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DRI-Net Researchers
Dr Sirjana Adhikari
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Engineering and Technology
Keywords:
soils, carbon, emissions, sustainable, regenerative agriculture
Dr Mumtaz Ali
The University of Southern Queensland
Queensland
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Information Technology
Keywords:
climate change, drought policy, groundwater, hydrology, sustainable, risk analysis, spatial data, Data-Driven Modelling
Brodie Anderson
Food & Fibre Gippsland (FFG)
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
beef, drought policy, dryland
Dr Emily Armstrong
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology), Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Natural Sciences (other)
Keywords:
Dr Linden Ashcroft
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Media Studies and Communication, Education
Keywords:
communications, knowledge brokering, weather
Dr Christiane Bahlo
Federation University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Information Technology, Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
livestock, spatial data, soils, ecosystem services, FAIR data, metadata standards
Prof Andrew Barton
Federation University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology), Other (please describe), Engineering and Technology
Keywords:
Prof Simon Batterbury
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Keywords:
dryland, ESG, political ecology
Prof Thomas Baumgartl
Federation University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
carbon, dryland, hydrology, soils
Prof Richard Bell
Murdoch University
Western Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
broad-acre, dryland, carbon, cropping, soils
Dr Nusrat Rewana Binte Razzak
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Engineering and Technology
Keywords:
Dr Jen Bond
Charles Sturt University
New South Wales, Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Keywords:
knowledge brokering, broad-acre, conservation, gender
Dr Sarah Casey
The University of the Sunshine Coast
Queensland
Location:
Discipline:
Media Studies and Communication
Keywords:
gender, communications, climate change, women, catchment management, innovation assessment
Dr Edwin Chester
Murdoch University
Western Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
Dr Hamish Clarke
The University of Melbourne, FLARE Wildfire Research
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology), Natural Sciences (other)
Keywords:
spatial data, visualisation
Dr Tim Clune
La Trobe University, Vic Drought Hub
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Business
Keywords:
broad-acre, soils, water policy, rural business resilience, farming systems analysis, agricultural policy, risk analysis
Assoc Prof Brendan Cullen
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
beef, dairy, emissions, farming systems analysis, livestock, sustainable
Dr George Cunnigham
Deakin University, Vic Drought Hub
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
catchment management, biodiversity, knowledge brokering, conservation, ecology, evolution
Merrin Curnow
Food & Fibre Gippsland (FFG)
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
communications
Dr Younes Dahhane
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Outside Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
agricultural policy, drought policy, dryland, groundwater
Assoc Prof Peter Dahlhaus
Federation University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (other)
Keywords:
soils, groundwater, catchment management, hydrology, spatial data
Berenice Della Porta
La Trobe University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
soils, biodiversity, carbon, ecosystem services, methane, sustainable, broad-acre, communications, conservation, soil health, soil biology, natural capital accounting
Stephanie Dickson
Bureau of Meteorology
ACT
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
climate change, knowledge brokering, innovation assessment, climate adaptation and mitigation
Annemaree Docking-Cehun
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
Dr David Dodemaide
Deakin University, Vic Drought Hub
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
drought policy, water policy, ecology, wetland, invertebrates, rivers
Assoc Prof Jim Dollman
The University of South Australia, Flinders University
South Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Medicine and Health
Keywords:
health, mental health, physical activity
Dr James Dougherty
CSIRO
Queensland
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
beef, biodiversity, dairy, emissions, lamb, methane, livestock, visualisation, regenerative agriculture, wool, sustainable
Rose Elphck-Darling
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Other (please describe), Information Technology
Keywords:
farming systems analysis, supply chain, Agricultural supply chain strategy
Dr Aydin Enez
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology), Natural Sciences (Climate Science)
Keywords:
Andrew Etherton
Marcus Oldham College
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
broad-acre
Assoc Prof Robert Faggian
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
Jiaqi Fan
Flinders University
South Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Economics, Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Climate Science)
Keywords:
farm finance, rural business resilience
Dr Rachel Fetherston
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences, Creative Arts
Keywords:
literary studies; environmental humanities; rural infrastructure; fences; climate change
Joe Finneran
MADE
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
Dr Peter Fisher
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology), Engineering and Technology
Keywords:
Prof David Fleming-Munoz
La Trobe University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Economics, Business
Keywords:
Dr David Gallacher
Charles Darwin University, Northern WA & NT Drought Hub
Nothern Territory
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
beef, catchment management, ecosystem services, knowledge brokering, sustainable, climate change
Ash Gopal
