Meet the team who make up Australian Rivers Institute
Our team members have a wide range of expertise.
Follow the links to our researchers' Griffith Experts profiles to find out more about our individual strengths and research candidate supervision.
Research Staff
- Dr Fernanda Adame
- Dr Stephen Balcombe
- Dr Edoardo Bertone
- Associate Professor Anik Bhaduri
- Dr Christopher Brown
- Dr Christina Buelow
- Professor Michele Burford
- Associate Professor Samantha Capon
- Professor Chengrong Chen
- Professor Rod Connolly
- Associate Professor Guillermo Diaz-Pulido
- Dr Vanessa e Souza Reis
- Dr Kimberly Finlayson
- Dr Hannah Franklin
- Associate Professor Albert Gabric
- Dr Johnvie Goloran
- Dr Wade Hadwen
- Dr Syezlin Hasan
- Dr Matthew Hayes
- Professor Sue Jackson
- Dr So Young Jeong
- Dr Habtamu Kassahun
- Dr Justine Kemp
- Associate Professor Mark Kennard
- Dr Sarah Laborde
- Dr Chantal Lanctot
- Professor Frederic Leusch
- Dr Yantao Li
- Dr Simon Linke
- Dr Jing Lu
- Dr Eva McClure
- Dr Carmel McDougall
- Mr Joe McMahon
- Dr Steven Melvin
- Dr Christopher Ndehedehe
- Dr Peta Neale
- Dr Kaitlyn O'Mara
- Dr Ryan Pearson
- Professor Kylie Pitt
- Dr Chris Pratt
- Dr Mehran Rezaei Rashti
- Dr Melanie Roberts
Research Staff
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Research Assistants
- Ms Ann Chuang
- Mr Graeme Curwen
- Ms Ellen Ditria
- Mr Stephen Faggotter
- Ms Vanessa Fry
- Ms Leigh Gould
- Mr Jeremy Hauw
- Ms Briana Holgate
- Dr Zhongming (Bruce) Lan
- Ms Nikolina Nenadic
- Ms Chantal Saint Ange
Technical Staff
- Mr Rad Bak—Technical Officer
Professional Staff
- Ms Susan Lockwood-Lee - EA to Director and Deputy Director
- Ms Ana Veamatahau - Administration Coordinator
- Mr Thomas Pitts - Marketing and Communications Officer
- Dr Lindsay Bradford - Senior Software Engineer
- Mr Eric Jinks - Senior Software Engineer
- Dr Maryam Esfandbod - Research Project Manager
Adjunct staff
We have more than 50 adjunct staff, ranging from professors to research fellows.

Research candidates
Meet the higher degree by research students currently affiliated with ARI.
