Stewardship

  • Kerrie Mengersen

    Kerrie’s focus is on using and developing new statistical and computational methods that can help to solve complex problems in the real world. These problems are in the fields of environment, genetics, health and medicine, and industry. Her research expertise includes Bayesian statistics, hierarchical modelling and complex systems. She is currently the director of the…

  • Stuart Kaye

    Stuart Kaye is Director and Professor of Law within the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security. He was formerly the Dean of Law at the University of Western Australia, having been appointed Winthrop Professor of Law in July 2010. He held a Chair in Law at the University of Melbourne from 2006 to…

  • Felipe Gonzalez

    Felipe’s research interests are in creating aerial robots and drones that possess a high level of cognition, using efficient on-board computer algorithms. He applies advanced optimisation and game theory approaches that help to understand and improve the physical and natural world. 

  • Johan Barthélemy

    Johan is a Senior Developer Relations Manager in the Strategic Researcher Engagement team at NVIDIA, supporting researchers in the APAC region to accelerate their AI applications, and an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong. Prior to his role at NVIDIA he led the SMART Internet of Things Hub (IoT) and the Digital Living…

  • Matthew Adams

    Matthew is an applied mathematical modeller of environmental and biological systems, with a strong interest in using these models to inform decision-making. His work aims to bridge the gaps between modellers and decision-makers, by showing how mathematics can be used to gain substantial insights into how environmental systems function as well as inform their management….

  • Steven Chown

    Professor Steven Chown is an award-winning biologist and one of the most highly cited researchers working on Antarctic environmental science and policy. He has represented the science community in the Antarctic Treaty System in a variety of roles, notably as President of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) (2016-2021) and as SCAR’s representative to…

  • Sharon Robinson

    Sharon researches how Antarctic plants respond to climate change. She uses radiocarbon signatures left behind in the atmosphere by nuclear testing to date mosses and track environmental change around the coast of Antarctica. Her group identifies the sunscreens that plants make to protect themselves from elevated UV-B radiation resulting from ozone depletion. She is currently…

  • Kerrie Wilson

    Professor Kerrie Wilson is the Chief Scientist of the Queensland Government and a Chief Investigator with SAEF. Prior to this she was the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Sustainability and Research Integrity) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and SAEF’s Deputy Director of Career Development. Kerrie joined QUT in January 2019 and was the Executive Director of the…

  • Michael Bode

    Michael is SAEF’s Deputy Director of Capability Development, based at the Queensland University of Technology. Michael’s research program in SAEF focused on the conservation of Antarctic biodiversity, and specifically on how the unusual structures and dynamics of Antarctic governance affect what conservation science can achieve. Michael is a mathematician, and he is therefore also interested…

  • Kate Helmstedt

    Kate uses maths and data science to help understand and manage threatened ecological systems and species. Kate’s research expertise is in using optimisation and modelling to guide smart decision making for biodiversity conservation. The ultimate goal of her research is to guide future management decisions towards cost efficiency, transparency and defensibility. “Now is the time…