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Science and research staff
Scientific research is a key driver of innovation and improved resource management in the primary industries sector which in turn drives growth and profitability.
Our research scientists are well connected and regarded both nationally and globally, and work collaboratively in a broad range of primary industries, and public and private organisations.
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Full staff list
| Name | Category | Topic | Location |
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| ALEMSEGED, Yohannes | Agriculture | Trangie | |
| ALVARENGA, Flavio | Agriculture | Armidale (Livestock Industries Centre) | |
| ALVARENGA, Tharcilla | Agriculture | Cowra | |
| ANDREWS, Todd | Agriculture | Armidale | |
| ANWAR, Muhuddin | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| ARUNDELL, Lis | Chief Scientist's Branch | Orange (head office) | |
| ASADUZZAMAN (ASAD), Md | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Wagga Wagga | |
| ATAOLLAHI, Forough | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| ATKINSON, Trudie | Agriculture | Dubbo,Trangie | |
| AUSTIN, Katie | Agriculture | Armidale (Livestock Industries Centre) | |
| AYTON, Jamie | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| BADGERY, Warwick | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| BAILES, Kristy | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| BAILEY, Graham | Biosecurity and Food Safety | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| BAJWA, Ali | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Wagga Wagga | |
| BAKER, Sarah | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| BALLARD, Guy | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Armidale (DO) | |
| BARNES, Tom | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| BEANGE, Luke | Agriculture | Dubbo | |
| BECKER, Alistair | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| BELL, Karen | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Weeds Research | Wagga Wagga |
| BENGSEN, Andrew | Biosecurity and Food Safety | ||
| BIRD-GARDINER, Tracie | Agriculture | Trangie | |
| BLUMENTHAL, Martin | Chief Scientist's Branch | Orange (head office) | |
| BOND, Jude | Agriculture | Armidale (BIC) | |
| BOOTH, Mark | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| BOSCHMA, Suzanne | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| BOWMAN, Alison | Agriculture | Orange (head office) | |
| BOYS, Craig | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| BROADFOOT, Kim | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| BROADHURST, Matt | Fisheries | Coffs Harbour | |
| BROCK, Pip | Chief Scientist's Branch | Port Stephens | |
| BUNKER, Erika | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| BURCH, David | Agriculture | Condobolin | |
| BURNS, Helen | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| BUTCHER, Paul | Fisheries | Coffs Harbour | |
| BUTLER, Gavin | Fisheries | Grafton | |
| CAFE, Linda | Agriculture | Armidale (Livestock Industries Centre) | |
| CAMPBELL, Cathy | Chief Scientist's Branch | Wagga Wagga | |
| CARNEGIE, Angus | Forestry | Forest Science | Parramatta |
| CARNEY, Cath | Forestry | Forest Science | Parramatta |
| CASBURN, Geoff | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| CASHEN, Michael | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| CHAMBERS, Grant | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| CHAMPION, Curtis | Fisheries | Coffs Harbour | |
| CHAPMAN, Toni | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| CHARLES, Graham | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Narrabri | |
| CHEN, Yizhou | Agriculture | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| CHESHIRE, Katherine | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| CHICK, Rowan | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| CLARIDGE, Andrew | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Queanbeyan | |
| CLAYTON, Ed | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| CLEALL, Angela | Chief Scientist's Branch | Orange (head office) | |
| COLE, Victoria | Fisheries | ||
| COLEMAN, Daniel | Water | ||
| COLEMAN, Melinda | Fisheries | Coffs Harbour | |
| COLLINS, Alison | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| COLLINS, Damian | Biometrics (Chief Scientist's Branch) | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| COMTE, Sebastien | Biosecurity and Food Safety | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| COWIE, Annette | Agriculture | Armidale (BIC) | |
