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
Dr Adriana Vega
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
Fellice Catello (PhD candidate)
Estimating forest above ground biomass through mobile laser scanning (MLS) and UAV airborn laser scanning for restoration in the Philippines
Jenny Vivian (PhD candidate)
Biodiversity conservation in reforestation
Igor Nascimento De Carvalho (Honours candidate)
Benefit sharing in climate benefits from reforestation