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  • Professor Neal Menzies

    Affiliated Professor
    Centre for Crop Science
    Head of School - SAFS
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Mark Turner

    Affiliated Associate Professor
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
    Deputy Head of School
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Victor Galea

    Affiliated Associate Professor
    Centre for Crop Science
    Deputy Head of School
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Ms Felicity Ray

    School Manager
    School of Agriculture and Food Science
    School Manager
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Mrs Lauren Acevedo Romero

    Executive Assistant
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

Academic

  • Dr Rajendra Adhikari

    Lecturer Agribusiness
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Elizabeth Aitken

    Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Professor
    Centre for Crop Science

    Dr Vivi Noviati

    Lecturer in Biometry
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Ammar Abdul Aziz

    Senior Lecturer in Agribusiness
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Associate Professor Nidhi Bansal

    Affiliate (ResTeach)
    School of Pharmacy
    Associate Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Michael Bell

    Chair in Tropical Agronomy
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Academic
    Centre for Crop Science

    Professor Bhesh Bhandari

    Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Jimmy Botella

    Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Professor
    Centre for Crop Science

    Dr Shane Campbell

    Senior Lecturer in Pasture Sc & Agr
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Robyn Cave

    Lecturer in Horticulture
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Ms Sabrina Chakori

    Associate Lecturer
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Scott Chapman

    Professor in Crop Physiology
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Academic Level E
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Professor in Crop Physiology
    Centre for Crop Science

    Dr Peter Crisp

    ARC Decra Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Associate Professor Brett Ferguson

    Associate Professor Legume Biotech
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Associate Professor
    Centre for Crop Science

    Professor Melissa Fitzgerald

    Chair in Food Science and Tech
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Deputy Associate Dean,Research
    Faculty of Science

    Professor Victor Galea

    Affiliated Associate Professor
    Centre for Crop Science
    Deputy Head of School
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Associate Professor John Gaughan

    Associate Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Associate Professor
    Centre for Animal Science

    Dr Karen Harper

    Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Lynn Hoffman

    Senior Lecturer Crop Phys Agro
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Nick Hudson

    Senior Lecturer in Biochem & Met
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Natalie Jones

    Lecturer in Rural Development & Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Associate Professor Steve Johnston

    Associate Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Gunnar Kirchhof

    Principal Research Fellow & Senior Lecturer
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Gunnar Kirchhof

    Principal Research Fellow & Senior Lecturer
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Adam Komarek

    Senior Lecturer in Agribusiness
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Vassilis Kontogiorgos

    Senior Lecturer in Food Chemistry
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Peter Kopittke

    Affiliate Principal Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Professor - Soil Science
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Mr Suresh Krishnasamy

    Associate Lecturer
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Cristina Martinez

    Lecturer Soil Fertility
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Sarah Meale

    Senior Lecturer
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Neal Menzies

    Affiliated Professor
    Centre for Crop Science
    Head of School - SAFS
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Deirdre Mikkelsen

    Lecturer in Food Sciences
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Associate Professor
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences

    Dr Jaquie Mitchell

    Senior Lecturer Agronomy
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Edward Narayan

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

    Dr Gomathy Palaniappan

    Senior Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Ms Valerie Powell

    Associate Lecturer
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Sangeeta Prakash

    Senior Lecturer
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Simon Quigley

    Senior Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr April Reside

    Lecturer in AgroEcology
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Peer Schenk

    Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Professor
    Centre for Crop Science

    Professor Susanne Schmidt

    Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Professor
    Centre for Horticultural Science

    Dr Shweta Singh

    Lecturer Agribusiness
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Annabel Smith

    Lecturer in Wildlife Management
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Millicent Smith

    Lecturer Crop Physiology
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliate Lecturer
    Centre for Crop Science

    Dr Elham Assadi Soumeh

    Lecturer in Animal Sci & Production
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Mark Turner

    Affiliated Associate Professor
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
    Deputy Head of School
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Severine van Bommel

    Senior Lecturer
    School of Agriculture and Food Science
    Senior Lecturer in Rural Dev. & Agr
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Tyron Venn

    Snr Lecturer in Agri Resource Econo
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Scott Waldron

    Senior Lecturer & Senior Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Bernhard Wehr

    Lecturer in Soil Chemistry
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Alwyn Williams

    Senior Lecturer in Agronomy
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Anthony Young

    Senior Lecturer - Crop Protection
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Rebeka Zsoldos

    Lecturer in Equine Science
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Ya-Feng Zhou

    Research Officer
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

Professional

Technical and Analytical Services

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Research

  • Professor Elizabeth Aitken

    Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Professor
    Centre for Crop Science

    Dr Ben Barth

    Research Fellow & Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Michael Bell

    Chair in Tropical Agronomy
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Academic
    Centre for Crop Science

    Mr Joshua Bennett-Jones

    Research Assistant
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Mr Johannes Biala

    Research Centre Manager
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Ning Chen

    Dr Shi Wei Chen

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Peter Crisp

    ARC Decra Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Yash Dang

    Senior Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Bill Ellis

    Research Fellow & Research Fellow & Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Associate Professor Brett Ferguson

    Associate Professor Legume Biotech
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliated Associate Professor
    Centre for Crop Science

    Dr Sean FitzGibbon

    Research Fellow & Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Amber Gillett

    Research Fellow & Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Ms Nive Govind

    Senior Research Technician
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Swaantje Grunefeld

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Karen Harper

    Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr April Hastwell

    ARC DECRA Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Richard Haynes

    Principal Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Andrew Hewitt

    Senior Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Sundar Kalaipandian

    Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Mr Chris James

    Scientific Programmer
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Natalie Jones

    Lecturer in Rural Development & Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Arun Kumar

    Res. Fellow in Poultry & Nutrition
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Christopher Lambrides

    Principle Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
    Affiliate Principal Res Fellow & Principal Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

    Miss Connar McLaren

    Project Coordinator
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Neal Menzies

    Affiliated Professor
    Centre for Crop Science
    Head of School - SAFS
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Oleg Nicetic

    Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Dian Ningtyas

    Senior Research Assistant & Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Chris O'Donnell

    Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Tom Orton

    Research Officer
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Mrs Jhoana Opena

    Research Academic
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Gomathy Palaniappan

    Senior Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Mr Mariano Parra Munoz

    Assistant Research Technician
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Liz Petersen

    Senior Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Salman Sarwar

    Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Simon Quigley

    Senior Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Nelly Raymond

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Nicole Robinson

    Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Hojjat Seyedi

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Tim Sun

    Senior Research Fellow & Senior Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Professor Mark Turner

    Affiliated Associate Professor
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
    Deputy Head of School
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Scott Waldron

    Senior Lecturer & Senior Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Han Weng

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Wendy Williams

    Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Frederik van der Bom

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Tyron Venn

    Snr Lecturer in Agri Resource Econo
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Ms Lisa Xian

    Research Assistant
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Miss Arianna Dick Zambrano

    Research Assistant
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Mr Farzan Zare

    Assistant Research Technician
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Dagong Zhang

    Senior Research Assistant
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Dr Ya-Feng Zhou

    Research Officer
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

    Ms Zhengzheng Zou

    Research Assistant & Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    School of Agriculture and Food Sciences