Our staff

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Staff profiles

Rosalie McCauley
Development Officer

I am the project manager of the Grains Biosecurity Planning project within the grains industry directorate. My role is to work with grains industry stakeholders to improve grains industry surveillance and diagnosis,...

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Research Scientist - Soil Management

Rushna researches soil-plant nutrition and micro-water harvesting for sodic soil management. Her career goals are to apply science, technology, and research to the agriculture...

Sally Peltzer
Manager Crop Protection

Dr Peltzer leads the Crop Protection portfolio that focusses on the management of pests, diseases and weeds in Western Australian cropping systems. This includes 21 projects, many of which are co-funded by the Grains...

Salzar Rahman
Technical Officer

Salzar is based at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Northam office and is responsible for the establishment and management of two GRDC funded projects. These address the sowing season window...

Sam Kent
Trainee Technical Officer

Based at the Carnarvon Research Station, Sam is a Trainee Technical Officer. He is keen to pursue a career in agriculture and is currently completing his Certificate in Horticulture.

Sam is learning how to...

Sam Richards
Technical Officer

Based in Esperance, Sam works on sodic soils, soil amelioration and re-engineering soils research projects as a Technical Officer. She is currently working on a research project that aims to deliver the best agronomic...

Sandra Prosser
Development Officer

Sandra is a Development Officer based in Esperance and working in the Farming Systems Innovation (FSI) Directorate. Her focus is supporting regional client delivery by providing and maintaining regional statistic-based...

Sarah Collins
Research Scientist

Sarah has more than 20 years’ experience in plant pathology and leads DPIRD’s nematology team in research to help growers mitigate economic loss caused by plant parasitic nematodes in both horticultural and broadacre...

Sarah Nolan
Research Scientist

Sarah is a research scientist specialising in field pathology. She is the department’s first plant pathologist based in the Kimberley region and has built relationships with local industry and stakeholders to understand...

Shahab Pathan
Research Officer

My role involves working with DPIRD’s researchers and grower groups in the WA grains industry and overseeing soils research trials and extension, and the implementation of the DPIRD Research, Development and Extension (...

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