Contact

Key contacts
Staff directory

Head of School Office
Head of School: Professor Margaret Mayfield

Personal Assistant to Head of School: Mrs Megan Craig:
Email: biolhospa@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 3365 2471

Acting School Manager: Ms Melanie Gunn
Email: sbs.schoolmanager@uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 3365 2472

Student Administration (current students)
Phone +61 7 3365 2491
Email: biology.enquiries@uq.edu.au

Future student enquiries

Future domestic students
Phone: + 61 7 3346 9872
Email: ask@uq.edu.au

Future international students
Contact one of UQ's international student advisors:

Phone: 1800 671 980 (from within Australia)
Phone: +61 3 8676 7004 (from outside Australia)
Email: study@uq.edu.au
Website: future-students.uq.edu.au/study
Enquire online: future-students.uq.edu.au/enquire-online/international

Future international contract program students
Phone: +61 7 3365 8857
Email: international.programs@uq.edu.au

Current student enquiries

Student Administration
Phone +61 7 3365 2491
Email: biology.enquiries@uq.edu.au

Media enquiries

Faculty of Science Engagement Unit
Phone: +61 7 3346 9498
Email: science.engagement@uq.edu.au

Leadership
	Associate Professor Lyn Cook Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences Honours Chair	+61 7 336 52070 l.cook@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Sandie Degnan Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences Postgraduate Chair	+61 7 334 69005 s.degnan@uq.edu.au
	Professor Craig Franklin Deputy Head of School & Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52355 c.franklin@uq.edu.au
	Professor Richard Fuller Professor School of Biological Sciences Research Chair	+61 7 334 69912 r.fuller@uq.edu.au
	Ms Melanie Gunn Chief Operations Officer School of Biological Sciences Acting School Manager	melanie.gunn@uq.edu.au
	Dr Karyn Johnson Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences Teaching & Learning Chair	+61 7 336 51358 karynj@uq.edu.au
	Professor Margaret Mayfield Head of School School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51685 m.mayfield@uq.edu.au

