Advisory Committee
The Australian Biological Resources Study Advisory Committee is a non-statutory body which provides technical and policy advice to the Minister responsible for the Australian Biological Resources Study. Advice includes assessing and recommending funding for research Grants and Contracts, and Training Schemes, and the development of strategic and operational priorities and directions for the program. Committee membership includes up to seven technical members, four community stakeholder members plus observers.
Advisory Committee Membership — from January 2007
Chair
Professor Merilyn Sleigh
EvoGenix
Research Sub-Committee
Professor Chris Austin
Head of Science and Primary Industries School
Charles Darwin University
(Molecular Systematist)
Mr Peter Bostock
Queensland Herbarium
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha
(Fern Taxonomist)
Dr Marco Duretto
Tasmanian Herbarium
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
(Senior Curator/Botanist)
Dr Brett Summerell
Botanic Gardens Trust
(Mycologist/Plant Pathologist)
Dr Robin Wilson
Museum Victoria
(Marine Invertebrate Taxonomist)
Dr David Yeates
Senior Principal Research Scientist and Schlinger Fellow
Australian National Insect Collection
CSIRO Entomology
(Entomologist)
Stakeholder Members
Associate Professor Jennifer Davis
School of Environmental Science
Murdoch University
(Aquatic Ecosystems)
Professor Jack Elix
Department of Chemistry
Australian National University
(Lichen Chemotaxonomist)
Mr Andrew Inglis
(Agricultural Representative)
Dr Anna Lavelle
(Biotechnology Representative)
Invited Observers
Dr Penny Berents
Chair, Council of Heads of Australian Faunal Collections (CHAFC)
Australian Museum
Dr Brett Summerell
Council of Heads of Australian Herbarium (CHAH)
Botanic Gardens Trust