| COX, Justine | Agriculture | ||
| COX, Tarnya | Biosecurity and Food Safety | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| CROOK, David | Fisheries | ||
| CUDDY, Will | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| DARBYSHIRE, Rebecca | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| DOBOS, Robin | Agriculture | Armidale (BIC) | |
| DOMINIAK, Bernie | Chief Scientist's Branch | Orange (head office) | |
| DONOGHUE, Kath | Agriculture | Trangie | |
| DOUGHERTY, Warwick | Agriculture | Richmond | |
| DOVE, Michael | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| DOYLE, Faith | Fisheries | Wollongbar | |
| DUNCAN, Meaghan | Fisheries | Naranderra | |
| DUNDAS, Shannon | Biosecurity and Food Safety | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| DUNN, Brian | Agriculture | Yanco | |
| DUNN, Mathew | Agriculture | Yanco | |
| EBNER, Brendan | Grafton | ||
| EGERTON-WARBURTON, Kathryn | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| EMEBIRI, Livinus | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| ENGLEFIELD, Adrian | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| FAHEY, Darren | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| FANCOURT, Bronwyn | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Armidale | |
| FANG Yunying | Agriculture | ||
| FEARNLEY, Jessica | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| FIELDER, Stewart | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| FINLAISON, Deborah | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| FLEMING, Peter | Biosecurity and Food Safety | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| FORSYTH, David | Biosecurity and Food Safety | ||
| FOWLER, Ash | Fisheries | Mosman | |
| FOWLER, Stephanie | Agriculture | Cowra | |
| FRENEY, Sean | Biosecurity and Food Safety | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| GAYNOR, Luke | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| GILLIGAN, Dean | Fisheries | Batemans Bay | |
| GLASBY, Tim | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| GOLDING, John | Agriculture | Gosford | |
| GOOLD, Hugh | Chief Scientist's Branch | ||
| GOPURENKO, David | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Wagga Wagga | |
| GRAHAM, Neroli | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| GREENWOOD, Paul | Agriculture | ||
| GU, Xingnian | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| HAILSTONES, Deborah | Chief Scientist's Branch | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| HALL, Karina | Fisheries | Coffs Harbour | |
| HARASTI, David | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| HARDEN, Steven | Biometrics (Chief Scientist's Branch) | Tamworth | |
| HARRIS, Anne | Biometrics (Chief Scientist's Branch) | Ourimbah | |
| HARRIS, Carol | Agriculture | Glen Innes | |
| HARRIS, Felicity | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| HAYES, Richard | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| HENRY, Colleen | Chief Scientist's Branch | Orange (head office) | |
| HERD, Robert | Agriculture | ||
| HETHERINGTON, Shane | Agriculture | Orange (head office) | |
| HEYSTEK, Fritz | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Weeds Research | |
| HICK, Paul | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| HIRST, Phillip | Agriculture | ||
| HOLLOWAY, Joanne | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| HOLMAN, Benjamin | Agriculture | Cowra | |
| HOLZAPFEL, Bruno | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| HOPKINS, David | Agriculture | Cowra | |
| HOSSAIN, Mustafa Kamal | Agriculture | ||
| HUGHES, Julian | Fisheries | Mosman | |
| HUIQUAN, Bi | Forestry | Forest Science | Parramatta |
| HUME, Iain | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| HUWER, Ruth | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Alstonville (NSW CTH) | |
| JACKSON, Stephen | Agriculture | Orange (head office) | |
| JENKINS, Abigail | Agriculture | ||
| JENKINS, Cheryl | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| JIA, Yan | Agriculture | ||
| JOHNSON (MANNING), Leah | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| KARDAILSKY, Igor | Agriculture | Parramatta | |
| KATHURIA, Amrit | Biometrics (Chief Scientist's Branch) | Biometrics | Parramatta |
| KEEN, Brad | Agriculture | ||
| KELLY, Georgina | Agriculture | West Pennant Hills | |
| KERR, Matthew | Agriculture | Cowra | |
| KHAIRO, Salahadin | Economics | Economics Research | Orange (head office) |
| KIMBER, Stephen | Water | ||
| KIRKLAND, Peter | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| KNOTT, Nathan | Fisheries | Huskisson | |
