Director
Professor Mark Brown
Director, Forest Research Institute and Australian Forest and Wood Innovations Centre for Sustainable Futures; Director, Forest Industries Research Centre, Professor of Forestry Operations; Director, Australian Forest Operations Research Alliance (AFORA)
General enquiries
- Email: [email protected]
Address
Forest Industries Research Centre
Level 1, Building B
University of the Sunshine Coast
90 Sippy Downs Drive
Sippy Downs, Queensland, 4556
Australia
Members
Dr R Andrew Hayes
Forest Health Senior Research Fellow, Forest Research Institute
Dr Alexandra Catling
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Forest Ecology and Field Data
Professor F.E. “Jack” Putz
Research Professor, Forest Research Institute
Dr Vilius Gendvilas
Research Fellow, Forest Research Institute
Dr Madaline Healey
Senior Research Fellow | Forest Research Institute
Dr Andy Howe
Research Fellow, Forest Research Institute
Associate Professor Simon Lawson
Forest Health, Forest Research Institute
Associate Professor David Lee
Plant Genetics, Forest Research Institute
Rick Mitchell
Senior Research Assistant, AFORA | Forest Research Institute
Dr Helen Nahrung
Senior Research Fellow, Forest Research Institute
Dr Mohammad Reza Ghaffariyan
Research Fellow, Forest Research Institute
Martin Strandgard
Senior Research Fellow, AFORA, Forest Research Institute
Dr Sam Van Holsbeeck
Research Fellow, Forest Research Institute
Adjunct members
The Forest Industries Research Centre includes local and international adjuncts across industry and academia. These adjunct staff complement the team and provide expert advice and mentoring across the teams: centre strategy; research grant applications and programs; career development and training; scholarly publications; industry bulletins and reports.
The Centre's adjunct staff perform an integral role to the success of the centre and its ability to grow and increase social, environmental and economic impact on a local and global scale across the forestry value chain.
- Dr Geoffrey Downes, Adjunct (Silviculture, Wood Quality Assessment, Cambial Physiology)
- Dr Chandan Kumar, Adjunct (Forest Product Innovation, Operations Management, Drying Technologies)
- Dr Magagnotti Natascia, Adjunct (Agricultural Engineering)
- Dr Nahuel Pachas, Adjunct (Silvopastoral Systems, Forestry, Agroforestry, Forestry Smallholders)
- Dr Wolfgang Stahl, Adjunct (Optimisation and MDF production)
- Dr Raffaele Spinelli, Adjunct (Forestry)
- Dr Luis Yerman, Adjunct (Forestry)
Professional staff
Kerri Salmon
Research Support and Administrative Officer, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science and Forest Research Institute
Kelly Stewart
General Manager, Forest Research Institute and Australian Forest and Wood Innovations Centre for Sustainable Futures
Michelle Tapp
Research Administration Assistant, Forest Research Institute