Academic
	Professor Sassan Asgari Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52043 s.asgari@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Andrew Barnes Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 334 69416 a.barnes@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Nigel Beebe Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52466 n.beebe@uq.edu.au
	Professor Christine Beveridge UQ Fellow School of Biological Sciences Affiliated Professor Centre for Crop Science Associate Dean (R) and Deputy Dean Faculty of Science	+61 7 336 57525 c.beveridge@uq.edu.au
	Dr Simone Blomberg Senior Lect/Consultant in Statistic School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52506 s.blomberg1@uq.edu.au
	Dr David Booth Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52138 d.booth@uq.edu.au
	Dr Karen Cheney Senior Research Fellow Queensland Brain Institute Affiliated Senior Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	k.cheney@uq.edu.au
	Professor Steve Chenoweth Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52188 s.chenoweth@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Lyn Cook Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences Honours Chair	+61 7 336 52070 l.cook@uq.edu.au
	Dr Thomas Cribb Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52581 t.cribb@uq.edu.au
	Professor Bernard Degnan UQ Development Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52467 b.degnan@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Sandie Degnan Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences Postgraduate Chair	+61 7 334 69005 s.degnan@uq.edu.au
	Dr Sophie Dove Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences Affiliate Associate Professor Global Change Institute	+61 7 336 57229 s.dove@cms.uq.edu.au
	Dr John Dwyer Lecturer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52863 j.dwyer2@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Paul Ebert Reader School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52973 p.ebert@uq.edu.au
	Dr Jan Engelstaedter ARC Future Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 57959 j.engelstaedter@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Rod Fensham Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 334 67737 r.fensham@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Diana Fisher UQ Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 334 69004 d.fisher@uq.edu.au
	Professor Craig Franklin Deputy Head of School & Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52355 c.franklin@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Bryan Fry Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences Affiliate Research Fellow Institute for Molecular Bioscience	+61 7 336 58515 bgfry@uq.edu.au
	Professor Richard Fuller Professor School of Biological Sciences Research Chair	+61 7 334 69912 r.fuller@uq.edu.au
	Dr Michael Furlong Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences Affiliated Associate Professor Centre for Crop Science	m.furlong@uq.edu.au
	Dr John Hall Lecturer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52482 john.hall@uq.edu.au
	Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg Director GCI Global Change Institute	+61 7 344 33112 oveh@uq.edu.au
	Dr Berndt Janse Van Rensburg Coordinator: Master of Conservation School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 58382 b.vanrensburg@uq.edu.au
	Dr Karyn Johnson Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences Teaching & Learning Chair	+61 7 336 51358 karynj@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Salit Kark Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51376 s.kark@uq.edu.au
	Dr Louise Kuchel Lecturer Teaching Focussed School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51034 l.kuchel@uq.edu.au
	Dr Janet Lanyon Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 54416 j.lanyon@uq.edu.au
	Professor Catherine Lovelock Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52304 c.lovelock@uq.edu.au
	Professor Margaret Mayfield Head of School School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51685 m.mayfield@uq.edu.au
	Dr Katrina McGuigan UQ Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52855 k.mcguigan1@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor David Merritt Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 53478 d.merritt@uq.edu.au
	Professor Peter Mumby VC Research and Teaching Fellowship School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51686 p.j.mumby@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51767 d.ortizbarrientos@uq.edu.au
	Professor John Pandolfi Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 53050 j.pandolfi@uq.edu.au
	Professor Hugh Possingham ARC Australian Laureate Fellow School of Biological Sciences	h.possingham@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Cynthia Riginos Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52152 c.riginos@uq.edu.au
	Dr Steven Salisbury Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 58548 s.salisbury@uq.edu.au
	Dr Milos Tanurdzic Lecturer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52045 m.tanurdzic@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Ian Tibbetts Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 54830 i.tibbetts@uq.edu.au
	Professor Gimme Walter Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52228 g.walter@uq.edu.au
	Dr Patrick Ward Statistics Lecturer (TeachingFocus) School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 56016 p.ward1@uq.edu.au
	Dr Selina Ward Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 53307 selinaward@uq.edu.au
	Dr Vera Weisbecker Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 57071 v.weisbecker@uq.edu.au
	Professor Kerrie Wilson Director of CEED and Professor School of Biological Sciences Deputy Associate Dean Research Faculty of Science	+61 7 336 52829 k.wilson2@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Robbie Wilson ARC Future Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52773 r.wilson@uq.edu.au
	Professor Myron Zalucki Professor School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51747 m.zalucki@uq.edu.au

Professional
	Mrs Brianna Ah Mau HR Advisor HR Professional Services - Science	+61 7 336 54898 b.ahmau@uq.edu.au
	Mrs Lyn Beard Scientific Officer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52959 l.beard@uq.edu.au
	Mr Prajwal Bhattaram Scientific Officer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 54831 m.bhattaram@uq.edu.au
	Mr James Boulter Facilities Officer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 57404 j.boulter1@uq.edu.au
	Ms Kerry Condon Facilities Officer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52271 kerry.condon@uq.edu.au
	Mrs Megan Craig Personal Assistant School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52471 m.craig2@uq.edu.au
	Ms Lois Eden First Year Practical Coordinator School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52992 l.eden@uq.edu.au
	Mr Roger Ellis Scientific Officer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 53304 r.ellis@uq.edu.au
	Ms Melanie Gunn Chief Operations Officer School of Biological Sciences Acting School Manager	melanie.gunn@uq.edu.au
	Ms Julie-Ann Harlow Senior Management Accountant Finance Professional Services - Science	+61 7 336 54837 j.harlow@uq.edu.au
	Ms Selena Hobbs Scientific Officer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52492 s.hobbs@uq.edu.au
	Ms Justine Kennedy International Officer Faculty of Science	+61 7 336 58857 j.kennedy3@uq.edu.au
	Mr Robert Mackay-Wood Manager - Teaching Lab. Services School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51037 r.mackaywood@uq.edu.au
	Ms Rhianna Nolan Administrative Officer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 53382 r.nolan@uq.edu.au
	Mr Anthony O'Toole Scientific Officer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 57048 a.otoole@uq.edu.au
	Mrs Fiona Parker Academic Administration Officer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52491 f.parker@uq.edu.au
	Mrs Carol Pomfret Management Accountant Finance Professional Services - Science	+61 7 336 54856 c.pomfret@uq.edu.au
	Mrs Sveta Sargant HDR Liaison Officer Graduate School	+61 7 336 57578 hdr.biology@enquire.uq.edu.au
	Mrs Jemma Schneider International Officer Faculty of Science	j.schneider1@uq.edu.au
	Ms Gail Walter Manager, Academic Administrati School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 57082 gj.walter@uq.edu.au
	Mr Miller Zivkovic Workplace Health and Safety Manager School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52441 m.zivkovic@uq.edu.au

