International Women’s Day 8 March 2020 On International Women’s Day, ACOLA would like to thank and pay tribute to the many outstanding women who provide ACOLA with expert advice, guidance and support. Thank you to these amazing women for their contribution to ACOLA’s recent reports
Professor Ian Woodhead Professor Ian Woodhead is Lincoln Agritech’s Chief Scientist and Group Manager of the Lincoln Technology Group. With almost 40 years’ experience in sensor development, his main research interests are measuring the broadband dielectric properties of composite materials including water content, physical measurements using microwave and mm waves, and high speed electronics. Professor…
Dr Peter DoddsFAA Dr Peter Dodds is a Chief Scientist at CSIRO Agriculture&Food where he leads a team developing genetic tools to improve the control of important rust diseases of wheat. Dr Dodds received a Bsc(hons) in 1991 and a PhD degree in 1996 from the University of Melbourne, Australia. After a postdoctoral stint at…
Professor John FreebairnFASSA Professor John Freebairn holds the Ritchie chair in economics at the University of Melbourne. He has degrees from the University of New England and the University of California, Davis. Prior to joining Melbourne in 1996, his preceding career includes university appointments at the ANU, LaTrobe and Monash, and periods with the NSW…
Kylie Walker Audit, Risk and Finance Committee Member of the Australian Council of Learned Academies Limited, Appointed 2020. Kylie Walker is CEO of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) and Chair of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO. She specialises in connecting technologists, engineers and scientists with governments, business, media and society -…
Dr Kate Fairley-GrenotFAICD FTSE Dr Kate Fairley-Grenot has a 25-year professional services background that spans business, societal and technical dimensions. Originally a biophysicist at Sydney and Harvard Universities, Kate’s third degree is from Sussex University and specific to science and technology policy. Management consulting projects and directorships have been accompanied by life-long learning, including micro-credentials…
Professor Barbara HowlettFAA Barbara Howlett is an Honorary Professor in the School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne. She has worked in research areas including influenza, bacterial memory, pollen allergy, nitrogen fixation and plant disease. Her major interest is blackleg, a fungal disease that limits canola production worldwide. She has developed molecular genetic tools…
Professor Salah SukkariehFTSE Salah Sukkarieh is the Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the University of Sydney, and is the CEO of Agerris, a new Agtech startup company from the ACFR developing autonomous robotic solutions to improve agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability He was the Director Research and Innovation at the Australian Centre for…
Professor Tania sorrellAM FAHMS Professor Tania Sorrell AM, FAHMS, is Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases and Director of the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney; Group Leader, the Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, NSW; and Service Director, Infectious Diseases and Sexual Health, Western Sydney…
Professor Elspeth ProbynFAHA, FASSA Professor Elspeth Probyn FAHA, FASSA is Professor of Gender & Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. She has published several ground-breaking monographs including Sexing the Self (Routledge, 1993), Outside Belongings (Routledge, 1996), Carnal Appetites (Routledge, 2000), Blush: Faces of Shame (Minnesota, 2006), Eating the Ocean (Duke, 2016), and over 200…