Our people

Professor Bronwyn Barkla

Director, Southern Cross Plant Science
+61 2 6620 3159
bronwyn.barkla@scu.edu.au

Professor Graham King

Professor of Plant Genomics and Epigenetics

t: +61 2 6620 3410
f: +61 2 6622 2080
e: graham.king@scu.edu.au

Associate Professor Tobias Kretzschmar

+61 2 6626 3443
tobias.kretzschmar@scu.edu.au

Professor Terry Rose

Senior Research Fellow

+61 2 6620 3457
terry.rose@scu.edu.au

Dr Jay Anderson

Senior Research Fellow

+61 2 6620 3443
jay.anderson@scu.edu.au

Dr Szabolcs Lehoczki- Krsjak

Research Fellow in Rice Breeding and Genetics

Dr Priyakshee Borpatra Gohain

Research Fellow in Plant Breeding and Genetics

+61 2 6620 3576
priyakshee.borpatra.gohain@scu.edu.au

Dr Peter Bundock

Research Fellow

+61 2 6620 3581
peter.bundock@scu.edu.au

Dr Lei (Ben) Liu

Senior Research Fellow

+61 2 6622 3211
ben.liu@scu.edu.au

Dr Jos Mieog

Research Fellow

+61 2 6620 3780
jos.mieog@scu.edu.au

Dr Ramil Mauleon

Senior Research Fellow in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology

ramil.mauleon@scu.edu.au

Dr Shahnaj Parvin

Postdoctoral Fellow

shahnaj.parvin@scu.edu.au  

Dr Simon Williams

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

+61 2 6620 3174
simon.williams@scu.edu.au

Research Fellow in Plant Analytical Chemistry

amitha.hewavitharana@scu.edu.au 

Dr Catherine Nock

Research Fellow

+61 2 6620 3398
cathy.nock@scu.edu.au

Dr Mervyn Shepherd

Research Fellow

+61 2 6620 3412
mervyn.shepherd@scu.edu.au

Tiffeny Byrnes

Alicia Hidden

Lee Kearney

Will Petrie

Liliana Andrés Hernández

PhD Candidate
l.andres.hernandez.18@student.scu.edu.au

Anders Claassens

PhD Candidate
+61 468 767 241
a.claassens.10@student.scu.edu.au

Sally Cooper

MSc Candidate
s.cooper.39@student.scu.edu.au

Cameron Copeland

PhD Candidate
c.copeland.12@student.scu.edu.au

Andy Croaker

PhD Candidate

+61 2 6653 1785
a.croaker.10@student.scu.edu.au

Nicolas Dimopoulos

PhD Candidate
n.dimopoulos.10@student.scu.edu.au

Kirsten Ellis

PhD Candidate
k.ellis.28@student.scu.edu.au

Francine Gloerfelt-tarp

Master's Candidate
Francine.Gloerfelt-tarp@scu.edu.au

Qi Guo

PhD Candidate
+61 415240559
q.guo.12@student.scu.edu.au

Razlin Mohd Azman Halimi

PhD Candidate
+61 415 240 559
r.mohd.azman.halimi.10@student.scu.edu.au

Amin Ibrahim

PhD Candidate
+61 415240559
a.ibrahim.13@student.scu.edu.au

Gail Lowe

PhD Candidate
g.lowe.22@student.scu.edu.au

Henry Luutu

Masters by Thesis (Plant Science) Candidate
h.luutu.10@student.scu.edu.au

Locedie Mansueto

PhD Candidate
l.mansueto.10@student.scu.edu.au

Rafael Julian Panerio

Master of Science (Plant Science) Candidate
r.panerio.10@student.scu.edu.au

Janelle Schafer

Master of Science (Plant Science) Candidate
+61 44 966 7446
j.schafer.11@student.scu.edu.au

Erwin Tandayu

PhD Candidate
e.tandayu.10@student.scu.edu.au

Julia Voelker

PhD Candidate

j.voelker.10@student.scu.edu.au

Professor Robert Henry
Director, QAAFI

Professor Ian Southwell
Phytoquest, Alstonville

Prof. Lukas Van Zwieten
Principal Research Scientist, NSW DPI

Associate Professor John Hammond
University of Reading, UK

Dr Wayne Hancock
Project Manager, Macadamia varietal program development, Malawi
Korora R & D Pty Ltd

Dr Shane McIntosh
Biofuels Scientist, NSW DPI

Dr Tony Vancov
Environmental Microbiologist, NSW DPI

Dr Abdul Baten
Senior Bioinformatician, Knowledge and Analytics
Agresearch, New Zealand

Dr Daniel Waters
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Charles Sturt University