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Media Studies and Communication
Keywords:
communications
Prof Deanna Grant-Smith
The University of the Sunshine Coast
Queensland
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences, Business
Keywords:
communications, gender, policy, water policy, sanitation, social justice
Prof Rosanne Guijt
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Engineering and Technology, Natural Sciences (other)
Keywords:
knowledge brokering, chemical analysis, field portable chemical analysis
Dr Don Gunasekera
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Economics, Business, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
agricultural policy, drought policy, innovation assessment
Assoc Prof Kate Gunn
The University of South Australia
South Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Medicine and Health, Humanities and Social Sciences
Keywords:
farmer wellbeing, farmer mental health, resilience, behavioural science, psychology
Assoc Prof Dorin Gupta
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
broad-acre, biodiversity, carbon, conservation, cropping, horticulture, productivity, regenerative agriculture, vegetables, sustainable
Assoc Prof Marcus Hardie
The University of Tasmania
Tasmania
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
soils, groundwater, hydrology, irrigation, carbon
Rod Hayes
Food & Fibre Gippsland (FFG)
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
agricultural policy, business strategy, dairy, drought policy, farming systems analysis, groundwater, risk analysis, sustainable, rural business resilience, drought resilience, climate resilience, RDRP,
Prof Jim He
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
biodiversity, carbon, ecosystem services, grain, soils, Soil chemistry, environmental resilience, plant-microbe interactions, nutrient cycling
Dr Kaitlyn Height
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
Erandi Herath
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
Prof Kristy Hess
Deakin University, Vic Drought Hub
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Media Studies and Communication
Keywords:
communications, knowledge brokering, Social capital, media, social connection
Dr Galen Holt
Deakin University, Vic Drought Hub
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology), Natural Sciences (Climate Science)
Keywords:
biodiversity, catchment management, ecosystem services, conservation, risk analysis, water policy, visualisation, scenario modelling, uncertainty, climate
Assoc Prof Kate Howell
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
Assoc Prof Hang-Wei Hu
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
biodiversity
Dr Alan Humphries
SARDI, The University of Adelaide
South Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
beef, lamb, pasture, perennials
Dr Viliamu Iese
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Education, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology), Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Indigenous and Traditional knowledge, Agriculture and Forestry, Other (please describe)
Keywords:
Udara Induruwage Don
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
hydrology, groundwater, soils
Hameer Jhiknaria
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (other), Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
risk analysis, spatial data, policy, Natural Hazards, Resilience Building, Mixed Methods, Geographic Information System (GIS), Community Engagement, Climate Change
Pip Job
Charles Sturt University
New South Wales
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
agricultural policy, drought policy, rural business resilience, women
Simon Johnson
Food & Fibre Gippsland (FFG), Vic Drought Hub
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
knowledge brokering, communications, drought policy
Assoc Prof Alison Kennedy
National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH), Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Medicine and Health, Humanities and Social Sciences
Keywords:
agricultural policy, mental health, health
Tanya Kilminster
Grower Group Alliance (GGA), South-West WA Drought Hub
Western Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
knowledge brokering
Prof Isaya Kisekka
The University of California
Outside Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Agriculture and Forestry, Engineering and Technology
Keywords:
groundwater, hydrology, irrigation, soils, agricultural policy
Heidi Kleinert
Centre for Invasive Species Solutions
Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, Nothern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, ACT
Location:
Discipline:
Media Studies and Communication
Keywords:
communications, catchment management, knowledge brokering, pest management
Prof Rebecca Lester
Deakin University, Vic Drought Hub
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
catchment management, hydrology, sustainable, knowledge brokering
Assoc Prof Leanne Lester
The University of Western Australia
Western Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Keywords:
Social outcomes, impact, resilience
Dr Yizhi Li
Australian National University
ACT
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology), Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
James Malcher
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
catchment management, irrigation, hydrology, horticulture, spatial data, remote sensing
Rachel May
SA Drought Hub, Ag Excellence Alliance
South Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
cropping, dryland, grain, livestock, weather, climate, soils, regenerative agriculture
Dr Marita McGuirk
Soil Science Australia
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
Dr David McKenzie
Charles Darwin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Other (please describe), Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
Ceilidh Meo
Apulina Grove
Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
biodiversity, carbon, business strategy, dryland, energy, farm finance, farm operations, gender, horticulture, innovation assessment, productivity, quality management, regenerative agriculture, rural business resilience, soils, supply chain, sustainable, irrigation, farmer/grower, olives, co-operative
