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Heads of School

Name	Title
Professor Simon Lewis	Head of School
Ms Gail Wescombe	School Business Manager
Associate Professor Brenda Rohl	Director Learning & Teaching
Associate Professor Catherine Boisvert	Director Graduate Research
Associate Professor Mark Hackett	Director Research
Associate Professor Paul Nevill	Director Global Initiatives
Mrs Stacey Carter	Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
Professor Sarita Bennett	Discipline Lead – Agriculture and Food
Professor Cynthia Joll	Discipline Lead – Chemistry
Dr Ben Saunders	Discipline Lead – Ecology
Ms Georgia Dawson	Operations Coordinator.

Agriculture and food

Name	Title
Professor Ravi Fotedar	Professor
Professor Raphael Viscarra Rossel	Research Professor, Soil and Landscape Group
Professor Sarita Bennett	Professor, Ag & Food Discipline Lead
Professor Ranil Coorey	School Director Learning & Teaching
Associate Professor Fran Lopez Ruiz	Associate Professor
Associate Professor Janet Howieson	Associate Professor
Dr Rewati Raman Bhattarai	Senior Lecturer
Dr Nicholas George	Senior Lecturer
Dr Jacob Hawkins	Lecturer
Dr Bec Swift	Lecturer
Mr Simon Warwick	Lecturer
Dr Pramesh Dhungana	Lecturer
Dr Om Karnpanit	Associate Lecturer
Dr Hue Luu Thi (Lily)	Associate Lecturer
Dr Katherine Zulak	Research Fellow
Mrs Stacey Carter	Course Coordinator and Lecturer – Associate Degree in Agribusiness
Dr Deborah Pritchard	Adjunct Researcher
Dr Vicky Solah	Adjunct Associate Professor
Dr Haelee Fenton	Adjunct Research Fellow

Chemistry

Name	Title
Professor Massimiliano (Max) Massi	Professor
Professor Mark Ogden	Pro Vice-Chancellor, Science and Engineering
Professor Damien Arrigan	Professor
Professor Mark Buntine	Professor
Professor Julian Gale	John Curtin Distinguished Professor, ARC Laureate Fellow
Professor Cynthia Joll	Chemistry Discipline Lead
Professor Simon Lewis	Professor, Deputy Head of School
Professor Mauro Mocerino	Professor
Professor Paolo Raiteri	Professor of Computational Chemistry
Professor Debbie Silvester-Dean	Professor
Associate Professor Simone Ciampi	ARC Future Fellow
Associate Professor Guohua Jia	ARC Future Fellow
Professor Daniel Southam	Professor, SAE Dean, Learning and Teaching
Associate Professor Nadim Darwish	Associate Professor
Associate Professor Raffaella Demichelis	Associate Professor, ARC Future Fellow
Associate Professor Mark Hackett	ARC Future Fellow
Associate Professor Franca Jones	Associate Professor, SAE Dean of Graduate Studies
Dr Alan Payne	Senior Lecturer
Dr Wade Petersen	Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Brenda Rohl	Associate Professor, Director Learning & Teaching
Dr Georgina Sauzier	Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Alexandra Yeung	Associate Professor
Dr Vicky Barnett	Senior Lecturer
Dr Thomas Becker	Adjunct Lecturer
Dr Ina Kristiana	Research Fellow
Dr Emma Pearson	Lecturer
Dr Matthew Boon	Adjunct Lecturer
Dr Gae Ellison	Research Associate
Dr Yolanta Gruchlik	Research Associate
Professor Bill van Bronswijk	Emeritus Professor
Dr Elena Dallerba	Associate Lecturer

