Canberra office address and staff

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Chief Executive Officer

Dr Simon McKirdy
Emails for Dr Simon McKirdy should be addressed to:
a.hagedorn@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 2412
 

Chief Operations Officer/Deputy CEO

Nick Langley
n.langley@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 2882
 

Research Leader

Dr David Eagling
d.eagling@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 2882
 

Communications Manager

Max Knobel
m.knobel@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 2882
 

Communications Officer

Andrew Crichton
a.crichton@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 2882

Project Manager/Program Coordinator

Carla Tadich 
c.tadich@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)3 8341 7439
 

Project Officer

John Austen
j.austen@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 2882

Delivery and Adoption Officer

Cain Roberts (Tuesday and Thursday)
c.roberts@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)3 8341 7439

Street address
Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson St, Carlton
Melbourne VIC 305

Postal address
Melbourne Museum
PO Box 666
Melbourne VIC 3001 

Finance and Contracts Coordinator

Scott Baxter
s.baxter@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 2882  

Executive Assistant

Angela Hagedorn
a.hagedorn@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 2412
 

Administration Assistant

Bronwyn Jones
b.jones@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 2882
 

Publications Officer

Priyanka Suryanarayanan
priyanka@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 6201 2882
 

Research program

Principal Scientist

Dr James Ridsdill-Smith
c/o CSIRO Entomology
Private Bag No 5
Wembley WA 6913
j.ridsdill-smith@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)8 9339 0762

Preparedness and Prevention Research Program Leader

Dr Rieks van Klinken
rieks.vanklinken@csiro.au
Phone: +61 (0)7 3833 5737
CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences

Diagnostics Research Program Leader

Dr Deborah Hailstones
d.hailstones@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)2 4640 6442
Industry & Investment NSW

Surveillance Research Program Leader

Impact Management Research Program Leader

Ms Jane Moran
j .moran@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)3 9210 9210
Department of Primary Industries Victoria

Post-Harvest Integrity Research Program Leader

Dr Pat Collins
p.collins@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone: +61 (0)7 3896 9433
Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries
Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation

Education and Training Program Leader

Dr Kirsty Bayliss
k.bayliss@crcplantbiosecurity.com.au
Phone:+61 (0)8 9360 2814
School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Murdoch University

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