The diverse team overseeing Project Tarsier's operations and activities is based in Australia and the Philippines. The Project is led by a team from the Forest Research Institute at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC), Australia, working in collaboration with Visayas State University (VSU), Philippines.
UniSC staff

Professor John Herbohn
Director, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; Professor of Tropical Forestry; Project Director, Project Tarsier

Associate Professor Grahame Applegate
Principal Research Fellow; Deputy Project Director | Leader HSSE and Reforestation - Project Tarsier

Dr Liz Sousa Ota
Research Fellow (Forestry | Leader Social Engagement and Management - Project Tarsier

Dr Nestor Gregorio
Research Fellow; | Leader Stakeholder Engagement and Management - Project Tarsier

Dr Micah Scudder
Research Fellow | Leader Biophysical and Management - Project Tarsier

Christo Snyman
Financial Manager, Project Tarsier, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre

Dr Bob Fisher
Senior Research Fellow

Dr Dora Carias Vega
Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Tropical Forests and People Research Centre

Dr Alexandra Catling
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Luiz Pereira
Forester operations

Dr Inez Mahony
Centre Manager, Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research | Project Manager, Project Tarsier, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre

Ricardo Goncalves Pereira Pelser
Admin/Projects

Kelly Stewart
General Manager

Dr Nick Kokkas
Remote Sensing/GIS Analyst
UNISC STUDENTS

Milad Pour (PhD candidate)
Improving smallholder livelihoods to support reforestation in tropical forests

Tomiwa Oluwajuwon (PhD candidate)
Assisted natural regeneration in forest restoration in the Philippines