Research (Academic)

Dr Kamalesh Adhikari

Honorary Research Senior Fellow & Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Oladipupo Adiamo

PhD Candidate & QAAFI Early Career Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Rimjhim Agarwal

PhD Candidate

Centre for Nutrition and Food Science
FaBA Research Fellow - Data Analytics

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Shabbir Ahmad

Senior Research Fellow Agribusiness & Economics

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Affiliate of ARC COE for Children and Families Over the Lifecourse

ARC COE for Children and Families Over the Lifecourse
Dr Karen Aitken

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 Samir Alahmad

Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Mr Lealem Tilahun Amenu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Robert Armstrong

Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Mr Jon Aster

Research Officer

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Associate Lecturer

School of Business
Dr Inigo Auzmendi

Research Fellow

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
Mr Jacob Birch

Research Officer, ATSI Academic Pathways

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Sean Bisset

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Microbiology/ Synthetic biology/Genomics

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Chris Brosnan

Research Fellow/Senior Research officer

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Affiliate of ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection

ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection
Dr Sharon Brown

Adjunct Senior Fellow

School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Lilia Carvalhais

Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor Bhagirath Chauhan

Professor (Weed Science)

School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
Professorial Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Associate Professor Karine Chenu

Principal Research Fellow

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
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
Associate Professor Daniel Cozzolino

Principal Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Eric Dinglasan

Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Daniel Edge-Garza

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Apple Genomics

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Joe Eyre

Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor Geoffrey Fincher

Professor

University of Adelaide
Dr Bernadine Flanagan

Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Mehrnush Forutan

QAAFI Early Career, Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Agnelo Furtado

Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Selina Fyfe

Research Fellow – Drivers and Solutions that Promote Change

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Donald Gardiner

Deputy Director, ARC Hub Sust Crop

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Affiliate of ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection

ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection
Professor Paul Gauthier

Professorial Research Fellow in Protected Cropping

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor Andrew Geering

Professorial Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Geetika Geetika

PhD Candidate

Centre for Crop Science
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Officer

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
Honorary Professor Elliot Gilbert

Senior Principal Scientist and Lead, Food Materials Science

Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Honorary Professor

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Raul Gimenez

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Crop Eco-Physiology and Crop Modelling

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Shashi Goonetilleke

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Quantitative Genetics in Horticulture

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor Graeme Hammer

Professorial Research Fellow

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 April Hastwell

GRDC Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Adrian Hathorn

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Alice Hayward

Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor Damian Hine

Professorial Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Linh Hoang

Affiliate of Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Advance QLD Senior Research Fellow

School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Professor Louw Hoffman

Professor of Meat Science

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Natasha Hungerford

Affiliate Senior Research Fellow of School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences

School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Dilani Jambuthenne Gamaralalage

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Ruizhu Jiang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Functional Data Science

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor David Jordan

Professorial Research Fellow

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

Senior Research Fellow in Statistic

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Adjunct Associate Professor

Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences (QAAFI)
Dr Pradeepa Korale-Gedara

Research Fellow – Re-envisioning Food Systems

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Arun Kumar

Senior Research Officer

Centre for Animal Science
Senior Research Officer

Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
Senior Research Officer

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Arun Kumar

Senior Research Officer

Centre for Animal Science
Senior Research Officer

Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
Senior Research Officer

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Arun Kumar

Senior Research Officer

Centre for Animal Science
Senior Research Officer

Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
Senior Research Officer

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Yasmine Lam

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Christopher Lambrides

Affiliated Research Fellow

Centre for Crop Science
Principal Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Principle Research Fellow

School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Dr Christopher Lambrides

Affiliated Research Fellow

Centre for Crop Science
Principal Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Principle Research Fellow

School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Dr Guoquan Liu

Research Officer

Centre for Crop Science (QAAFI)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Faculty of Science
Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Guoquan Liu

Research Officer

Centre for Crop Science (QAAFI)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Faculty of Science
Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Guoquan Liu

Research Officer

Centre for Crop Science (QAAFI)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Faculty of Science
Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Maggy Lord

Research Fellow

Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation
Dr Hamish MacDonald

Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor Emma Mace

Professorial Research Fellow

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 Gulshan Mahajan

Research Fellow - Weed Science, Agronomy & Adjunct Associate Professor

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Narelle Manzie

Senior Research Fellow/Science Manager - ARC Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Affiliate of ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection

ARC Research Hub for Sustainable Crop Protection
Dr Kieren McCosker

Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Andrew Miles

Senior Research Fellow

Centre for Plant Science (QAAFI)
Dr Karishma Mody

Amplify Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Jaqueline Moura Nadolny

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Food Engineer)

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Maximiliano Muller Bravo

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Centre for Animal Science
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Maximiliano Muller Bravo

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Centre for Animal Science
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Cresha Gracy Nadar

Postdoctoral Research fellow

Centre for Crop Science
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Sustainability Assessment

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Marta Navarro

Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Research Fellow

Centre for Animal Science
Dr Marta Navarro

Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Research Fellow

Centre for Animal Science
Dr Michael Netzel

Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Affiliate Senior Research Fellow of School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability

School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Dr Loan Nguyen

Research Fellow/Senior Research officer

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Isaac Njaci

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Affiliate of Centre for Horticultural Science

Centre for Horticultural Science
Dr Chris O'Brien

Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Oladapo Olukomaiya

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences (QAAFI)
Dr Lida Omaleki

Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Associate Professor Sheila Ommeh

Associate Professor and Senior Principal Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Chian Teng Ong

PhD Candidate

Centre for Animal Science
QAAFI Early Career Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Mr Daniel Otwani

Research Officer

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 Victor Papin

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Crop Quantitative Genetics

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Associate Professor Luis Prada e Silva

Principal Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Parimalan Rangan

Scientist

Division of Genomic Resources, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
Honorary Senior Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Vivian Rincon Florez

QAAFI Early Career, Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor Daniel Rodriguez

Professorial Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Elizabeth Ross

Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor Eugeni Roura

Professorial Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professorial Research Fellow

Centre for Animal Science
Professor Eugeni Roura

Professorial Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professorial Research Fellow

Centre for Animal Science
Honorary Professor Michael Rychlik

Professor, Head of the Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry

TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
Honorary Professor

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Maral Seididamyeh

PhD Candidate

Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Food Quality and Safety

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Alan Severini

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Crop Modelling

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Mr Will Shaffer

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Crop Quantitative Genetics

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Lindsay Shaw

Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Hannah Siddle

Research Fellow/Senior Research officer

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
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
Professor Ala Tabor

Professorial Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Professor Bruce Topp

Professorial Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Vivien Tsai

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Plant Molecular Biology (RNAi)

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Conny Turni

Senior Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Steven Underhill

Principal Research Fellow

Centre for Horticultural Science
Dr Luke Williams

Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Alex Wu

UQ Amplify Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Seema Yadav

Research Fellow, AI for Wheat Resistance Development

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Associate Professor Sudhir Yadav

Senior Principal Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Yan Zhao

Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Dongxue Zhao

ARC Early Career Research Fellow

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Dr Yuchan Zhou

Research Fellow

Centre for Plant Science (QAAFI)

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