Our staff

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Staff profiles

Katherine Smart
Project Manager, Grains R&D entity Business Operations

I am responsible for the Grains R&D Business Development portfolio and also lead the $20M Royalties for Regions funded 'Boosting Grains R&D' project.  This focusses on the development of new infrastructure, new...

Kawsar Salam
Research Scientist

Dr Salam works in the crop disease modelling and forecasting group. Her primary responsibility is to develop and validate risk models highlighting the seasonal impacts of diseases in grain crops. This information is used...

Kaylie Simfendorfer
Team Leader

Kaylie is responsible for managing the Frank Wise Institute for Agriculture, where she oversees farm management and upgrades to farm technology.

Kaylie is passionate about cover cropping and sustainable farming...

Kelly Hill
Manager, Regional Intelligence and Adoption, Great Southern

Kelly works in the Farming Systems Innovation (FSI) Directorate, within the Primary Industries Development pillar. Part of a regionally based team, her focus is to enable innovative farming systems that create wealth and...

Kerry Regan - Grains Director
Director, Grains

As Director of Grains Research and Industry Development for the past 7 years, Kerry leads the team undertaking grains research and industry development to...

Kevin Gardiner
Senior Agricultural Operatives

Kevin has a long history with the department, having commenced in 1988 in Wokalup with the beef and dairy programs.

Currently based in Manjimup, Kevin is responsible for irrigation, fertigation, general farm work...

Kevin Lacey
Senior Technical Officer

Kevin commenced as a field assistant with the then Department of Agriculture’s Stoneville Research Station in 1979. He has gained over 40 years' experience working with pome, stone, and citrus crops in the main...

Kim Saligari
Technical Officer

Kim joined the department's Insect and Disease Management team in 2021. Her work has focused on insect pest management in the Ord River Irrigation Area. This has involved the trapping and monitoring of 6 lepidopteran...

King Yin Lui
Research Scientist

King Yin joined the Department in 2018 and has a strong rapport with local organisations and individuals in agricultural research, universities, independent agronomists, consultants and grower groups.

King Yin is...

Kith Jayasena
Research Scientist

Dr Jayasena joined the Albany district office in 1999 as a cereal pathologist. His research, currently supported by the Grain Research and Development Cooperation (GRDC), is focused on understanding the causes of major...

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