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Mrs Vanessa Stott

  Senior Commercial Manager

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Mrs Natasha Guttenbeil

  Manager, HR Client Partnering Institutes

  The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Mrs Poonam Kalwar

  Senior Management Accountant

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Ms Tracy Murray

  Health Safety and Facilities Manager & Health, Safety and Wellness Manager

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Dr Kristie Barclay

  Facilities and Infrastructure Manager

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation