Meet our remarkable people
The Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security has a diverse group of researchers, affiliates and professional staff. To find out more about our members’ individual research strengths and PhD supervision, follow the links to their Griffith Experts profiles.
Director
Professor Hamish McCallum
Professor McCallum is a quantitative ecologist with a particular interest in modelling the dynamics, impact and transmission of parasites and pathogens in wildlife populations. This research has two broad applications: in conservation biology and in managing zoonotic pathogens. He also conducts fundamental research on the effects of climate change and habitat destruction on disease emergence.
Deputy Director
Associate Professor Leah Burns
Georgette Leah Burns is an Environmental Anthropologist who specialises in human interactions with nature. This ranges from research topics on sustainable rural development to ethical management of wildlife tourism. Leah is a foundation member of both the Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security at Griffith, and the Wildlife Tourism Australia organisation.
Full and associate members
Biodiversity Conservation
- Associate Professor Ali Chauvenet (Theme leader)
- Dr Jennifer Allen
- Dr Alex Braczkowski
- Associate Professor Leah Burns
- Associate Professor Guy Castley
- Professor Charles Lawson
- Associate Professor Sama Low Choy
- Dr Laura Grogan
- Dr Douglas Kerlin
- Professor Brendan Mackey
- Professor Hamish McCallum
- Dr Clare Morrison
- Dr Paul Oliver
- Dr Alison Peel
- Professor Catherine Pickering
Sustainable Agricultural Systems
- Dr Ido Bar (theme leader)
- Dr Fawad Ali
- Dr Timothy Blumfield
- Associate Professor Jeremy Brownlie
- Dr Brittany Elliott
- Professor Rebecca Ford
- Dr Michael Farrar
- Dr Elektra Grant
- Associate Professor Shahla Hosseini Bai
- Dr Jonathan Wanderley Lawley
- Dr Negar Omidvar
- Dr Prabhakaran Sambasivam
- Professor Stephen Trueman
- Dr Rachele Wilson
- Professor Zhihong Xu
Zoonotic and Wildlife Disease Ecology
- Dr Alison Peel (Theme Leader)
- Dr Douglas Kerlin
- Eloise Skinner
- Dr Laura Grogan
- Professor Hamish McCallum
Chemical Pollution
- Professor Susan Bengston Nash (Theme Leader)
- Dr Jennifer Allen
- Dr Michaela Lerch
Human/Nature Interactions
Ecosystem Carbon Futures
Adjunct members
- Louise Ashton
- Ian Bally
- Sandra Berry
- Duan Biggs
- Amy Blacker
- Sonya Clegg
- Richard Donaghey
- Peggy Eby
- William Feeney
- Amanda Freeman
- Hossein Ghadiri
- Ruma Ghosh
- Susan Gould
- Ronda Green
- Russel Haines
- Willow Hallgren
- Jizheng He
- Paula Ibell
- Chris E. Johnson
- Stephen Joseph
- Wiebke Kaemper
- Chat Kanchana-Udomkan
- Jon Knight
- Peter Lindsey
- Sarah Maunsell
- Esther Onyango
- Raina Plowright
- Kent Redford
- Frederique Reverchon
- Nicolas Spilmont
- Iman Tahmasbian
- Helen Wallace
- Rongxiao Che
- Zhiliang Cheng
- Jiancai Deng
- Li Fu
- Ruiz Aravena Manuel
- David Salles
- Sabrina Shu
- Waicheng Thang
- Dan Xiao
- Ms Yan Xu
- Juan Zhang
- Weiping Zhang
- Qingzhou Zhao
Research Higher Degree Students
- Akanksha Akanksha
- Kim Sze Tieng Ang
- Rafaela Barbosa de Andrade Aragao
- Yifan Bai
- Alexandre Bernier Graveline
- Abigail Brown
- Alexandra Bubniak
- Nidhi Chakma
- Moutoshi Chakraborty
- Linhai Cheng
- Gemma Cobb
- Ewan Dalladay
- Alaire Davis
- Carrie Deutsche
- Ellen Ditria
- Brad Dreis
- Leandra Fernandes
- Matin Ghaheri
- Jane Hall
- Bradley Harding
- Hiu Wai Ho
- Tyler Hoffman
- Kenneth Horrigan
- Md. Hafiz Hosen
- Josephine Humphries
- Joel Irwin
- Anuradhi Jayasinghe
- Brent Jones
- Naila Kanwal
- Gurpreet Singh Khalsa
- Kate Kingston
- Cameron Lee
- Paula Marie Lewis
- Yinan Li
- Belinda Linnegar
- Josh Lomax
- Madelyn Mangan
- Raphael Mayaud
- Kalara McGregor
Mahmuda Binte Monsur
- Kevin Moore
- Ryan Newis
- John Van Osta
- Erika Oteri
- Kushani Perera
- Sharma Preeti
- Lucy Ransome
- Avirup Sanyal
- Isabella Smith
- Amal Succarie
- Weiling Sun
- Tanzena Tanny
- Jigme Thinley
- Gaganpreet Tiwana
- Janne Torkkola
- Samantha Webster
- Gamage Wijewickrama
- Hayley Wilson
- Ya Zhang
- Xue Zhao