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
- Associate Professor Anik Bhaduri
- Dr Christopher Brown
- Professor Michele Burford
- Dr Ryan Burrows
- Dr Samantha Capon
- Professor Chengrong Chen
- Professor Rod Connolly
- Associate Professor Guillermo Diaz-Pulido
- Dr Vanessa e Souza Reis
- Dr Maryam Esfandbod
- Dr Hannah Franklin
- Dr Marieke Frassl
- Associate Professor Albert Gabric
- Dr Amy George
Research Assistants
- Dr Wade Hadwen
- Dr Syezlin Hassan
- Professor Sue Jackson
- Dr Habtamu Kassahun
- Dr Justine Kemp
- Associate Professor Mark Kennard
- Dr Sarah Laborde
- Professor Frederic Leusch
- Dr Simon Linke
- Dr Jing Lu
- Dr Carmel McDougall
- Dr Jodie Mehrtens
- Dr Steven Melvin
- Dr Christopher Ndehedehe
- Professor Jon Olley
- Dr Gary Palmer
- Professor Ned Pankhurst
Technical Staff
- Mr Rad Bak—Technical Officer
- Dr Ryan Pearson
- Professor Kylie Pitt
- Dr Mehran Rezaei Rashti
- Dr Melanie Roberts
- Dr Dan Schmidt
- Professor Fran Sheldon
- Dr Michael Sievers
- Associate Professor Jim Smart
- Dr Tim Stevens
- Dr Ben Stewart-Koster
- Professor Poh-Ling Tan
- Vivitskaia Tulloch-McShane
- Dr Mischa Turschwell
- Dr Jason Van de Merwe
- Dr Michael Venarsky
- Dr Man Xiao
- Professor Bofu Yu
Professional Staff
- Ms Susan Lockwood-Lee - EA to Director and Deputy Director
- Ms Ana Veamatahau - Administration Coordinator
- Mr Thomas Pitts - Marketing and Communications Officer
- Mr Lindsay Bradford - Senior Software Engineer
- Mr Eric Jinks - Senior Software Engineer
- Dr Thomas Rayner - Science Communications Officer
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.
