Our People
The ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather is a community of scholars from five leading Australian Universities and an outstanding suite of partner organisations around the world. Follow the links below to meet the team.
A/Prof Ailie Gallant
Deputy Director
Monash University
Professor Melissa Hart
Associate Director- Training and Leadership
UTAS
Professor Christian Jakob
Director
Monash University
A/Prof Negin Nazarian
Deputy Director
UNSW
Dr Tich-Lam Nguyen
Chief Operating Officer
Monash University
Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Deputy Director
ANU
Professor Liz Ritchie-Tyo
Deputy Director
Monash University
Iain Strachan
Senior Advisor - Engagement & Impact
Monash University
Professor Lisa Alexander
Chief Investigator
UNSW
Professor Julie Arblaster
Chief Investigator
Monash University
Dr Jo Brown
Chief Investigator
University of Melbourne
Dr Navid Constantinou
Chief Investigator
University of Melbourne
Professor Jason Evans
Chief Investigator
UNSW
A/Prof Ailie Gallant
Deputy Director
Monash University
Professor Andy Hogg
Chief Investigator
ANU
Professor Neil Holbrook
Chief Investigator
UTAS
Dr Yi Huang
Chief Investigator
University of Melbourne
Professor Christian Jakob
Director
Monash University
Dr Andrew King
Chief Investigator
University of Melbourne
Professor Todd Lane
Chief Investigator
University of Melbourne
Dr Nicola Maher
Chief Investigator
ANU
A/Prof Shayne McGregor
Chief Investigator
Monash University
A/Prof Negin Nazarian
Deputy Director
UNSW
Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Deputy Director
ANU
Professor Liz Ritchie-Tyo
Deputy Director
Monash University
Professor Steven Sherwood
Chief Investigator
UNSW
Dr Martin Singh
Chief Investigator
Monash University
A/Prof Paul Spence
Chief Investigator
UTAS
A/Prof Andrea Taschetto
Chief Investigator
UNSW
Dr Claire Vincent
Chief Investigator
University of Melbourne
Prof Craig Bishop
Associate Investigator
University of Melbourne
Dr Hamish Clarke
Associate Investigator
University of Melbourne
Dr Abhirup Dikshit
Associate Investigator
UNSW
Prof Dietmar Dommenget
Associate Investigator
Monash University
A/Prof Andrew Dowdy
Associate Investigator
University of Melbourne
Dr Georgina Falster
Associate Investigator
University of Adelaide
Dr Sonya Fiddes
Associate Investigator
University of Tasmania
A/Prof Fei Huang
Associate Investigator
UNSW
Dr David Hutchinson
Associate Investigator
UNSW
A/Prof Fiona Johnson
Associate Investigator
UNSW
Dr Martin Jucker
Associate Investigator
UNSW
A/Prof Jatin Kala
Associate Investigator
Murdoch University
Prof Elizabeth Lester
Associate Investigator
Monash University
Dr Amelie Meyer
Associate Investigator
University of Tasmania
Dr Adele Morrison
Associate Investigator
Australian National University
Dr Sugata Narsey
Associate Investigator
Bureau of Meteorology
Prof Andy Pitman
Associate Investigator
UNSW
Dr Abhnil Prasad
Associate Investigator
UNSW
Dr Ariaan Purich
Associate Investigator
Monash University
Dr Tim Raupach
Associate Investigator
UNSW
Dr Kelvin Say
Associate Investigator
University of Melbourne
A/Prof Robyn Schofield
Associate Investigator
University of Melbourne
Prof Steven Siems
Associate Investigator
Monash University
Dr Anna Ukkola
Associate Investigator
UNSW
Dr Elisabeth Vogel
Associate Investigator
UNSW
A/Prof Jan Zika
Associate Investigator
UNSW
Dr Oluwafemi Adeyeri
