Meet the Team

January 2025 All TERN Staff Group Photo

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

Jill Penridge - TERN Associate Director

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

Headshot of Dr Alison Specht smiling at the camera | Featured Image for Meet the Team page by TERN.

Ecosystem Research Analyst

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

Landscapes Co-Lead

Landscapes Co-Lead

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)

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