Our staff

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Staff profiles

Kristen Brodison
Research Scientist

Kristen is a research scientist with 23 years' experience working in perennial horticulture.

Kristen currently leads the Australian National Apple Breeding Program (ANABP). Her role requires the management of the...

kylie chambers
Research Scientist

Kylie is a Research Officer based in Northam with a focus on plant pathology. Her work currently focuses on disease epidemiology, farm testing of disease management...

Laura Fagan - Team member
Development Officer

My current role involves developing mobile applications (MyPestGuide™) to support the collection of e-surveillance data and provide evidence of pest absence.  This evidence will be used to develop and maintain continued...

Headshot of Lewis Mavrantonis
Rural Business Development Unit, Project Manager (Acting)

I am the Project Manager of the Rural Business Development Unit (RBDU) at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA). The RBDU designs, develops, and administers schemes of assistance for farming...

Louis Schelfhout
Technical Officer

Louis is a Technical Officer based at the Carnarvon Research Station. He is responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of field trials, which includes undertaking data collection.

Louis is looking forward to...

Manisha Shankar
Senior Research Scientist

Manisha is a Senior Plant Pathologist at DPIRD and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia. Her program focuses on enhancing resistance to foliar diseases of wheat through the development of...

Marc Widmer
Senior Technical Officer

I manage the European wasp program, successful in keeping this pest from establishing in WA for 39 years.  I am also involved in Community Surveillance and have extensive experience in public address and media liaison...

Mark Beavon
Field Research Facility Manager

Mark manages the operation and maintenance of the Merredin research facilities.

Mark Seymour
Senior Research Scientist

Mark currently leads the DPIRD/Grains Research and Development Corporation co-funded “High Value Pulses – raising awareness, optimising yield and expanding the area of lentil, chickpea and faba bean in Western Australia...

Martin Harries
Research Scientist

Martin is a research agronomist for the DPIRD/Grains Research and Development Corporation co-funded Tactical Break Crop Agronomy Project. He test’s new agronomy for break crops in both small plot and farmer sown trials....

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