| KOETZ, Eric | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| LANE, Chris | Biosecurity and Food Safety | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| LARSEN, Dave | Chief Scientist's Branch | Narrabri | |
| LAW, Bradley | Forestry | Forest Science | Parramatta |
| LI, Guangdi | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| LINDBECK, Kurt | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| LIU, De Li | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| LOECKER, Birgit | Biosecurity and Food Safety | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| LOWRY, Michael | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| LUCKETT, David | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| LYONS, Nicolas | Agriculture | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| MACCALLUM, Richard | Agriculture | Condoblin | |
| MAGNER, Nelson | Chief Scientist's Branch | ||
| MAINA, Solomon | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| MAJZOOBI, Mahsa | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| MALCOLM, Hamish | Fisheries | Coffs Harbour | |
| MARSH, Ian | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| MARTIN, Carol | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| McCLINTOCK, Anthea | Agriculture | Orange (head office) | |
| MCCONNACHIE, Andrew | Biosecurity and Food Safety | ||
| McCONNACHIE, Sue | Chief Scientist's Branch | Orange (head office) | |
| MCDONALD, Sarah | Agriculture | Trangie | |
| McDOUGALL, Sandra | Agriculture | Yanco | |
| McGOWEN, Ian | Agriculture | Orange (head office) | |
| MCLEOD, Malem | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| McLEOD, Ross | Chief Scientist's Branch | Tamworth | |
| McLEOD, Steve | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Tocal | |
| MCMASTER, Colin | Agriculture | Cowra | |
| McMULLEN, Guy | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| McPHEE, Malcolm | Agriculture | Armidale (Livestock Industries Centre) | |
| MEEK, Paul | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Coffs Harbour | |
| MENSAH, Robert | Agriculture | Northern Cropping Systems | |
| MENZ, Ian | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| MEYER, Richard | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| MILES, Nathan | Fisheries | Naranderra | |
| MILGATE, Andrew | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| MILLER, Michelle | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| MITCHELL, David | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| MO, Jianhua | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Yanco | |
| MOLONEY, Barbara | Agriculture | Orange (head office) | |
| MOLTSCHANIWSKYJ, Natalie | Chief Scientist's Branch | Grafton | |
| MONKS, Dave | Agriculture | Dareton | |
| MOORE, Kevin | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| MORRIS, Stephen | Biometrics (Chief Scientist's Branch) | Wollongbar | |
| MORTIMER, Sue | Agriculture | Trangie | |
| MUIRHEAD, Lynette | Agriculture | ||
| MURPHY, Jeff | Fisheries | Wollongong | |
| MURPHY, Sean | Water | Tamworth | |
| MURRAY, Alex | Agriculture | Climate in Primary Industries | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) |
| MURRAY, Carly | Chief Scientist's Branch | Orange (head office) | |
| NACHIMUTHU, Gunasekhar | Agriculture | Narrabri | |
| NAPIER, Tony | Agriculture | Yanco | |
| NEWELL, Matthew | Agriculture | Cowra | |
| NICHOLAS, Adrian | Agriculture | Gosford | |
| NIMBS, Matt | Fisheries | ||
| NORTH, Sam | Agriculture | Deniliquin | |
| NORTON, Mark | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| O'CONNOR, Wayne | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| O'KEEFFE, Patricia | Chief Scientist's Branch | Orange (head office) | |
| O'ROURKE, Brendon | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| OLI, Prakash | Agriculture | Yanco | |
| ORCHARD, Beverley | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| OVENDEN, Ben | Agriculture | Yanco | |
| PARKS, Sophie | Agriculture | Gosford | |
| PEDDEMORS, Vic | Fisheries | Mosman | |
| PETERSWALD, Tyson | Chief Scientist's Branch | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| PETRONAITIS, Toni | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| PILTZ, John | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| PIROZZI, Igor | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| PLEMING, Denise | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| PLETT, Krista | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| PRESTON, Aaron | Agriculture | Weeds Research | Wagga Wagga |