Postdoctoral researchers
	Dr Vanessa Adams Honorary Fellow School of Biological Sciences	v.adams@uq.edu.au
	Dr Chris Baker Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52527 c.baker7@uq.edu.au
	Dr Francois Barbier Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 54821 f.barbier@uq.edu.au
	Dr Elisa Bayraktarov Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 334 60880 e.bayraktarov@uq.edu.au
	Ms Dorothea Bender-Champ Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 334 63063 d.bender@uq.edu.au
	Dr Nathalie Butt Laureate Postdoc Research Associate School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51697 n.butt@uq.edu.au
	Dr Rebecca Cramp Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 58539 r.cramp@uq.edu.au
	Dr Scott Cutmore Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51475 s.cutmore@uq.edu.au
	Dr Gwendolyn David Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52510 g.david@uq.edu.au
	Dr Elizabeth Dun ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 54821 e.dun@uq.edu.au
	Dr Ross Dwyer Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51390 ross.dwyer@uq.edu.au
	Dr Kayvan Etebari Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52516 k.etebari@uq.edu.au
	Dr William Feeney UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences Affiliate Postdoc Res Fellow Queensland Brain Institute	+61 7 336 52510 w.feeney@uq.edu.au
	Dr Angela Guerrero Gonzalez Luc Hoffman Postdoc Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52527 a.guerrero@uq.edu.au
	Dr James Hereward Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52755 j.hereward@uq.edu.au
	Dr Emma Hine Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52194 e.hine@uq.edu.au
	Dr Karlo Hock Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51671 k.hock1@uq.edu.au
	Dr Nils Krueck Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52491 n.krueck@uq.edu.au
	Dr Claire Larroux ARC Early Career Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52483 c.larroux@uq.edu.au
	Dr Eugenia Nijgh de Sampayo Garrido Research Fellow in Ecosystem Dynami School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52729 e.sampayo@uq.edu.au
	Dr Juan Ortiz Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 51671 j.ortiz@uq.edu.au
	Dr Lynda Perkins Honorary Fellow School of Biological Sciences	l.perkins@uq.edu.au
	Dr Anna Renwick Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	a.renwick@uq.edu.au
	Dr April Reside Honorary Fellow School of Biological Sciences	a.reside@uq.edu.au
	Dr David Schlipalius	david.schlipalius@uq.edu.au
	Dr Justine Shaw Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52491 j.shaw6@uq.edu.au
	Dr Jennifer Silcock Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 3896 9547 j.silcock@uq.edu.au
	Dr Alicia Toon Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52755 a.toon@uq.edu.au
	Dr Jabin Watson Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52491 jabin.watson@uq.edu.au
	Dr Emily Wong ARC Early Career Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 57084 emily.wong@uq.edu.au

