Dr John Whittington is the CEO of Blue Economy CRC. John has more than 20 years leadership experience across public, not-for-profit and research sectors. John has a PhD in algal physiology from the University of Adelaide and has postdoctoral experience [...]
Greg Johannes has more than 20 years of leadership experience in the Australian public, private, not-for-profit and research sectors. His roles have included Head of the State Service and Secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in Tasmania. In [...]
Professor Irene Penesis is the Research Director for the Blue Economy CRC. Irene was the bid leader responsible for developing the successful application to the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) program. Irene’s passion for a transition to renewable energy, [...]
Professor Chris Carter is Program Leader for Seafood and Marine Products in the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre and Professor of Aquaculture Nutrition at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS). His main interest is building sustainable aquaculture through [...]
Evan Gray has research interests focused on the physics of energy-related materials, including hydrogen storage materials and superconductors, and modelling energy systems. He has worked on materials for solid-state hydrogen storage for more than 30 years, using national and international [...]
Professor Chris Frid is committed to transdisciplinary research as the key to finding solutions to the grand challenges facing society and has worked with engineers, fishing gear technologists, political scientists, sociologists and economists. He was the lead ecologist in a [...]
Professor Lindsey White completed his PhD at the University of Auckland in 2001. He was awarded a three-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology and in 2004 took up a position as Senior Lecturer [...]
Jana works as a Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia focusing on ocean renewable energy; applying analytical, numerical and experimental skills to solve challenging problems in the field of hydrodynamics. Her work aims to advance fundamental understanding [...]
Remo has over 15 years of research experience in water engineering and joined the School of Civil Engineering at UQ in 2016. Remo’s research projects span over a range of topics such as marine renewable energy, hydrodynamics in coastal areas, [...]
My work is multi-disciplinary bringing together marine ecology, physiology, and biology with coastal and oceanographic modelling and engineering techniques. Three main interests include i) Investigating the environmental interactions of marine (wave and tide) energy converters ii) primary productivity of macroalgae [...]
Andrew Harris is a naval architect with 25 years of experience, primarily in UK naval ship procurement and in service support. He graduated with a Batchelor’s degree in ship science from the University of Southampton in 1995 and joined BMT [...]
Rhys Edwards is the principal of RDME Consulting a boutique consulting firm working with governments, universities and the private sector. Rhys is an experienced organisational leader having worked at the highest levels of the public sector including six years as [...]
Jonathan has a passion for technology commercialisation and renewable energy, while also being an ocean junkie - surfing, windsurfing and foiling at any opportunity. He combines these passions at Carnegie Clean Energy and has led the company as CEO since [...]
Matt Flood is one of the directors in the Sustainable Ocean Plan Taskforce in the Department of Climate Change, Energy the Environment and Water, with over 20 years’ experience in fisheries and aquaculture. He completed a PhD at the University [...]
Jodie Kuntzsch has 20 years’ experience leading collaborative projects across the global seafood industry. Working across four continents and hundreds of marine farms, fishing vessels, seafood factories and businesses she thrives on bringing together diverse stakeholders with a common purpose. [...]
Dyllon is an experienced Strategic Investments Manager with a wide variety of experience across renewable energy including hydrogen and industrial gas projects across the South Pacific. As an expert in development and commercialisation of strategic investments in air gases, carbon [...]
Hugh Wolgamot works on offshore hydrodynamics and wave-structure interaction problems, with application to offshore renewable energy (wave and floating wind). He has been working on wave energy since commencing his doctorate, received from the University of Oxford in 2014. Since [...]
Formerly system engineer and data analyst at Carnegie Clean Energy, Alex is now leading the technology development at Carnegie. Alex graduated with a Doctorate in Physics in 2010 and became a chartered engineer in 2018. Alex has been working with [...]
Christophe is an offshore geotechnical engineer and scientist with a focus on supporting and developing marine renewable energy using multidisciplinary approaches. Christophe has held several leadership roles, including Head of the Oceans Graduate School, Director of the National Geotechnical Centrifuge [...]
Angela Williamson recently joined the Blue Economy CRC as Director of Blue Policy & Planning. She brings a passion for sustainable oceans development and a wealth of experiences in government, political and private sector gained over the past two decades. [...]
Dr. Michael Heitzmann the Co-Director Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing with an expertise in advanced composite materials & processes and new product development. The centre brings together over 60 researchers and 100+ PhD students working on the Materials, [...]
Julie Petty has more than 14 years’ project management experience working in Australian agriculture, predominately horticulture and red meat, and is now working with SIA as the Policy and Project Officer – Aquaculture. Julie’s career path has given her the [...]
Associate Professor Chen is the Director of Centre for Maritime and Logistics Management at the Australian Maritime College (AMC), University of Tasmania. She joined AMC as an academic in 2004. Prior to AMC, she worked in different sectors in Taiwan, [...]
Sarah Ugalde Ph.D is an academic, enabler, and supporter of multidisciplinary and international projects and experiences relating to aquaculture and fisheries. As a Research Fellow at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Sarah leads and contributes [...]
Dr Maia Schweizer has worked in energy and infrastructure for 15 years, moving from oil and gas to renewable electricity and green hydrogen. After training as a geobiologist and ultimately receiving a DPhil from the University of Oxford, Maia began [...]
Dr Tony Arioli has been the Director of R&D at Seasol International for 13 years). Tony has a PhD in plant molecular biology from the Australian National University and has achieved numerous scientific publications and patents in the agricultural and [...]
Ban Tat (BT) has more than 30 years’ of experience in the marine and offshore industry in Singapore and overseas. BT is the Managing Director of AME2 Pte Ltd, his own consultancy company which provides services for strategic marketing and [...]
Dr Tania Lado Insua is the Manager, Research and Partnerships for the Blue Economy CRC. Tania is originally from Galicia (Spain) where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in marine sciences from University of Vigo. She expanded her studies in molecular [...]
Dr. Wouter Visch is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. In his research, Dr. Visch’s applies fundamental knowledge related to seaweed biology to improve cultivation and restoration of various seaweed species, primarily the large [...]
Prof Dr-Ing Joerg Baumeister is a researcher, consultant, inventor, practitioner, and educator for more than 25 years throughout Europe, Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, China, and Australia. He is the Founder and Director of the SeaCities Lab at the Cities Research [...]
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