Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Our people

Executive Team

  • 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

    Dr Michael O'Shea

    Director, Institute Operations
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

    Professor Andre Drenth

    Acting Centre Director, Centre for Horticultural Science & Professorial Research Fellow and Centre Director
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

    Professor Ian Godwin

    Professor and Academic Centre Director
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Centre Director of Centre for Crop Science
    Centre for Crop Science

    Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa

    Centre Director, Nutrition & Food Science
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Affiliate of Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry
    Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry
    Centre Director of Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences

    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
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Mr Oliver Frith

    Mr Oliver Frith

    Head of Business Development
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Mrs Vanessa Stott

    Mrs Vanessa Stott

    Senior Commercial Manager
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Mrs Natasha Guttenbeil

    Mrs Natasha Guttenbeil

    Manager, HR Client Partnering Institutes
    The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Research Theme Leaders

  • Professor Mark Cooper

    Chair, Crop Improvement
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Affiliate of ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
    ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
    Dr Alison Kelly

    Dr Alison Kelly

    Senior Research Fellow in Statistic
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Adjunct Associate Professor
    Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences (QAAFI)

    Associate Professor Sudhir Yadav

    Senior Principal Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

    Professor Femi Akinsanmi

    Professorial Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

    Dr Conny Turni

    Senior Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

    Dr Dharini Sivakumar

    Associate Professor and Senior Principal Research Fellow, Agri-Food Science
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Operations Management Team

  • Dr Michael O'Shea

    Dr Michael O'Shea

    Director, Institute Operations
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Mr Oliver Frith

    Mr Oliver Frith

    Head of Business Development
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Dr Rona Barugahare

    Dr Rona Barugahare

    Operations Manager & Senior Manager, Operations
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Carolyn Martin

    Ms Carolyn Martin

    Marketing and Communication Manager
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Mrs Vanessa Stott

    Mrs Vanessa Stott

    Senior Commercial Manager
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Mrs Natasha Guttenbeil

    Mrs Natasha Guttenbeil

    Manager, HR Client Partnering Institutes
    The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Poonam Kalwar

    Mrs Poonam Kalwar

    Senior Management Accountant
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Ms Tracy Murray

    Ms Tracy Murray

    Health Safety and Facilities Manager
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Dr Kristie Barclay

    Dr Kristie Barclay

    Facilities and Infrastructure Manager
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Executive Team

Advisory Board

Research Theme Leaders

Centre for Animal Science

Centre for Crop Science

Centre for Horticultural Science

Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences

Operations Team