| PURDY, Sarah | Chief Scientist's Branch | ||
| RAMACHANDRAN, Raj | Chief Scientist's Branch | Parramatta | |
| RAMAN, Harsh | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| RAMAN, Rosy | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| RAY, Kate | Chief Scientist's Branch | Wollongbar | |
| READ, Andrew | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| REES, Matt | Fisheries | Huskisson | |
| REFSHAUGE Gordon | Agriculture | Cowra | |
| REGAN, Peter | Water | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| RICHARDS, Jessica | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| RICHARDS, Mark | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| RIGG, Jessica | Agriculture | ||
| ROGIERS, Suzy | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| ROHAN, Maheswaran (Rohan) | Chief Scientist's Branch | Wagga Wagga | |
| RUST, Josh | Agriculture | ||
| SALVIN, Hannah | Agriculture | Armidale (Livestock Industries Centre) | |
| SAWYERS, Emma | Agriculture | ||
| SCHULTZ, Alex | Agriculture | Deniliquin | |
| SCHWENKE, Graeme | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| SEAGO, Ainsley | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| SHARMA, Niharika | Chief Scientist's Branch | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| SHARP, Trudy | Biosecurity and Food Safety | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| SIMMONS, Aaron | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| SIMPFENDORFER, Steven | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| SIMPSON, Jacquelyn | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| SIMPSON, Marja | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| SINCLAIR, Katrina | Agriculture | Wollongbar | |
| SISSONS, Mike | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| SMOOTHEY, Amy | Fisheries | Mosman | |
| SNELL, Peter | Agriculture | Yanco | |
| SPIERS, Zoe | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| SRIVASTAVA, Mukesh | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| STEPHEN, Luke | Agriculture | Armidale (Livestock Industries Centre) | |
| STEVENS, Mark | Agriculture | Yanco | |
| STEWART, John | Fisheries | Mosman | |
| STOCKS, Jerom | Fisheries | Batemans Bay | |
| STONE, Christine | Forestry | Forest Science | Parramatta |
| SUN, Daowei | Agriculture | Narrabri | |
| SWADLING, Daniel | Fisheries | ||
| TAGGART, Patrick | Agriculture | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| TAN, Mui-Keng | Agriculture | ||
| TAVAKKOLI, Ehsan | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| TAYLOR, Matt | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| THIEM, Jason | Fisheries | Naranderra | |
| THORNBOROUGH, Kate | Fisheries | Mosman | |
| TODD, Jessica | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Bathurst | |
| TOOHEY, Edwina | Agriculture | Dubbo | |
| TREBILCO, Amy | Chief Scientist's Branch | ||
| TROLDAHL, David | Agriculture | Yanco | |
| TURTON, Kulan | Agriculture | ||
| UDDIN, Jasim | Agriculture | Trangie | |
| UPPAL, Rajneet | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| van der MEULEN, Dylan | Fisheries | Batemans Bay | |
| VAN LEUR, Joop | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| VAN ZWIETEN, Lukas | Agriculture | Wollongbar | |
| VANCOV, Tony | Water | Wollongbar | |
| VANDINE, Liette | Chief Scientist's Branch | Parramatta | |
| VARDANEGA, Molly | Biosecurity and Food Safety | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| WALMSLEY, Brad | Agriculture | ||
| WALSH, Chris | Fisheries | Batemans Bay | |
| WANG, Bin | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| WARD, Rachelle | Agriculture | Yanco | |
| WATERS, Cathleen | Agriculture | Trangie | |
| WATSON, Andrew | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Yanco | |
| Webster, John | Biosecurity and Food Safety | EMAI (Menangle) | |
| WECKERT, Melanie | Agriculture | Wagga Wagga | |
| WEINERT, Matt | Agriculture | Wollongbar | |
| WEST, Greg | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| WEST, Peter | Biosecurity and Food Safety | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| WHATMUFF, Mark | Agriculture | ||
| WHEELER, Dave | Chief Scientist's Branch | OAI (Orange Ag Institute) | |
| WILLIAMS, Joel | Fisheries | Port Stephens | |
| WOOD, Jenny | Agriculture | Tamworth | |
| WRIGHT, Daniel | Fisheries | Naranderra | |
| WU, Hanwen | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Wagga Wagga | |
| XIMENES, Fabiano | Forestry | Forest Science | Parramatta |
| ZHU, Xiaocheng | Biosecurity and Food Safety | Wagga Wagga |
