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Staff profiles
Managing Director
Research
- Markus Herderich, Group Manager - Research
- Anthony Borneman, Principal Research Scientist - Molecular Biology
- Leigh Francis, Research Manager - Sensory and Flavour
- Simon Schmidt, Research Manager
- Paul Smith, Research Manager - Chemistry
- Keren Bindon, Senior Research Scientist
- Yoji Hayasaka, Senior Research Scientist - Waite Campus Mass Spectrometry Facility
- Paul Henschke, Emeritus Fellow
- Sakkie Pretorius, Honorary Fellow
- Cristian Varela, Senior Research Scientist
- Michael Roach, Bioinformatician
- Angus Forgan, Research Laboratory Manager
- Marlize Bekker, Research Scientist
- Dimitra Capone, Research Scientist
- Peter Costello, Research Scientist
- Julie Culbert, Research Scientist
- Martin Day, Research Scientist
- Toni Garcia Cordente, Research Scientist
- Richard Gawel, Research Scientist
- Josh Hixson, Research Scientist
- Dariusz Kutyna, Research Scientist
- Jacqui McRae, Research Scientist
- Agnieszka Mierczynska-Vasilev, Research Scientist
- Jennifer Bellon, Senior Scientist
- Mango Parker, Senior Scientist
- Wes Pearson, Senior Scientist
- Tracey Siebert, Senior Scientist
- Patricia Williamson, Senior Scientist
- Gayle Baldock, Scientist
- Sheridan Barter, Scientist
- Stella Kassara, Scientist
- Alexander Schulkin, Scientist
- Mark Solomon, Scientist
- Caroline Bartel, Technical Officer
- Laura Bey, Technical Officer
- Eleanor Bilogrevic, Technical Officer - Sensory Analyst
- Kathleen Cuijvers, Technical Officer
- Simon Dillon, Technical Officer
- Damian Espinase Nandorfy, Technical Officer - Sensory Analyst
- Stephen Johnson, Technical Officer
- Charlotte Jordans, Technical Officer
- Radka Kolouchova, Technical Officer
- Jelena Jovanovic, Purchasing Officer
- Lisa Hartmann, PhD Student
- Ryan Zeppel, PhD Student
SA Metabolomics Facility
Industry Development and Support
- Con Simos, Group Manager - Industry Development and Support
- Linda Bevin, Information and Knowledge Manager
- Adrian Coulter, Senior Oenologist
- Geoff Cowey, Senior Oenologist
- Peter Dry, Emeritus Fellow
- Marcel Essling, Senior Viticulturist
- Matthew Holdstock, Senior Oenologist
- Mardi Longbottom, Senior Viticulturist
- Paul Petrie, Viticulture Scientist (Research and Extension)
- Creina Stockley, Health and Regulatory Information Manager
- John Gledhill, Winemaker
- Francesca Blefari, Events and Projects Manager
- Jorge Comahig, Sharepoint Implementation Specialist
- Virginia Phillips, Events and Projects Coordinator
- Anne Lord, Librarian
- Michael Downie, Library and Information Services Coordinator
Industry Engagement and Application
Commercial Services
- Eric Wilkes, Group Manager - Commercial Services
- Neil Scrimgeour, Senior Scientist
- Simon Nordestgaard, Senior Engineer
- Leanne Hoxey, Quality Systems and Laboratory Manager
- Randell Taylor, Manager Trace Laboratory
- Tadro Abbott, Project Engineer
- Kieran Hirlam, Project Engineer
- Amy Rinaldo, Project Scientist - Microbiology
- Kerry Pinchbeck, Scientist
- Pamela Solomon, Scientist
- Heather Tosen, Scientist
- Bryan Newell, Senior Laboratory Technician
- Melissa Aitchison, Laboratory Technician
- Josh Clift, Laboratory Technician
- Jesse Hall, Laboratory Technician
- Jacinta McAskill, Laboratory Technician
- Tim Reilly, Laboratory Technician
- Marco Schoeman, Laboratory Technician
- Matthew Wheal, Laboratory Technician
- Brigitte Lynch, Customer Services Supervisor
- Robyn Gleeson, Customer Service Officer
- Jillian Lee, Customer Service Officer
Corporate Services
- Chris Day, Group Manager Corporate Services
- Catherine Borneman, Accountant
- Mark Braybrook, Operations Manager
- Adam Holland, IT Manager
- Alfons Cuijvers, Human Resources Coordinator
- Pauline Jorgensen, Finance Officer
- Fang Tang, Finance Officer
- Kylee Watson, Finance Officer
- Kate Beames, Conference Manager - AWITC
- Jennifer O'Mahony, Receptionist
- Deborah Thornton-Wakeford, Receptionist