Ecology

Name	Title
Associate Professor Bill Bateman	Associate Professor
Professor Monique Gagnon	Professor, Ecology Discipline Lead
Dr Joey Di Battista	Adjunct Researcher Fellow
Associate Professor Catherine Boisvert	MLS Director of Graduate Research
Dr Nicola Browne	Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Professor Michael Bunce	Adjunct Professor
Dr Claus Christophersen	Senior Research Fellow
Dr Megan Coghlan	Adjunct Research Associate
Dr Christine Cooper	Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Elaine Davison	Adjunct Research Associate
Mr Damon Driessen	Research Assistant
Miss Laura Fullwood	Research Assistant
Dr Jordan Goetze	Adjunct Research Associate
Dr Richard Harris	Lecturer
Professor Euan Harvey	Professor
Dr Tianhua He	Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Dr Brian Heterick	Adjunct Research Assistant
Professor Byron Lamont	Emeritus Professor
Associate Professor Jennifer McIlwain	Associate Professor
Dr Mick O’Leary	Adjunct Researcher
Mr Matthew Power	Research Assistant
Professor Chris Rawson	Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor, Science and Engineering
Associate Professor Zoe Richards	Associate Professor
Dr Ben Saunders	Senior Lecturer
Dr Navdeep Dhami	Senior Lecturer
Professor Kate Trinajstic	John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Dr Grant Wardell-Johnson	Adjunct Associate Professor
Associate Professor Paul Nevill	Associate Professor, Director Global Initiatives
Dr Nicole White	Senior Research Officer
Professor Ben Phillips	Premier’s Science Fellow
Dr Brenton von Takach	Premier’s EMC Fellow
Dr Haylee D’Agui	Senior Research Officer/Project Officer
Dr Andrew Coates	Research Associate
Dr Judy Dunlop	Research Fellow
Professor Stephen van Leeuwen	BHP-Curtin Indigenous Chair in Biodiversity and Environmental Science
Mark Cowan	Senior Research Fellow
Teagan Shields	Research Fellow
Carly Moir	Research Officer
Dr Vanessa Westcott	Research Fellow



Professor Ben Phillips	Premier’s Science Fellow
Dr Brenton von Takach	Premier’s EMC Fellow
Dr Haylee D’Agui	Project Officer
Dr Andrew Coates	Research Associate
Dr Judy Dunlop	Research Fellow



Professor Stephen van Leeuwen	BHP-Curtin Indigenous Chair in Biodiversity and Environmental Science
Dr Haylee D’Agui	Senior Research Officer
Mark Cowan	Senior Research Fellow
Teagan Shields	Research Fellow
Carly Moir	Research Officer
Dr Vanessa Westcott	Research Fellow

Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM)

Name	Title
Professor Mark Gibberd	Director, CCDM
Ms Jo Monaghan	Business Manager
Ms Charlotte Italiano	Comms Officer
Ms Lisa Smith	Comms Officer
Professor Sarita Bennett	Professor
Associate Professor Fran Lopez Ruiz	Associate Professor
Associate Professor Lars Kamphuis	Associate Professor
Associate Professor Simon Ellwood	Associate Professor
Dr James Hane	Senior Research Fellow
Associate Professor Kar-Chun Tan	Associate Professor
Dr Fatima Naim	Senior Research Fellow
Ms Grace Fang	Research Fellow
Dr Mark Derbyshire	Senior Research Fellow
Dr Robert Lee	Research Fellow
Dr Pippa Michael	Research Fellow
Dr Bernadette Henares	Research Fellow
Dr Hoan Dinh	Research Fellow
Dr Joel Haywood	Research Fellow
Dr Huyen Phan Phan	Senior Research Fellow
Dr Kat Zulak	Research Fellow
Mr Kealan Hassett	Research Fellow
Dr Liz Czislowski	Research Fellow
Dr Pao Theen See	Research Fellow
Dr Toby Newman	Research Fellow
Dr Ayalsew Zerihun	Research Fellow
Dr Callum Verdonk	Research Fellow
Dr Jordi Muria Gonzales	Research Associate
Mr Tiexin Li	Research Associate
Dr Toto Olita	Research Fellow
Dr Nola D’Souza	Senior Research Officer
Ms Julie Lawrence	Senior Research Officer
Mrs Kasia Clarke	Senior Research Officer
Dr Chala Turo	Research Associate
Ms Lilian Vincis Pereira Sanglard	Senior Research Officer
Mr Lincoln Harper	Research Officer
Mr Steven Chang	Research Assistant
Ms Sapna Kahapalaarachchige	Research Assistant
Ms Kejal Dodhia	Research Assistant
Ms Rachael Crockett	Research Assistant
Ms Eiko Furuki	Research Assistant
Mr Johannes Debler	Research Assistant
Miss Elyce Iagallo	Research Assistant
Mrs Fiona Kamphuis	Research Assistant
Mr Leon Lenzo	Research Assistant
Mr Wesley Mair	Research Assistant
Ms Kalai Marathamuthu	Research Assistant
Ms Jiaping Du	Research Assistant
Ms Elzette Wentzel	Research Assistant
Ms Bethany Clark	Research Assistant
Dr Yuphin Khentry	Research Assistant
Mrs Ashmita Rijal Lamichhane	Research Assistant
Ms Hediyeh Tahghighi	Research Assistant
Ms Catherine Cupitt	Research Assistant
Ms Christy Grime	Research Assistant
Mrs Erin Elsterman	Data Librarian
Ms Melanie Dixon	Extension Coordinator
Mrs Nicole Downs	CCDM Admin Officer
Ms Tara Timms	Centre Administrative Officer
Ms Kim Riley	Lab Technician

