Our operations team is a specialised, agile group of professional staff members, dedicated to innovation and creating impactful change.
Dr Lauren DuFall
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Derek Collinge
Project Officer
Julie Leroux
Project Officer
Mel Pickering
GMO and IP Officer
Sarah Kaines
Senior Technical Services Officer
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GENETIC & FIELD TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE CROPS
The ARC Training Centre for Accelerated Future Crops Development is funded by the Australian Research Council under the Industrial Transformation Training Hubs Program to run from 2022 to 2027.
It is a collaboration of universities, government research agencies and the Australian grains sector’s key stakeholders in training, R&D, social engagement, responsible innovation, breeding, marketing and delivery.
It also has international partners in gene-editing, SynBio, crop breeding, and, other partnerships for co-developing deep technologies to transform the agriculture industry and global food security.