Expert Reference Panel

The Natural Resources Management (NRM) Expert Reference Panel consists of a diverse team of specialists. It has been established to assist the Board with, but not limited to:

• providing advice to the Board on NRM science and research priorities;
• supporting the Alliance in attracting additional funding to those NRM science and resect priorities;
• providing advice to the Board via the Director, on the alignment of investment priorities and the allocation of funding in relation to the strategic direction determined by the Board;
• advising the Board, via the Director, on strategies for fostering and strengthening linkages between the users and providers of NRM science and research;
• appointing subcommittees to assist the Panel to perform its functions, as considered necessary.

Professor Lia Bryant Deputy Director, Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies, University of South Australia Associate Professor David Chittleborough Soil and Land Systems (School of Earth & Environmental Scs) / Geology and Geophysics (School of Earth & Environmental Scs) University of Adelaide Dr Peter Dillon Group Leader, Water Use and Reuse Urban and Industrial Water Water for a Healthy Country Flagship CSIRO Professor Howard Fallowfield Head of the Department of Environmental Health Director of the Flinders Research Centre for Coastal and Catchment Environments Flinders University

Dr John Hatch Senior Lecturer School of Economics University of Adelaide Professor Wayne Meyer Professor of Natural Resource Science School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Adelaide Dr Kathy Ophel Keller Leader Field Crops Pathology SARDI Plant Research Centre Associate Professor David Paton Head of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Adelaide Dr Qifeng Ye Subprogram Leader-Inland Waters SARDI Aquatic Science Centre