Expert Subcommittees

The NCRIS Committee was supported in the development of the NCRIS Roadmap by four expert subcommittees and their members were as follows: 

Environmentally Sustainable Australia:

Dr Phil McFadden (Chair)
Chief Scientist, GeoScience Australia

Dr John Church
CSIRO Marine Research and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC

Dr Wendy Craik
Chief Executive, Murray-Darling Basin Commission

Emeritus Professor Peter Cullen
Division of Health, Design and Science, University of Canberra

Professor Andrew Gleadow
School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne

Dr Bruce Godfrey
Principal, Wyld Group Pty Ltd

Dr Steve Morton
Group Executive, CSIRO Environment and Natural Resources

Dr Ian Poiner
CEO, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

Dr John Radcliffe
Commissioner, National Water Commission

Professor Tim Reeves
Principal, Timothy G. Reeves and Assoc. Pty. Ltd

Promoting and Maintaining Good Health:

Professor Alan Pettigrew (Chair)
Chief Executive Officer, National Health and Medical Research Council

Professor Judith Black
Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney

A/Professor Gary P Anderson
Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne

Professor David J Hill
Cancer Council Victoria

Professor Anthony F Jorm
ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne

Professor Peter J Fuller
Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne

Professor Caroline McMillen
Research Centre for the Early Origins of Adult Health, The University of Adelaide

Professor Matt Trau
Centre for Nanotechnology and Biomaterials, The University of Queensland

Dr Graeme Woodrow
Chief, CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies

Frontier Technologies:

Dr Stephen Walker (Chair)
Executive Director, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Australian Research Council

Professor Tony Bacic
Director, Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, The University of Melbourne

Dr Brian B Boyle
Director, Australian Telescope National Facility, CSIRO

Dr George Collins
Chief of Research (Acting), Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

Professor Stuart Cunningham
Acting Dean, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology

Professor George Dracoulis
Department of Nuclear Physics, R.S.Phys.S.E, ANU

Professor Calum J Drummond
Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies

Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte
Research Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems, ACFR
The University of Sydney

Dr T J Higgins
Deputy Chief, CSIRO Plant Industry

Dr Robert Hobbs
formerly General Manager Research, BHP

Dr Barry Inglis
CEO and Chief Metrologist, National Measurement Institute

Professor Max Lu
Director, ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Queensland

Professor James A Piper
Professor of Physics and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Macquarie University

Safeguarding Australia:

Dr Roger Lough (Chair)
Chief Scientist, DSTO

Dr Annabelle Duncan
Associate Director, Bio 21

Dr Ian Fuss
Chief Scientist (Information), DSTO

Professor Helen Garnett
Vice-Chancellor, Charles Darwin University

Dr Mark Matthews
Australian National University

Professor Tim McCormack
Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, University of Melbourne

Dr James Robertson
Manager of Forensics and Technical Services, AFP

Vice-Admiral David Shackleton
Shackleton Management Solutions (Chief of Navy Retd)

Mr David Templeman
Director-General, Emergency Management Agency