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.
Executive
Professor David Hamilton
Director, Australian Rivers Institute
Professor Mark Kennard
Deputy Director, Australian Rivers Institute
Professor Rod Connolly
Director, Coastal Marine Research Centre
Dr Regina Souter
Director, International WaterCentre
Ms Carolyn Parkinson
Senior Research Development Manager
Ms Nadine Painter
Institute Manager
Research staff
Professors and Associate Professors
- Professor Michele Burford
- Professor Samantha Capon
- Professor Chengrong Chen
- Professor Matthew Currell
- Professor Frederic Leusch
- Professor Sue Jackson
- Professor Kylie Pitt
- Professor Fran Sheldon
- Professor Bofu Yu
- Professor Guillermo Diaz-Pulido
- Associate Professor Fernanda Adame
- Associate Professor Md Sayed Iftekhar
- Associate Professor Brian McIntosh
- Associate Professor Jim Smart
Senior Research Fellows and Research Fellows
- Dr Heather Keith
- Dr Edoardo Bertone
- Dr Joseph Di Battista
- Dr Yunying Fang
- Dr Johnvie Goloran
- Dr Wade Hadwen
- Dr Syezlin Hasan
- Dr Christopher Ndehedehe
- Dr Peta Neale
- Dr Liliana Pagliero
- Dr Chris Pratt
- Dr Melanie Roberts
- Dr Michael Sievers
- Dr Tim Stevens
- Dr Ben Stewart-Koster
- Dr Jason van de Merwe
- Dr Christina Buelow
- Dr Orpheus Butler
- Dr Margaret Cook
- Dr Kimberly Finlayson
- Dr Lukas Folkman
- Dr Hannah Franklin
- Dr Jianyin (Leslie) Huang
- Dr Natalie Jones
- Dr Caitie Kuempel
- Dr Zhongming (Bruce) Lan
- Dr Chantal Lanctot
- Dr Mark Love
- Dr Jing Lu
- Dr Steven Melvin
- Dr Mehran Rezaei Rashti
- Dr Andres Felipe Suarez Castro
- Dr Jia Xu
Research Fellows (Early Career Researchers)
- Dr Apsara Amarasinghe
- Dr Luke Carpenter-Bundhoo
- Dr Jenny Fong
- Dr Leigh Gould
- Dr Rebekah Grieger
- Dr Ryan Heneghan
- Dr Cesar Herrera Acosta
- Dr Michael Klunzinger
- Dr Xiangyu Liu
- Dr Zainab Mahdi
- Dr Kaitlyn O'Mara
- Dr Niloofar Ordou
- Dr Rupesh Patil
- Dr Mohammadhassan Ranjbar
- Dr Benny Rousso
- Dr Rahat Shabir
- Dr Jackson Stockbridge
- Dr Jaramar Villarreal Rosas
- Dr Jenna Wraith
- Dr Shimaalsadat Ziajahromi
Research assistants
Professional staff
Australian Rivers Institute
- Ms Ana Veamatahau - EA to Director/Administration Coordinator, ARI
- Ms Jennifer Finigan - Administrative Support Officer, ARI
Project Staff
- Mr Justin Nicholls - Research Project Manager
- Dr Sebastian Lopez-Marcano - Senior Software Developer, GLOW
International Watercentre
- Ms Sarah Cochrane - Engagement Coordinator, Queensland Water Modelling Network Project
- Ms Kerryn Devenny - Project Coordinator, WASH and Integrated Water Management and Water Leadership Project
- Dr Piet Filet - Queensland Water Modelling Network Engagement and Collaboration Manager
- Ms Catherine Hanley - Project Officer, International Watercentre
- Ms Bronwyn Powell - Senior Project Manager, WASH and Integrated Water Management and Water Leadership Project
- Mr Peter Wegener - Senior Project Manager, Integrated Water Management and Water Leadership Project
Adjunct staff
We have more than 90 adjunct staff, ranging from professors to research fellows.
Research candidates
Meet the higher degree by research students currently affiliated with ARI.
