Meet the team who make up Australian Rivers Institute
Our team members have a wide range of expertise.
Follow the links to our researchers' Griffith Experts profiles to find out more about our individual strengths and research candidate supervision.
Research staff
Professors and Associate Professors
- Professor Michele Burford
- Professor Samantha Capon
- Professor Chengrong Chen
- Professor Rod Connolly
- Professor Matthew Currell
- Professor Sue Jackson
- Professor Frederic Leusch
- Professor Kylie Pitt
- Professor Fran Sheldon
- Professor Bofu Yu
- Professor Guillermo Diaz-Pulido
- Associate Professor Fernanda Adame
- Associate Professor Md Sayed Iftekhar
- Associate Professor Brian McIntosh
- Associate Professor Jim Smart
Senior Research Fellows and Research Fellows
- Dr Heather Keith
- Dr Edoardo Bertone
- Dr Joseph Di Battista
- Dr Yunying Fang
- Dr Johnvie Goloran
- Dr Wade Hadwen
- Dr Syezlin Hasan
- Dr Christopher Ndehedehe
- Dr Peta Neale
- Dr Liliana Pagliero
- Dr Chris Pratt
- Dr Melanie Roberts
- Dr Jacqui Robertson
- Dr Michael Sievers
- Dr Ben Stewart-Koster
- Dr Jason van de Merwe
- Dr Christina Buelow
- Dr Orpheus Butler
- Dr Margaret Cook
- Dr Kimberly Finlayson
- Dr Lukas Folkman
- Dr Hannah Franklin
- Dr Natalie Jones
- Dr Caitie Kuempel
- Dr Zhongming (Bruce) Lan
- Dr Chantal Lanctot
- Dr Mark Love
- Dr Jing Lu
- Dr Steven Melvin
- Dr Marcus Michelangeli
- Dr Mehran Rezaei Rashti
- Dr Andres Felipe Suarez Castro
- Dr Jia Xu
Research Fellows (Early Career Researchers)
- Dr Luke Carpenter-Bundhoo
- Dr Rebekah Grieger
- Dr Ryan Heneghan
- Dr Cesar Herrera Acosta
- Dr Yeming Lei
- Dr Xiangyu Liu
- Dr Zainab Mahdi
- Dr Xiamei Man
- Dr Kaitlyn O'Mara
- Dr Niloofar Ordou
- Dr Mohammadhassan Ranjbar
- Dr Benny Rousso
- Dr Rahat Shabir
- Dr Jackson Stockbridge
- Dr Jaramar Villarreal Rosas
- Dr Shimaalsadat Ziajahromi
Research assistants
Professional staff
Australian Rivers Institute
- Ms Ana Veamatahau - EA to Director/Administration Coordinator, ARI
- Ms Jennifer Finigan - Administrative Support Officer, ARI
Project Staff
- Mr Justin Nicholls - Research Project Manager
International Watercentre
- Ms Kerryn Devenny - Project Coordinator, WASH and Integrated Water Management and Water Leadership Project
- Dr Piet Filet - Queensland Water Modelling Network Engagement and Collaboration Manager
- Ms Belinda Chapman - Queensland Water Modelling Network Engagement Coordinator
- Ms Catherine Hanley - Project Officer, International Watercentre
- Ms Bronwyn Powell - Senior Project Manager, WASH and Integrated Water Management and Water Leadership Project
- Mr Peter Wegener - Senior Project Manager, Integrated Water Management and Water Leadership Project
Adjunct staff
We have more than 90 adjunct staff, ranging from professors to research fellows.
Research candidates
Meet the higher degree by research students currently affiliated with ARI.
