Experts available for holiday season
Over the summer holiday season the following ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers are happy to be approached for comment on their areas of expertise. The list has been organised into broad subject areas. Please see individual names to check their availability.
Mental health
Professor Sandy McFarlane, AO – available except public holidays
Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: Mental health and stress after trauma; bushfire and other disaster trauma; emergency services mental health.
Mobile: +61 (0)419 810 962
Email: alexander.mcfarlane@adelaide.edu.au
Sophie Dahlenburg - available except public holidays
Lecturer
School of Psychology
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: Body image, eating disorders, and personality (particularly Borderline Personality Disorder).
Mobile: +61 (0)404 453 411
Email: sophie.dahlenburg@adelaide.edu.au
Professor Deborah Turnbull - available except public holidays
School of Psychology
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: Mental health issues in general
Mobile: +61 (0)411 122 312
Email: deborah.turnbull@adelaide.edu.au
Dr Amanda Taylor - available except public holidays
Lecturer
School of Psychology
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: Mental health issues related to bushfires- especially issues for the emergency services workers
Mobile: +61 (0)407 186 610
Email: amanda.taylor@adelaide.edu.au
Nathan Jones – available except public holidays
PhD candidate
School of Psychology
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: Emotions and good mental health over Christmas and New Year period.
Mobile: +61 (0)412 122 444
Email: nathan.jones@adelaide.edu.au
Nutrition and dieting
Associate Professor Leonie Heilbronn – available from 10 January onwards
Group Leader, Obesity and Metabolism,
Adelaide Medical School,
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: Nutrition; weight loss; obesity, diabetes
Mobile: +61 (0)424 187 880
Email: leonie.heilbronn@adelaide.edu.au
Health
COVID-19
Geoff Hanmer – available except public holidays
Adjunct Professor
School of Architecture
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: Ventilation in buildings and how it affects COVID-19
Mobile: +61 (0)419 700 033
Email: geoff.hanmer@adelaide.edu.au
Dr Anne-Lise Chaber – available after 10 January onwards
School of Animal and Veterinary Science,
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist area of expertiseÌý: Covid-19 sniffer dogs
Mobile: +61 (0)452 177 745,
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýanne-lise.chaber@adelaide.edu.au
Agriculture
Associate Professor Matthew Tucker – available until 26 January.
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: UoA research around drought resistant crops, including gene editing to improve production and secure future food supply; current regulations around gene-editing of plants to improve crop production; the South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn barley industry
Mobile: +61 (0)403 314 740
Email: matthew.tucker@adelaide.edu.au
Drought and farming
Sharon Watt – available after 10 January
SA Drought Hub enquiries
Senior Consultant
AgCommunicators (who are managing all media enquiries for the hub)
AgCommunicators office closed 24 Dec 2021 to 10 Jan 2022
²Ñ´Ç²ú¾±±ô±ðÌý: +61 (0)409 675 100
Email: sharon.watt@agcommunicators.com.au
Wine/beverages
Paul Grbin – available except 25 Dec 2021 to 10 January 2022
Head winemaker
Agriculture, Food and Wine
Waite campus
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject areaÌý: Winemaking at waite, reduced alcohol wines with a focus on mouthfeel and flavour, wine varieties drought tolerance.
²Ñ´Ç²ú¾±±ô±ðÌý: +61 (0)40 791 6265
Email: paul.grbin@adelaide.edu.au
Associate Professor Dr Armando Corsi – available after 10 January 2022
Adelaide Business School
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Wine labelling, wine marketing, wine consumption
Mobile: +61 (0)403 061 631
Email: armando.corsi@adelaide.edu.au
Marketing
Associate Professor Steve Goodman - available except public holidays
Associate Professor of Marketing,
Adelaide Business School
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Marketing; seasonal marketing; wine/food marketing; hospitality; online selling; retail-tourism
Mobile: +61 (0)416 133 236
Email: steve.goodman@adelaide.edu.au
Climate Change
Associate Professor John Tibby – available after 10 January 2022
Head of Geography, Environment and Population
School of Social Sciences
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: Environmental history of the lower Murray River lakes, Naracoorte Caves; lake sediments, water quality
Mobile:Ìý+61 (0)434 950 861
Email: john.tibby@adelaide.edu.au
Bushfire
Professor Bob Hill – available except public holidays
Director of the Environment Institute
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Bushfire, impact of extreme heat on urban areas, botanical research
²Ñ´Ç²ú¾±±ô±ðÌý: +61 (0)409 286 970
Email: bob.hill@adelaide.edu.au
Associate Professor Douglas Bardsley – available except public holidays
School of Social Sciences
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Climate change adaptation, environmental and agricultural risk management, resilience analysis in agricultural systems and rural communities, bushfire.
