Staff

The heart of CBRE is its qualified and experienced staff, who have a wide range of expertise in biodiversity, biotechnology, conservation, ecology and genetics. 

Director & administration 

Assoc. Prof. Ben Bell, Director Ecology, Behaviour, Conservation
Dr. Murray Williams, Deputy Director Restoration Ecology, Conservation
Lesley Thompson, Manager, School Administration
Delwyn Carter-Jarratt, Administrator, Applied Research Centres

Academic staff, School of Biological Sciences

Dr. Paul Teesdale-Spittle , Head of School Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Prof. Charles Daugherty , Professor, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) Ecology, Genetics, Conservation
Prof. Fred Allendorf , Professorial Research Fellow Ecology, Genetics, Conservation
Dr. Kevin Burns, Lecturer Community Ecology, Biogeography
Dr. Dave Burton , Teaching Fellow Developmental Biology
Assoc. Prof. Geoff Chambers , Reader Molecular Biology, Evolution
Dr. Simon Davy , Senior Lecturer Marine Symbiosis, Coral Reef Biology
Dr. John Dawson, Senior Associate Botany
Prof. Alan Dixson , Professorial Research Fellow Behaviour, Reproductive Biology, Conservation
Dr. Doug Eckery , Assoc. Professorial Research Fellow Conservation Biotechnology
Prof. Phil Garnock-Jones , Professor Plant Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Evolution
Dr. George Gibbs , Teaching Fellow Entomology, Conservation
Dr. Margaret Gordon , Senior Associate Phycology
Dr. Stephen Hartley , Senior Lecturer Conservation Biology
Dr. Phil Lester , Senior Lecturer Insect Ecology
Dr. Wayne Linklater , Senior Lecturer Conservation Biology
Prof. Ken McNatty , Professor Reproductive Biology
Dr. Angela Moles , Lecturer Plant Ecology
Dr. Nicola Nelson , Lecturer Conservation Biology
Dr. Ronan O'Toole , Senior Lecturer, Environmental Microbiology
Dr. Nicole Phillips , Lecturer Ecology, Larval Biology
Dr. Peter Ritchie, Senior Lecturer Evolutionary Genetics
Dr. Ken Ryan , Research Fellow, Phycology
Dr. Bruce Sampson , Senior Associate Botany
Dr. Jeff Shima , Senior Lecturer Marine Ecology, Fish Biology
Prof. Chris Simon , Professorial Research Fellow , Evoloution, Biogeography
Dr. Barry Sneddon , Senior Associate Botany
Dr. Joe Zuccarello , Senior Lecturer Molecular Biology, Phycology

Other Victoria University academic staff

Dr. Michael Gavin , School of Earth Sciences
Dr. J. Haywood, School of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science
Prof. K. Sterelny , School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations
Dr. Sean Weaver, School of Earth Sciences