Our staff

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Staff profiles

Dustin Severtson
Development Officer

My role is in research, extension and training within the field of agricultural entomology for broad-scale grain and pasture production. The PestFax service is providing industry with timely information regarding pest...

Ed Barrett-Lennard
Principal Research Scientist

Ed is the leader of a GRDC project 'Managing sodic and magnesic soils' and a team member in a GRDC project on subsoil constraints. Australia has the most extensive area of sodic/magnesic soils in the world. One...

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Genetic Improvement Technical Officer

Edward Mwando joined DPIRD in May 2021 as a Technical Officer based at Merredin, where he is involved in...

Liz Mackle
Project Support Officer

During Liz’s time at DPIRD, developers have invested time to teach Liz Ionic framework methodologies and deployment processes to develop mobile applications. This has allowed Liz to complete the technical functionality...

Elliot Howse
Research Scientist

As an entomologist, Elliot is working to help horticultural industries manage pests of economic and quarantine concern. His experience includes production of sterile insect technique (SIT) of Mediterranean fruit fly and...

Esther Walker
Research Scientist

Esther is a Research Scientist supporting senior scientists in a GRDC funded project involving the genetic control of stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB). SNB is a...

Fumie Horiuchi
Modelling system developer

In her role as an application developer for the Systems Modelling team, Fumie has developed desktop, web and mobile application tools for agriculture industries. Her work involves planning, development and delivery, and...

Gaofeng Zhou
Research Scientist

Dr Zhou works on the Barley Genetics project with DPIRD and Murdoch University as part of Western Barley Genetics Alliance. This project focusses on aspects of lupin...

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Research Scientist – Reengineering Soil

Gaus leads Reengineering Soils project, involving laboratory, glasshouse and field-based experiments to...

Gavin Sarre
Manager - Field Research Operations

Gavin joined DPIRD in 2012 as a Senior Technical Officer with Soil Science and Crop Nutrition and Field Research Operations and has now taken on the role of Acting Manager - Field Research Operations since March 2023....

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