Our Team

The Institute for Water Futures is home to a highly interdisciplinary team of world class researchers. Scroll for more information on our diverse team, and click through for full profile information.

Director

Professor Lorrae van Kerkhoff
Director, Institute for Water Futures

Leadership team

Professor Katherine Daniell
School of Cybernetics, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
Professor Quentin Grafton
Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
Professor Mark Howden
ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions
Emeritus Professor Anthony Jakeman
Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU College of Science
Professor Paul Tregoning
Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU College of Science

IWF fellows

Dr Jason Alexandra
Research Fellow, Institute for Water Futures
Associate Professor Barry Croke
Fenner School of Environment & Society & Mathematical Sciences Institute, ANU College of Science
Dr Hannah Feldman
Research Fellow, Institute for Water Futures
Dr Siavash Ghelichkhan
Research Fellow, Institute for Water Futures
Dr Joseph Guillaume
Research Fellow, Institute for Water Futures
Associate Professor Carina Wyborn
Research Fellow, Institute for Water Futures
Dr Paul Wyrwoll
Research Fellow, Institute for Water Futures

Associated researchers

Dr Danlu Guo
ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics
Dr Serena Hamilton
Fenner School of Environment & Society, ANU College of Science
Dr Steven Lade
Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU College of Science
Dr Ana Manero
Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
Dr Wendy Merritt
Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU College of Science
Dr Fateme Zare
Fenner School of Environment & Society, ANU College of Science

Administrative staff

Tanish Mittal
Event Coordinator and Administrative Assistant
Erin Neil-Aouali
Communications Officer
Charlie Paulk
Project Coordinator
Dr Anita Peerson
Knowledge Broker
Susan Ward
Institute Manager

Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

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