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Innovative Ingredients
Premium Food and Beverages
Training Centre
Steering Committee
Project Investment Committee
Executive Team
Dr Chris Downs
Director, FaBA
Executive Team
Dr Sue O'Brien
Associate Director, FaBA Operations
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Executive Team
Dr Kasra Sabermanesh
Director, Business Development & Commercialisation
Executive Team
Anna Moloney
Manager, Marketing and Communications
Executive Team
Dr Alisa Becker
Associate Director, Enterprise Research Partnerships
Executive Team
Erika L. Bhandari
Management Accountant, FaBA
Executive Team
Dr Nigel Barrett
Senior Associate, Commercialisation
Executive Team
Adam Smith
Commercialisation Associate
Executive Team
Dr Natalja Ivanova
Associate, Business Development and Commercialisation
Executive Team
Cassandra Springer
Administration Officer
Executive Team
Brooke Hunt
FaBA Principal Administration Coordinator
Innovation Pathways
Professor Janet McColl-Kennedy
Program Lead, Innovation Pathways
Innovation Pathways
Professor Damian Hine
Deputy Program Lead, Innovation Pathways
Innovation Pathways
Dr Giorgio La Fata
Senior Project Manager
Innovation Pathways
Glenn Bulloch
Food and Beverage Business Development Analyst
Innovation Pathways
Sandeep George
Business Analyst, Innovation & Commercialisation
Innovation Pathways
Dr Galey Tenzin
Business Analyst
Innovation Pathways
Dr Braedan van der Vegt
Senior Data Scientist
Innovation Pathways
Ipsita Dey
Learning Designer
Innovation Pathways
Alexander Smith
Lead Facilitator
Innovation Pathways
Daniel Greenup
Graphic Designer
Innovation Pathways
Dr Aakash Kurian Thottam
Senior Research Assistant
Innovation Pathways
Dr Claire Cunningham
Senior Research Assistant
Innovation Pathways
Joel Andrade
PhD Candidate
Innovation Pathways
Marine Le Corre
Administration Officer
Innovative Ingredients
Professor Esteban Marcellin
Program Lead, Innovative Ingredients
Innovative Ingredients
Professor Mark Turner
Deputy Program Lead, Innovative Ingredients
Innovative Ingredients
Professor Jolieke van der Pols
Deputy Program Lead, Innovative Ingredients
Innovative Ingredients
Dr Birgitta Ebert
FaBA Future Academic Leader in Precision Fermentation
Innovative Ingredients
Dr Yosephine Gumulya
FaBA Future Academic Leader in Precision Fermentation
Innovative Ingredients
Ryangjun Youn
PhD Student
Innovative Ingredients
Yuwei Xiang
Postdoc
Innovative Ingredients
Dr Huadong Peng
FaBA Future Academic Leader in Precision Fermentation
Innovative Ingredients
Associate Professor Sudhir Yadav
Senior Principal Research Fellow - Sustainable Agriculture
Innovative Ingredients
Dr Axayacatl (Axa) Gonzalez
Associate Researcher in Synthetic Biology and Bioprocess Development
Innovative Ingredients
Dr Isabella Casini
FaBA Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Innovative Ingredients
Dr Kevin Hu
FaBA Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Innovative Ingredients
Dr Cresha Gracy Nadar
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Innovative Ingredients
Chyden Chang
FaBA Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Innovative Ingredients
Dr Qifeng (Nathan) Zhong
Systems and Synthetic Biologist
Innovative Ingredients
Dr Neha Natasha Lal
FaBA Senior Fermentation Specialist
Innovative Ingredients
Laetitia Gonzales
FaBA Senior Fermentation Specialist
Innovative Ingredients
Peizhen Gao
PhD Student
Innovative Ingredients
Hannes Ehlert
PhD Student
Innovative Ingredients
Froylan Garnica Garcia
PhD Student
Innovative Ingredients
Mariko Terasaki Hart
Biosustainability Hub Manager
Premium Food and Beverage
Professor Jason Stokes
Program Lead, Premium Food and Beverage
Premium Food and Beverage
Professor Polly Burey
Deputy Program Lead, Premium Food and Beverage
Premium Food and Beverage
Professor Louwrens Hoffman
Deputy Program Lead, Premium Food and Beverage
Premium Food and Beverage
Ms Yijing Chen
Principle Program Officer
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Eiffel Leong
Program Officer
Premium Food and Beverage
Professor Heather Smyth
Professorial Research Fellow
Premium Food and Beverage
Associate Professor Dharini Sivakumar
Senior Principal Research Fellow
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Heather Shewan
Senior Research Fellow, Premium Food and Beverage
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Jiahua Shi
Senior Research Fellow
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Alberto Baldelli
Senior Lecturer
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Bernadine Flanagan
Research Fellow
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Samira Siyamak
Senior Research Fellow
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Yuan Xu
Senior Research Fellow, Premium Food and Beverage
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Rebecca Forster
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Jaqueline Moura Nadolny
Research Fellow
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Yilun Weng
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Davor Daniloski
Research Fellow, Premium Food and Beverage
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Jiale Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Premium Food and Beverage
Mr Felix Briner
New Product Development Officer
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Dilini Perera
Senior Research Technician
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr. Nengneng Fan
Senior Research Assistant, Premium Food and Beverage
Premium Food and Beverage
Theresia Konrad
Senior Research Technician
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Amelia Zhang
Senior Research Assistant
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Beichen (Benny) Yang
Research Technician
Premium Food and Beverage
Emma Hassall
Senior Research Assistant
Premium Food and Beverage
Dr Xin Xu
Senior Research Scientist
Premium Food and Beverage
Anqi Li
PhD Candidate
Premium Food and Beverage
Harriet Arnold
PhD Candidate
Premium Food and Beverage
Shuting Xu
PhD Candidate
Premium Food and Beverage
Mr Yuntao Zhou
PhD Candidate
Premium Food and Beverage
Sunny Deng
PhD Candidate
Premium Food and Beverage
Ruoxin Liu
PhD Candidate
Premium Food and Beverage
Sanstuti Prasad
PhD Candidate
Training Centre
Professor Nidhi Bansal
Program Lead, FaBA Training Centre
Training Centre
Dane Ivicevic
Deputy Program Lead, Training Centre
Training Centre
Sophie Perisce (nee Ader)
Industry Liaison Manager
Training Centre
Justin Nugent
FaBA Training Centre and Alliance Operations Manager
Training Centre
Dr Xiaoying Xiong
Postdoc Research Fellow
Training Centre
Dr Malik Adil Nawaz
FaBA MakerSpace Senior Technical Officer
Training Centre
Geethi Eshani Ilukpitiya
Senior Research Assistant
Training Centre
Haoyang Zhang
PhD student
Training Centre
Mohammad Ihsan Yahya Prayoga
PhD Candidate
Steering Committee
Dr Peter Riddles AM
Chair, Industry Steering Committee
Steering Committee
Anne-Marie Birkill
Chair, FaBA Project Investment Committee and Member, Industry Steering Committee
Steering Committee
Professor Matthew Morell
Member, Industry Steering Committee
Steering Committee
Mario Pennisi AM
Member, Industry Steering Committee
Steering Committee
Jacqueline Wilson-Smith
Member, Industry Steering Committee
Project Investment Committee
Remy Crick
Member, Project Investment Committee
Project Investment Committee
Fiona Fleming
Member, Project Investment Committee
Project Investment Committee
Sandra Loader
Member, Project Investment Committee
Project Investment Committee
Dr Dean Moss
Member, Project Investment Committee
Project Investment Committee
Dr Barry McGookin
Member, Project Investment Committee
