Meet the Team

At TERN, our team combines diverse expertise to support Australian Earth and Environment researchers in their quest to
- maintain research excellence
- increase innovation and translation research outcomes
- address emerging research challenges
TERN at University of Queensland

Executive Director, TERN Australia

Associate Director, Operations

Data Services and Analytics Lead

Manager, Futures

Project Manager

Education and Training Manager

Senior Project Coordinator, Environmental Data in Education

Senior Project Coordinator, CoastRI – OzSET

Senior Project Coordinator, CoastRI – OzSET

Manager, Strategic Engagement

Social Media Project Officer

Graphic Designer and Administrative Assistant

Website Expansion Assistant

Project Manager – Threatened Species Index

Science Advisor – Threatened Species Index

Project Officer – Threatened Species Index

Principal Data Scientist, Wildlife Observatory of Australia

Solutions Architect

Senior Software Engineer

Research Data Analyst

Senior Software Engineer

Software Engineer

Data Engineer

Software Engineer

Software Developer

Data Engineer

Research Data Officer

Principal Project Officer
Megan Edward
Yong Liaw
Alex Bezzina
TERN at JCU

Ecosystem Processes Lead

Ecosystem Processes Coordinator

Ecosystem Processes Administrative Coordinator
TERN at CSIRO
Aaron Hawdon
Aarond Dino
Alison O’Donnell
Andrew Hoskins
Andrew Prata
Anna Richards
Anthony Nadelko
Ashley Sommer
Brendan Malone
Catherine Ticehurst
Chiara Pasut
Christina Asanopoulos
Daniel Pagendam
Darin Hodgson
David Biggins
David Forrester
David McJannet
Dejun Cai
Drew Terasaki Hart
Edward King
Felipe Albornoz Ramirez
Gordon McLachlan
Helen Murphy
Jack Vernon
Jacqueline England
James Moloney
Jamie Vleeshouwer
Janine McGowan
Jonathan Yu
Jordan Marano
Jordan Munnerley
Kahill Mitchell
Keryn Paul
Kristen Williams
Mark Kitchen
Matthew Stenson
Melissa Piper
Micah Davies
Prathyusha Reddy Talla
Punjehl Crane
Randall Donohue
Robert Bridgart
Roozbeh Valavi
Ross Searle
Sabastine Ugbaje
Sana Khan
Sarah Luxton
Senani Karunaratne
Shaun Brooks
Shaun Levick
Sicong Gao
Simon Ferrier
Sophie Gilbey
Sreekanth Janardhanan
Stephanie Johnson
Stephen Roxburgh
Stirling Roberton
Suzanne Prober
Tanya Doody
Thomas Lowe
Tom Van Niel
Timothy McVicar
Victoria Smith
Xueyu Zhao
Yi Qin
Yingping Wang
Yingying Yu
TERN at University of Adelaide

TERN Ecosystem Surveillance Lead

TERN Ecosytem Surveillance Operations Manager
Dr Wayne Meyer
Alena Gerlek
Carly Steen
Caleb Coish
Michael Starkey
Luke Finn
Kirrily Blaylock
Lisa Wood
Carla Franson
Andrew Tokmakoff
Luke Derby
Katie Irvine
Walid Al Naim
Huy Vo
Jin Zhou
Tom Antonic
Ellen Kilpatrick
Mark Laws
Nikki Francis
Tamara Finlayson
Greg Guerin
Irene Martin-Forés
Megan Jenssen
Troy Bektas
Mark Laws
Regional Ambassadors
Talk to a local representative of TERN
NSW
- Professor Glenda Wardle (University of Sydney)
- Professor Graciela Metternicht (Western Sydney University)
Victoria
- Professor Stefan Arndt (University of Melbourne)
Tasmania
- Professor Mark Hovenden (University of Tasmania)
South Australia
- Dr Katie Irvine (University of Adelaide)
Western Australia
- Dr Caitlin Moore (The University of Western Australia)
- Dr Tom van Neil (CSIRO)
Northern Territory
- Professor Lindsay Hutley (Charles Darwin University)
- Dr Donna Lewis (Adelaide University)
Australian Capital Territory
- Dr Suzanne Prober (CSIRO)
Queensland
- Professor Will Edwards (James Cook University)
- Dr Eleanor Velasquez (University of Queensland)
Honorary Fellows
- Dr Tim Clancy (NT Govt)
- Dr Alex Held (CSIRO)
- Dr Bek Christensen (NRM Regions Australia)
- Mike Grundy (Independent – TERN Specialist Adviser)