Our people

Executive Team

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  Professor Matthew Morell

  Institute Director

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Dr Michael O'Shea

  Director, Institute Operations

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Professor Ian Godwin

  Professor and Director, Centre for Crop Science & 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

  Professor and Director, Centre for Nutrition & Food Science & Centre Director, Nutrition & Food Science

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  Affiliate & 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

  Professor and Director, Centre for Animal Science

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  Centre Director of Centre for Animal Science

  Centre for Animal Science

  

  Professor Andre Drenth

  Professor and Acting Director, Centre for Horticultural Science & Professorial Research Fellow and Centre Director

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  Centre Director of Centre for Horticultural Science

  Centre for Horticultural Science

  

  Professor Christine Beveridge

  Professor and Director, Centre for Horticultural Science & Director, Centre for Horticultural Science

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  UQ Laureate Fellow & Affiliate ARC Laureate Fellow of School of the Environment

  School of the Environment

  UQ Laureate Fellow

  School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability

  

  Professor Heather Smyth

  Professor and 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

  Head of Business Development

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Mrs Vanessa Stott

  Senior Commercial Manager & Senior Commercial Manager, QAAFI

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Research Theme Leaders

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  Professor Mark Cooper

  Chair, Crop Improvement

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  Affiliate & Affiliate of ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture

  ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture

  

  Dr Alison Kelly

  Adjunct Associate Professor

  Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences (QAAFI)

  Senior Research Fellow in Statistic

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Dr Mobashwer Alam

  Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Dr Barbara George-Jaeggli

  Senior Research Fellow

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  Affiliate & Affiliate of ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture

  ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture

  

  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

  Affiliate & Affiliate of ARC Training Centre for Environmental and Agricultural Solutions to Antimicrobial Resistance

  ARC Training Centre for Environmental and Agricultural Solutions to Antimicrobia

  

  Dr Dharini Sivakumar

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

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Operations Management Team

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  Dr Michael O'Shea

  Director, Institute Operations

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Mr Oliver Frith

  Head of Business Development

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Ms Katie Gollschewski

  Operations Manager & Senior Manager, Operations

  The 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 & Senior Commercial Manager, QAAFI

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Dr Kristie Barclay

  Facilities and Infrastructure Manager

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  

  Mr Olivier Cheneval

  Health, Safety and Wellness Manager, QAAFI

  Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation