Our Teams - Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences - University of Queensland

Theme Leaders

Prof Kevin Thomas

QAEHS Director

and Theme Leader, Environmental Health Toxicology
Prof Jochen Mueller

Theme Leader, Emerging Environmental Health Risks
Prof Kelly Fielding

Theme Leader, Environmental Health Risk Communication
A/Prof Nicholas Osborne

Theme Leader, Education and Professional Development and Environmental Health Epidemiology
A/Prof Jianhua Guo

Co-Theme Leader, Environmental Health Microbiology
Dr Gilda Carvalho

Co-Theme Leader, Environmental Health Microbiology
A/Prof Sarit Kaserzon

Co-Theme Leader, Environmental Health Risk Assessment
A/Prof Phong Thai

Co-Theme Leader, Environmental Health Risk Assessment
Dr Dung Phung

Theme Leader, Climate Change and Health

Research Fellows

Dr Richard Bade

Research Fellow
Dr Pradeep Dewapriya

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Sara Ghorbani Gorji

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Ayomi Jayarathne

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Jiaying Li

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Thi Minh Hong (Rose) Nguyen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Sandra Nilsson

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Jake O’Brien

Research Fellow
Dr Elvis Dartey Okoffo

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Cassandra Rauert

Research Fellow
Dr Katja Shimko

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Ben Tscharke

Senior Research Fellow
Dr Rory Verhagen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Xianyu (Fisher) Wang

Senior Research Fellow
Dr Qiuda Zheng

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research Students

Carla Alongi

PhD Candidate
Carly Beggs

PhD Candidate
Stephen Burrows

PhD Candidate (Exeter-UQ)
Garth Campbell

PhD Candidate
Shuo Chen

PhD Candidate
Leah Clarke

PhD Candidate (UQ-Exeter)
Joseph Clokey

PhD Candidate
Kim Anh Dang

PhD Candidate
Michelle Engelsman

PhD Candidate
Mathieu Feraud

PhD Candidate
Zubaria Ishaq

PhD Candidate
Md Nazrul Islam

PhD Candidate
Coral Jeffries

PhD Candidate
Kavitha Karanam

PhD Candidate
Simran Kaur

PhD Candidate
Chantal Keane

Masters candidate
Jinglong Li

PhD Candidate
Rachel Mackie

PhD Candidate
Carla Magi-Prowse

PhD Candidate
Belinda Moore

PhD Candidate
Dhaya Nadarajan

PhD Candidate
Joongcheon Nam

Masters Candidate
Liam O'Brien

PhD Candidate
Stacey O'Brien

PhD Candidate
Laura Puente

PhD Candidate
Ma. Katreena Danielle Que

PhD Candidate
Jianan Ren

PhD Candidate
Bastian Schulze

PhD Candidate
K M Shahunja

PhD Candidate
Cheng (Ken) Tang

PhD Candidate
Grechel Taucare

PhD Candidate
Tania Toapanta

PhD Candidate
Zhe Wang

PhD Candidate
Lily Weir

PhD Candidate
Eryn Wright

PhD Candidate
Naixiang Zhai

PhD Candidate
Zeyang Zhao

PhD Candidate

Research Support Staff

Daniel Barry

Senior Research Technician
Jasper Bowman

Senior Research Technician
Christina Carswell

Senior Research Technician
Dr Nathan Charlton

Research Assistant
Geoff Eaglesham

Senior Analytical Chemist
Gabriele Elisei

Scientific Research Team Leader
Dr Michael Gallen

Analytical Chemist
Dr Yan Li

Senior Research Technician
Julia Lin

Research Assistant
Chris Paxman

Research Assistant
Dr Pritesh Prasad

Analytical Research Technician
Dr Xuan (Zoe) Qu

Senior Research Technician
Dr Tim Reeks

Analytical Chemist
Dr Ryan Shiels

Senior Research Technician
Kristie Thompson

Research Assistant
Josh Tynan

Project Manager
Dr Qing (Summer) Xia

Senior Research Technician

Professional Staff

Dr Melissa Brinums

Research Manager (Operations)
Lauren Gubbin

Centre Manager
Stephanie Hall

Senior Administration Officer
Shelby Marrington

Project Manager (Research)

Affiliated Research Students

Patrick Amoatey

PhD Candidate
Diana García

PhD Candidate
Chinonso Odebeatu

PhD Candidate

Honorary and Adjunct

Dr Rizsa Albarracin

Adjunct Research Fellow
Dr Lesa Aylward

Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Andrew Banks

Adjunct Fellow
Dr Michael Bartkow

Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Linda Birnbaum

Honorary Professor
Dr Karl Bowles

Adjunct Associate Professor
Dr Jennifer Bräunig

Adjunct Senior Fellow
Dr Phil Choi

Adjunct Fellow
Prof Beate Escher

Honorary Professor
Daniel Francis

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Emeritus Prof Darryl Hawker

Honorary Professor
Dr Amy Heffernan

Honorary Research Fellow
Prof Chris Higgins

Honorary Professor
Peter Hobson

Adjunct Senior Fellow
Dr Greg Jackson

Adjunct Associate Professor
John Piispanen

Adjunct Associate Professor
A/Prof Jeremy Prichard

Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Siobhan Rigby

Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Saer Samanipour

Honorary Senior Fellow
Dr Amjad Shraim

Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Dr Matt Taylor

Honorary Professor
Prof Walter Vetter

Honorary Professor