Curtin for Agribusiness Profitability (C4AP)

Name	Title
Dr Julia Easton	Senior Research Fellow
Dr Arnold Salvacion	Research Fellow
Mr Simon Koric	Research Assistant
Ms Vidya Raibagi	Data Scientist

Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry (AAGI)

Name	Title
Professor Adam Sparks	Professor
Dr Kefei Chen	Research Fellow
Dr Barbara Kachigunda	Research Fellow
Dr Braden Thorne	Research Fellow
Dr Irina Kuznetsova	Research Fellow
Dr Kristina Gagalova	Research Fellow
Dr Sandra Tanz	Research Fellow
Dr Ulduz Vafadarshamasbi	Research Fellow
Mr Matthew Nguyen	Research Assistant
Ms Rose Megirian	Research Assistant
Mrs Fiona Henley	Project Officer

Trace and Environmental DNA Lab (TrEnD Lab)

Name	Title
Prof Morten E. Allentoft	Head of the TrEnD Laboratory
Dr. Nicole White	Research Fellow and TrEnD Lab Manager
Dr Claus Christophersen	Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Zoe Richards	Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Paul Nevill	Senior Lecturer
Sherralee Lukehurst	Research Officer
Dr Mahsa Mousavi Mousaviderazmahalleh	Postdoctoral researcher
Dr Mattia Sacco	Postdoctoral researcher
Dr Mieke van der Heyde	Postdoctoral researcher
Dr Giulia Perina	Postdoctoral researcher
Dr Matthew Campbell	Research Assistant
Mr Shane Herbert	Business Development Manager eDNA Frontiers
Dr Kathryn Dawkins	Operations Manager eDNA Frontiers
Ms Melissa Borges Rodriguez	Administrative Assistant eDNA Frontiers
Dr Miwa Takahasi	Research and Development Scientist eDNA Frontiers
Ms Georgia Peverley	Research Assistant eDNA Frontiers
Dr Tina Berry	Research Assistant eDNA Frontiers
Mr Matthew Power	Research Assistant eDNA Frontiers

Professional Staff

Name	Title
Dr Kristy Blyth	Technical Operation Manager, Science
Mr Robert Herman	Technical Operations Coordinator, Chemistry and Resources Precinct
Ms Susan Petersen	Technical Operations Coordinator, Biosciences Precinct
Mr Rowan Kleindienst	Technical Specialist, CARL
Dr Syed Abbas	Senior Technical Officer
Ms Mia Hillyer	Senior Technical Officer
Mr Peter Chapman	Senior Technical Officer
Mr John Jackson	Senior Technical Officer, Field Trial Area
Mr Grant Cope	Stores Officer
Dr Ching Goh	Technical Officer
Mrs Edi Twiss	Technical Officer
Ms Joyce Wong	Technical Officer
Mrs Yusen Ojeda	Technical Officer
Mrs Azar Rohi	Technical Officer
Mrs Liliana Rejon Torres	Technical Officer
Mr Edwin Junaldi	Technical Officer
Ms Ellie Hayward	Technical Officer
Ms Rachael Ferguson	Technical Officer
Mrs Carey Ryken-Rapp	Administrative Officer
Mr Marcus Tey	Administrative Officer
Mr Danish Javed	Planning Coordinator, Learning and Teaching
Ms Nithya Sivasankaran	Administrative Support Officer
Ms Laura Liddle	Support Officer, Learning and Teaching
Ms Harriet Wai	Support Officer, Learning and Teaching

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