Governance

The JCU-CSIRO partnership is governed by a Steering Committee and Operational Group with representatives from the Indigenous, environment, agriculture, health, and biosecurity sections of both organisations. The Steering Committee provides strategic direction and advice to the Operational Group who plan, develop, and operationalise partnership initiatives.

If you would like further information on the JCU-CSIRO partnership governance and key partnership initiatives, please see the below email addresses for contacting the Operational Group.

JCU	CSIRO
STEERING COMMITTEE
Prof Jenny Seddon Deputy Vice Chancellor Research	Dr Chris Chilcott Deputy Director, Environment
Prof Ron White Dean College of Science & Engineering	Dr Michelle Baker Mission Lead, Health & Biosecurity
Prof David Whitmore Director, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine	Dr Brett Moloney Deputy Director, Environment
Prof Damien Burrows Director TropWATER
OPERATIONAL GROUP
Prof Ian Atkinson Director eResearch Centre ian.atkinson@jcu.edu.au	Mr Frank Gafa University Partnership Manager, Indigenous Science and Engagement Program Frank.Gafa@csiro.au
Dr Vincent Backhaus Research Fellow Cairns Institute and Indigenous Education and Research Centre vincent.backhaus@jcu.edu.au	Dr Ian Watson Senior Principal Research Scientist, Agriculture & Food Ian.Watson@csiro.au
A/ Prof Paul Horwood College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences paul.horwood@jcu.edu.au	A/Prof Roslyn Hickson Science Leader Health & Biosecurity and CPHMVS, Joint Position Roslyn.Hickson@csiro.au
Prof Lin Schwarzkopf College of Science & Engineering lin.schwarzkopf@jcu.edu.au	Dr Dean Paini Principal Research Scientist,Group Leader, Biosecurity Program, Health and Biosecurity dean.paini@csiro.au
A/Prof Nathan Waltham Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) Senior Lecturer, College of Science and Engineering nathan.waltham@jcu.edu.au	Dr Megan Saunders Senior Research Scientist, Environment Megan.Saunders@csiro.au