Prof. David Cantrill
Chief Botanist and Executive Director Science
Science Staff
You can browse the profiles of all Science staff at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria via the listings below.
Biodiversity Services staff
Andre Messina
Botanist
Daniel Ohlsen
Botanist
Hongxiang Zhang
Research Assistant (Seed bank)
Philip Bertling
Librarian
Rebecca Miller
Research Scientist (Seed Science)
Val Stajsic
Identifications Botanist
Jane Szokolic
Libray Technician
Daniel White
Technical Assistant (Seedbank)
Collections staff
Casey Jurgens
Team Leader Collections Volunteers
Catherine Gallagher
Project Coordinator (Collections)
Eugenia Pacitti
Team Leader Collections Curation
Hayley Lander
Database Officer (Foreign Collection Project)
Helen Barnes
Curation Officer
Madison Hughes
Technical Officer (Herbarium)
Mel Simpson
Database Officer (Foreign Collection Project)
Nimal Karunajeewa
Digital Collections Advisor
Rebecca Le Get
Curation Officer
Rita Macheda
Database Officer (Foreign Collection Project)
Research staff
Camille Truong
Research Scientist (Mycologist)
Chris Jackson
Research Scientist (Bioinformatics)
Daniel Murphy
Senior Research Scientist (Molecular Systematics)
Elizabeth James
Senior Research Scientist (Conservation Geneticist)
Gareth Holmes
Senior Research Scientist (Conservation Geneticist
Laura Simmons
Research Scientist (Conservation Genetics)
Luke Vaughan
Research Assistant (Taxonomic Mycology)
Megan Hirst
Research Scientist (Seed Ecology)
Naveed Davoodian
Postdoctoral Fellow - Fungi
Noushka Reiter
Senior Research Scientist
Tara Hopley
Research Scientist (Conservation Genetics)
Tom May
Principal Research Scientist (Mycology)