People

Centre leadership

• Associate Professor Geoff Kent
  

  Deputy Director

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• Professor Peter Prentis
  

  Acting Centre Director

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• Associate Professor Darryn Rackemann
  

  Deputy Director

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• Helen Shorthouse
  

  Centre Manager

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Research program leaders

• Professor Kirill Alexandrov
  

  Program Leader (Industrial and Synthetic Biotechnology)

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• Dr Julia Bally
  

  Program Leader - Genetics and Molecular Biology

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• Distinguished Professor James Dale
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Associate Professor Mark Harrison
  

  Program Leader (Bioprocessing)

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• Dr Satomi Hayashi
  

  Program Leader (Future Leaders)

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• Associate Professor Bree Hurst
  

  Program Leader (Agrifood Systems)

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• Dr Jerome Ramirez
  

  Program Leader (Future Leaders)

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• Associate Professor Jolieke van der Pols
  

  Program Leader

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Research staff

• Sahar Ahmadi
  

  PhD student

• Professor Kirill Alexandrov
  

  Program Leader (Industrial and Synthetic Biotechnology)

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• Dr Jiyuan An
  

  Chief Investigator

• Raveendra Anangi
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Haylie Andrews
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr Taj Arndell
  

  Research Fellow

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• Adrian Baker
  

  Research Assistant

• Mr Hakan Bakir
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Dr Julia Bally
  

  Program Leader - Genetics and Molecular Biology

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• Associate Professor Roberto Barrero Gumiel
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Dr James Behrendorff
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Dr Alexander Beliaev
  

  Chief Investigator

• Dr Jorge Beltramini
  

  Adjunct Professor

• Aarshi Bhargav
  

  Laboratory Coordinator

• Jo-anne Blinco
  

  Chief Investigator

• Samanta Bolzan de Campos
  

  Research Assistant

• Professor Ross Broadfoot
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Christian Brunk
  

  Research Associate

• Edward Bryans
  

  Research Assistant

• Samantha Burbidge
  

  Research Assistant

• Lily Cao
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr Shoufeng Cao
  

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• Yen Chen
  

  Senior Research Assistant

• Daniel Cook
  

  Post Doctoral Research Fellow

• Associate Professor Paul Corry
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Dr Zhenling Cui
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Distinguished Professor James Dale
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Dr Abigail Dawit
  

  Research Assistant

• Associate Professor Felicity Deane
  

  Associate Professor

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• Dr Pradeep Deo
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Ella Dewilde
  

  Honours Student

• Genevieve Dickson
  

  Senior Research Assistant

• Lily Drummond
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr Kevin Dudley
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Dr Benjamin Dugdale
  

  Senior Research Fellow

• Dr Kameron Dunn
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Elena Eremeeva
  

  Post Doctoral Research Fellow

• Dr Felipe Fenselau de Felippes
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Micaela Fiorito
  

  Research Assistant

• Professor Marcus Foth
  

  Professor

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• Dr Johannes Friedl
  

  Research Associate

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• Professor Peter Grace
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Liam Grace
  

  Senior Research Assistant

• Dr Zhong Guo
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Professor Rob Harding
  

  Deputy Program Leader

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• Associate Professor Mark Harrison
  

  Program Leader (Bioprocessing)

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• Dr Morteza Hassanpour
  

  Postdoctoral research fellow

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• Associate Professor Caroline Hauxwell
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Dr Satomi Hayashi
  

  Program Leader (Future Leaders)

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• Ynna Hernandes Europa
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr Linh Thi My Hoang
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Associate Professor Bree Hurst
  

  Program Leader (Agrifood Systems)

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• Associate Professor David Hurwood
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Dr Anthony James
  

  Research Fellow

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• Dr Hope Johnson
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Dr Wayne Johnston
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Maiko Kato
  

  Senior Research Assistant

• Associate Professor Geoff Kent
  

  Deputy Director

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• Dr Stephanie Kerr
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Rob Kirkby
  

  PhD student

• Jen Kleidon
  

  Senior Research Assistant

• Andrew Krause
  

  Research Assistant

• Zacharie Le Blanc
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr Chris Lehnert
  

  Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems

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• Hao Long
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr Gabriel Luiz Lopes Fraga
  

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• Dr Michal Lorenc
  

  Bioinformatics Specialist

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• Dr Anthony Mann
  

  Chief Investigator

• Dr Amber Marshall
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Sean Martin
  

  Research Assistant

• Sandra McEwan
  

  Masters Student

• Mr Neil McKenzie
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Dr Rudolf Messner
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Professor Graeme Millar
  

  Professor

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• Zahrasadat Mirsafi
  

  PhD student

• Dr Elaine Mitchell
  

  Research Associate

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• Kaylee Moffitt
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr Lalehvash Moghaddam
  

  Chief Investigator (Bioprocessing, Industrial and Synthetic Biotechnology)

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• Shah Mohammad Naimul Islam
  

  Visiting Fellow

• Roxane Mutschler
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr Laura Navone
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Professor Ian O'Hara
  

  Chief Investigator (Bioprocessing, Industrial and Synthetic Biotechnology)

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• Professor Mike O'Shea
  

  Chief Investigator

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• John Outram
  

  Chief Investigator

• Darcy Patrick
  

  Research Assistant (senior)

• Dr Jean-Yves Paul
  

  Senior Research Fellow

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• Alice Payne
  

  Chief Investigator

• Bingyin Peng
  

  Postdoctural Research Fellow

• Amba Phillips
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr Floren Plaza
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Professor Peter Prentis
  

  Acting Centre Director

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• Associate Professor Darryn Rackemann
  

  Deputy Director

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• Dr Jerome Ramirez
  

  Program Leader (Future Leaders)

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• Annabelle Ramsay
  

  Project Manager

• Dr Marguerite Renouf
  

  Adjunct

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• Professor Carol Richards
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Sally Roden
  

  Research Assistant

• Associate Professor David Rowlings
  

  Program Leader (Sustainable Agroecosystems)

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• Kylie Shand
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr Changrong Shi
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Helen Shorthouse
  

  Centre Manager

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• Joanne Simpkins
  

  Program Manager

• Adjunct Professor Robert Speight
  

  Adjunct

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• Zachary Stewart
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr James Strong
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Alexandra Tabrett
  

  Research Assistant

• Naoya Takeda
  

  PhD student

• Boyd Tarlinton
  

  Research Assistant

• Dr Leena Thung
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Adjunct Professor Chris Tindal
  

  Adjunct Professor and Strategic Biofutures Advisor (Queensland Government)

• Dr David Tucker
  

  Research Associate

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• Dr Ayesha Tulloch
  

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• Associate Professor Jolieke van der Pols
  

  Program Leader

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• Dr Shayli Varasteh Moradi
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Claudia Vickers
  

  Senior Research Fellow

• Benjamin Vickery
  

  PhD student

• Professor Peter Waterhouse
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Dr Jacinta Watkins
  

  Research Fellow

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• Dr Brett Williams
  

  Chief Investigator

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• Associate Professor Zhanying Zhang
  

  Chief Investigator

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