NATURAL HAZARDS RESEARCH AUSTRALIA - Key Persons
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- Researcher
- Researcher / Bureau of Meteorology
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- Researcher
- Researcher / Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions ( WA )
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- Researcher
- Researcher / Bureau of Meteorology
Alen is the Deputy Chief Officer Fire Risk, Research and Community Preparedness with the Country Fire Authority. After gaining a Master of Science (Forestry) Degree, Alen started his working career in Croatia as a forester from where he emigrated to New Zealand in 1995. He worked as a Fire Management Officer with the Forestry Corporation and a Technical Assistant - Fire Research Group with the NZ Forest Research Institute.
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- Researcher
- Researcher / the University of Tasmania
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- Researcher
- Researcher / RMIT University
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- Researcher
- Researcher / Macquarie University
Andrew Gissing is the Chief Executive Officer at Natural Hazards Research Australia, joining us from Risk Frontiers as the General Manager of Resilience.
He was previously the Deputy Chief Officer and Director of Emergency Management and Communication with the Victoria State Emergency Service and the Director of Enterprise Risk Management at the NSW Department of Family and Community Services.
Andrew takes over as CEO from Dr Richard Thornton, who retired in July after guiding the Centre through establishment. He previously led the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and Bushfire CRC, where he has steered Australia's natural hazard research agenda for the past 18 years.
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- Associate Student
- Associate Student / Australian National University
Anna has a background in social work, education and psychology and has recently completed her thesis in psychology, working with bushfire affected communities across the South Coast of NSW, examining community-led disaster recovery and response to the Black Summer fires in 2019. Anna is a mother of three and is currently completing her PhD with scholarship at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University.
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- Associate Student
- Associate Student / Massey University of New Zealand
Annal Dhungana is a doctoral candidate and tutor at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research (JCDR) at Massey University. Before joining JCDR, Annal had experience in Nepal in disaster risk management planning, education and communication after completing his Master's in Environmental Science from Tribhuvan University in 2010.
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- Senior Communications Officer
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- Researcher
- Researcher / Monash University
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- Researcher
- Researcher / the University of Melbourne
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- Development Fellow
- ECR Development Fellow
Dr Amy Cardinal Christianson is Métis and grew up in Treaty 8 territory (northern Alberta, Canada). Her Métis relations are the Cardinal (Peeaysis Band) and Laboucane (Laboucane Settlement) families. She currently lives near Rocky Mountain House in Treaty 6 (central Alberta). Amy is a Research Scientist with the Canadian Forest Service (Natural Resources Canada) and is currently on interchange to Parks Canada as an Indigenous Fire Specialist in the National Fire Management Division.
Amy works with Indigenous Nations across Canada on fire stewardship practices like cultural burning and collaborates with Indigenous peoples from around the world on decolonising land management. She also studies wildfire evacuations and advocates for Indigenous wildland firefighters. She is the co-author of the books, First Nations Wildfire Evacuations: A guide for communities and external agencies and Blazing the Trail: Celebrating Indigenous Fire Stewardship. Amy also cohosts the Good Fire podcast, which looks at Indigenous fire use around the world.
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- Researcher
- Researcher / Bureau of Meteorology
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- Researcher
- Researcher / University of Southern Queensland
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- Node Research Manager
- Node Research Manager - Vic, Tas & WA
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- Node Research Manager
- Node Research Manager - NSW, ACT & SA
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- Research & Implementation Director
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- Research Services Project Officer
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- Research Services Team Leader
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- Node Research Manager
- Node Research Manager - Qld & NT
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- Member of the Board
- Board Member / Education and Training Committee
- Member of Risk, Audit and Compliance Committee
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- Research and Implementation Committee / the Research and Implementation Committee
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- Partnership Development Director
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- Executive Assistant to CEO
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- Research Services Project Officer