People

Throughout his career in research and academia, Michael investigated how crops and trees, and the related agro and forest ecosystems adapt to changing and challenging environments.

Having worked in three different countries, learn more about our Director.

Te'o Lau Dr Viliamu Iese has a long career across climate-change adaptation and disaster risk management (both extreme and slow onset events), with skills and expertise in sustainable agriculture, food-system resilience, climate change and its effect on agriculture, agro-biodiversity and developing resilience of communities and industries.

Read more about this Samoan chief – denoted by the title “Te'o Lau” –  who holds a PhD in Climate Change from the Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development, and has 52+ peer-reviewed publications to his name.

Anita has a background in agriculture and extensive experience engaging with Victoria's regional communities.

Read more about our Hub Operations Manager, including returning full circle to Dookie, here.

Peter has extensive experience of working in drought-related regions, including Africa, Latin America and closer to home in Western Australia. Read more about our Victoria Soils Co-ordinator here.

Rebecca leads the small, expert team of Knowledge Brokers who combine scientific and communications expertise for the Vic Hub. Read more about Rebecca and her expertise in integrating knowledge to create new understanding here.

As well as being one of the Vic Hub’s Knowledge Brokers, George is a post-doctoral researcher in the QAEL at Deakin University. Read more about one of our Knowledge Brokers.

Sam joined the Vic Hub in October 2022, as part of the Hub’s expansion. Since graduating from Dookie Agricultural College with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Agriculture), her career has focused around the two things she adores: agriculture and communications.

Aside from her love of Australian ag, dictionaries, kelpies and cheese, see more about who leads our Social Media & Communications .

Emma joined the expanding Vic Hub as our Admin Assistant in January 2023.

She brings a career background in property-law administration, along with a range of diverse administration roles that have allowed her to build a proactive, efficient work approach.

Read more about this waterfall-chasing, Lindt-chocolate loving admin whiz, who also volunteers on a Perendale stud farm at Goughs Bay, near Lake Eildon, in her spare time.

Bow joined the Vic Hub in mid-October 2023. His interest in legislative compliance around safety and the environment, as well as agricultural and natural systems management, suits him perfectly to his role. Read more about our Innovation Broker.