Vaughan Mitchell
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Engineering and Technology
Keywords:
water policy
Lauren Mitchell
La Trobe University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Medicine and Health
Keywords:
Prof Caroline Mohammed
The University of Tasmania
Tasmania
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
regenerative agriculture, biodiversity, carbon, drought policy, ecosystem services, emissions, irrigation, soils
Sam Moore
Evidn
Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New South Wales, Nothern Territory, ACT
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Keywords:
Prof Ruth Nettle
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, New South Wales
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Humanities and Social Sciences
Keywords:
agricultural policy, drought policy, emissions, carbon, water policy, farming systems analysis, regenerative agriculture, participatory research; transdisciplinary methods
Dr Lucie Newsome
The University of New England
New South Wales
Location:
Discipline:
Business, Economics
Keywords:
gender, business strategy, agricultural policy, regenerative agriculture, rural business resilience
Olajumoke (Jummy) Ogedengbe
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
Dr Alexis Pang
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Education, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology), Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Natural Sciences (other)
Keywords:
carbon, broad-acre, soils, spatial data, horticulture, hydrology
Dr Jana-Axinja Paschen
Monash Sustainable Development Institute
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Keywords:
agricultural policy, catchment management, communications, drought policy, knowledge brokering, water policy, sustainable
Dr John Pickering
Evidn
Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, Nothern Territory, ACT
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Keywords:
Udara Piyathilake
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry, Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology), Natural Sciences (Climate Science)
Keywords:
catchment management, dryland, groundwater, hydrology, soils, spatial data
Dr Zuzana Poppová
The Czech University of Life Sciences, The Czech Academy of Sciences
Outside Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Climate Science)
Keywords:
spatial data, dryland, visualisation, atmospheric circulation; climate variability; drought
Sarah Preston
Federation University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology), Agriculture and Forestry, Information Technology
Keywords:
Prof Nicholas Proctor
The University of South Australia
South Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Medicine and Health
Keywords:
Mental Health
Tony Randall
The University of Adelaide, SA Drought Hub, Ag Excellence Alliance
South Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
knowledge brokering, innovation assessment, dryland, Natural Resources Management, Project design and development. Hub Network Communications
Vecchia Ravinandrasana
Pusan National University
Outside Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Climate Science)
Keywords:
Prof Lauren Rickards
La Trobe University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Keywords:
catchment management, agricultural policy, conservation, drought policy, gender, farming systems analysis, risk analysis, rural business resilience, supply chain, water policy, sustainable, climate
Prof Euan Ritchie
Deakin University
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
biodiversity, communications, conservation, ecosystem services, policy, wildlife, ecosystem management, invasive species, climate change
Assoc Prof Belinda Robson
Murdoch University
Western Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
biodiversity, catchment management, conservation, drought policy, ecosystem services, water policy
Vanessa Round
CSIRO
South Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Climate Science), Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
Prof Danny Samson
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Keywords:
farm finance, productivity, quality management, business strategy, ESG, supply chain, farm operations
Dr Hassan Sardar
Murdoch University
Western Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
agricultural policy, carbon, communications, soils, climate, cropping
Prof Jacki Schirmer
The University of Canberra
ACT
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry, Medicine and Health
Keywords:
rural business resilience, agricultural policy, drought policy, regenerative agriculture, community resilience, climate change adaptation
Dr Sabine Schmoelzl
CSIRO
New South Wales
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
farming systems analysis, sustainable, beef, lamb, livestock, farm operations, spatial data, remote sensing
Dr Amanda Scott
Southern Cross University
Prefer not to say
Location:
Discipline:
Business, Agriculture and Forestry, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences
Keywords:
business strategy, knowledge brokering, innovation assessment, sustainable, visualisation, climate, climate change, network analysis, strategic planning, impact evaluation, collaboration and networks
Angelina Siegrist
Australian National University
ACT, Victoria, New South Wales
Location:
Discipline:
Natural Sciences (Environmental Science / Biology)
Keywords:
Kara Simpson
The University of Adelaide
South Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences, Other (please describe), Medicine and Health
Keywords:
drought policy, mental health, health, communications, women, men, climate change, ecology, dryland, risk analysis, visualisation, innovation assessment, climate, knowledge brokering, weather, adaptation; adaptability; remote communities; habitation; extreme environments; public space; commons; shared experiences;
Prof Helen Suter
The University of Melbourne
Victoria
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
carbon, dairy, soils, pasture, diverse pastures
Dr Dean Thomas
CSIRO
Western Australia
Location:
Discipline:
Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
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