Honorary and adjunct
	Dr Robert Adlard Adjunct Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences	r.adlard@uq.edu.au
	Dr Lesley Alton Honorary Fellow School of Biological Sciences	l.alton@uq.edu.au
	Dr Richard Barnes Honorary Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	r.barnes3@uq.edu.au
	Dr Duan Biggs Honorary Snr Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	d.biggs@uq.edu.au
	Dr Philip Brewer Honorary Fellow School of Biological Sciences	philip.brewer@uq.edu.au
	Honorary Professor Matt Broadhurst Honorary Professor School of Biological Sciences	m.broadhurst1@uq.edu.au
	Professor Yvonne Buckley Honorary Professor School of Biological Sciences	y.buckley@uq.edu.au
	Dr Donald Butler Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	d.butler@uq.edu.au
	Dr Milani Chaloupka Honorary Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	m.chaloupka@uq.edu.au
	Dr Karen Cheney Senior Research Fellow Queensland Brain Institute Affiliated Senior Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	k.cheney@uq.edu.au
	Emeritus Professor Harold Clifford Emeritus Professor School of Biological Sciences	h.clifford@uq.edu.au
	Dr Bronwen Cribb Honorary Senior Lecturer Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis Honorary Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences	b.cribb@uq.edu.au
	Dr Terry Done Adjunct Professor School of Biological Sciences	t.done@uq.edu.au
	Dr Merrick Ekins Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	m.ekins@uq.edu.au
	Dr Desmond Foley Adjunct Senior Fellow School of Biological Sciences	d.foley@uq.edu.au
	Mrs Michelle Gleeson Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	michelle.gleeson@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Anne Goldizen Honorary Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	bowerbirds@uq.edu.au
	Emeritus Professor Gordon Grigg Emeritus Professor School of Biological Sciences	g.grigg@uq.edu.au
	Dr Alexandra Grutter Honorary Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 57386 a.grutter@uq.edu.au
	Dr Alastair Harborne Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	a.harborne@uq.edu.au
	Dr Rajeswaran Jagadeesan Adjunct Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	r.jagadeesan@uq.edu.au
	Emeritus Professor Barrie Jamieson Emeritus Professor School of Biological Sciences	bgmjamieson@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Darren Kriticos Honorary Professor School of Biological Sciences	d.kriticos@uq.edu.au
	Emeritus Professor Bob Lester Emeritus Professor School of Biological Sciences	r.lester@uq.edu.au
	Emeritus Professor Hugh Paterson Emeritus Professor School of Biological Sciences	h.paterson1@uq.edu.au
	Dr Nigel Preston Honorary Professor School of Biological Sciences	n.preston@uq.edu.au
	Dr Michelle Rafter Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	m.rafter@uq.edu.au
	Dr Andrew Ridley Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	a.ridley2@uq.edu.au
	Dr Matthew Robinson Affiliated Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences Honorary Research Fellow Institute for Molecular Bioscience	m.robinson@imb.uq.edu.au
	Dr Nedeljka Rosic Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	n.rosic@uq.edu.au
	Dr Severino Salmo Honorary Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52304 s.salmo@uq.edu.au
	Dr Frida Sidik Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	f.sidik@uq.edu.au
	Associate Professor Greg Skilleter Honorary Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences	g.skilleter@uq.edu.au
	Dr Brigitte Sommer Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	b.sommer@uq.edu.au
	Emeritus Professor Raymond Specht Emeritus Professor School of Biological Sciences	r.specht1@uq.edu.au
	Dr Jacqueline Sztepanacz Honorary Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	j.sztepanacz@uq.edu.au
	Dr Ruth Thurstan Honorary Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences	+61 7 336 52529 r.thurstan@uq.edu.au
	Dr Sharon Van Brunschot Adjunct Fellow School of Biological Sciences	s.vanbrunschot@uq.edu.au
	Professor Peter Walker Honorary Professor School of Biological Sciences	peter.walker@uq.edu.au
	Mr Nicholas Wolff Honorary Fellow School of Biological Sciences	n.wolff1@uq.edu.au
	Professor Richard Zimmer Honorary Professor School of Biological Sciences	r.zimmer@uq.edu.au