Research Fellow
ANU
Dr Christopher Aiken
Research Fellow
UTAS
Dr Michael Barnes
Senior Research Fellow
Monash University
Dr Andrew Brown
Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
Dr Mandy Freund
Senior Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
Dr Madi Gamble Rosevear
Senior Research Fellow
UTAS
Dr Sanaa Hobeichi
Senior Research Fellow
UNSW
Dr Chiara Holgate
Senior Research Fellow
ANU
Dr Rachael Isphording
Research Fellow
Monash University
Dr Qin Jiang
Research Fellow
UNSW
Dr Chenhui Jin
Research Fellow
Monash University
Dr Leena Khadke
Research Fellow
UNSW
Dr Dao Lan
Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
Dr Haoran Li
Research Fellow
Monash University
Dr Shixue Li
Research Fellow
Monash University
Dr Mathew Lipson
Senior Research Fellow
UNSW
Dr Cindy Nguyen-Dang
Research Fellow
UTAS
Dr Ellie Ong
Research Fellow
Monash University
Dr Kimberley Reid
Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
Dr Doug Richardson
Senior Research Fellow
UNSW
Dr Himadri Saini
Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
Dr Marvin Seow
Research Fellow
ANU
Dr Linyuan Sun
Research Fellow
UNSW
Dr Bethan White
Senior Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
Dr Ashley Barnes
Research Software Engineer
Monash University (based at ANU)
Dr Pao Corrales
Research Software Engineer
ANU (based at Monash University)
Sushila Desai
Node Administrator
UTAS
Lucía Gamarra
Government and Industry Liaison
ANU
Dr Sam Green
Research Software Engineer
UNSW
Dr Paul Gregory
Research Software Engineer
University of Melbourne
Beatrice Haselroither
Senior Finance & Business Coordinator
Monash University
Kelly-Anne Lawler
Node Administrator
ANU
Jessica Manuel
Centre Coordinator
Monash University
Dr Tich-Lam Nguyen
Chief Operating Officer
Monash University
Iain Strachan
Senior Advisor - Engagement & Impact
Monash University
Zach White
Communications Advisor - Social Media & Video
Monash University
Husnain Asif
Student
ANU
Philip Blackberg
Student
Monash University
Sibyl Cheng
UNSW
Spencer Clark
Student
University of Melbourne
Heather Cripps
Student
ANU
Sam Dahl
PhD Student
UNSW
Anand Singh Dinesh
Student
UNSW
Carl Doedens
Student
University of Melbourne
Alex Dunne
Student
Monash University
Maryam Fazeli
Student
UNSW
Emma Fitzgerald
Student
ANU
Nick Grosfeld
Student
UNSW
Jemma Jeffree
Student
ANU
Rida Kiani
Student
University of Melbourne
Wil Laura Laura
Student
ANU
Darren Li Chong Youne Li Shing Hiung
Student
UTAS
Shuxian Liu
Student
Monash University
Moulik Mandal
Student
UTAS
Meera Mohan
Student
Monash University
Yinglin Mu
Student
UNSW
Fadhlil Rizki Muhammad
Student
University of Melbourne
Greta Paget
PhD Student
UNSW
Tanya Patel
Student
UNSW
Ruisi Qi
PhD Student
Monash University
Tony Rafter
Student
University of Melbourne
Neelesh Rampal
Student
UNSW
Reyhan Respati
Student
Monash University
Lara Richards
Student
Monash University
Quentin Rossier
PhD Student
UNSW
Marcus Samuel
PhD Student
Monash University
Thomas Schanzer
Student
UNSW
Aditya Sengupta
Student
University of Melbourne
Shankar Sharma
Student
UNSW
Jiaxin Shi
Student
UTAS
Jency Sojan
PhD Student
ANU
Nayan Talmale
Student
University of Melbourne
Flynn Thompson
Student
University of Melbourne
Joel Treutlein
Student
ANU
Xinhui Wang
UTAS
Skye Williams-Kelly
UNSW
Blake Zishu Xu
Masters Student
ANU
Chang Xu
Student
UNSW
Shujing Zhang
UTAS
Wenjing Zhang
Student
UTAS