Mobile:Ìý+61 (0)447 315 212
Email: douglas.bardsley@adelaide.edu.au
Wildlife and insects
Professor Frank Grutzner – available after 4 January
School of Biological Sciences
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Echidna and platypus, specifically genome sequencing, EchidnaCSI
Mobile: +61 (0)417 026 302
Email: frank.grutzner@adelaide.edu.au
Animals and pets
Susan Hazel – available after 10 January
Senior Lecturer
School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: Companion animal behaviour and welfare, specifically pets
Mobile: +61 (0)402 325 876
Email: susan.hazel@adelaide.edu.au
Wayne Boardman – available after 17 January
Senior Lecturer,
School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject areaÌý: bat ecology, epidemiology and modelling of diseases; koala and Hairy nosed wombat health and disease; frogs, particularly those native to the Adelaide Hills.
Mobile: +61 (0)467 726 176
Email: wayne.boardman@adelaide.edu.au
Associate Professor Lucy Woolford – available only 4–15 January
Associate Professor in Veterinary Pathology
School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject areaÌý: History of Port River Dolphins, dolphins in distress, Port River dolphins; wildlife conservation, health and pathology; equine pathology.
Mobile: +61 (0)428 288 234Ìý
Email: lucy.woolford@adelaide.edu.au
Professor Ivan Nagelkirken – available after 4 January
The Environment Institute and Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Marine ecology andÌý climate change. Climate change and effects on ocean biodiversity, fish behaviour
Mobile: +61(0)477 320 551,Ìý
Email: ivan.nagelkerken@adelaide.edu.au
Invasive species controls
Dr John Read – available except public holidays
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: Arid zone ecology, reptile and avian ecology, mining and grazing impact assessment, vertebrate pest management and threatened species recovery, roo management, cat management.Ìý
Throw some roo on barbeque – alternative Christmas feast.
Mobile: +61 (0)409 534 852Ìý
Email: john.read@adelaide.edu.au
International Trade
Naoise McDonagh – available from 10 January 2022 onwards.
Lecturer,
Institute for International Trade
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog – China trade relations
Mobile: +61 (0)432 302 395,
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýnaoise.mcdonagh@adelaide.edu.au
Peter Draper – available except public holidays
Professor Peter Draper
Interim Head: School of Economics and Public Policy
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject area: ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog – China trade relations
Mobile: +61 (0)481 902 474.
Email: peter.draper@adelaide.edu.au
Politics - South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog
Emeritus Professor Clem Mcintyre – available except public holidays
Department of Politics and International Relations,
School of Social Sciences
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject areaÌý: State politics and British politics
²Ñ´Ç²ú¾±±ô±ðÌý: +61 (0)432 977 055
EmailÌý: clement.macintyre@adelaide.edu.au
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Politics – Federal
Emerita Professor Carol Johnson, PhD, FASSA,Ìý– available except public holidays
Department of Politics and International Relations,
School of Social Sciences
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Contact via email first please. carol.johnson@adelaide.edu.au
Dr Jenny Stock – available except public holidays
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
State and Federal politics
²Ñ´Ç²ú¾±±ô±ðÌý: +61 (0)412 237 108
Economic outlook/employment outlook
Anthony Kosturjak – available except public holidays
Senior Research Economist,
SA Centre for Economic Studies
The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide
Specialist subject areaÌý: Economic outlook and general economic conditions
²Ñ´Ç²ú¾±±ô±ðÌý: +61 (0)411 77 5712
EmailÌý: anthony.kosturjak@adelaide.edu.au
Media contact:
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide media team
Phone: 8313 0814
Email: media@adelaide.edu.au