My name is Dr Felipe Gonzalez and my role at CRC for National Plant Biosecurity is joint project manager and primary investigator on the CRC30032: [1] Flying Spore Traps project.

I completed my PhD in Aeronautical Engineering at The University of Sydney in 2006, my research area is multi-disciplinary design optimisation. I have published five journal papers, three book chapters and 28 refereed conference papers on the topic.

I am originally from South America and the thing I miss the most is my family.

Living in Brisbane is fantastic, good friends and really good research and academic environment at both Queensland University of Technology and Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation.

My favourite or ideal holiday destination is anywhere because I seem to always find new ways and culture wherever I go.

In my spare time, I enjoy leisure time with my family and learning to fly.

At the moment I am reading the bizarre mix of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson and Dynamics of Flight: Stability and Control by Bernard Etkin.

If money was no option, I would resolve poverty.

A quality I would most like to be remembered for is perseverance.