AFRAN AUSTRALIAN LOCAL HUBS 

NSW

LEA MAGUERO

Environmentalist and procurement specialist Lea Maguero has spent over a decade working across all aspects of supply chain logistics. But it was her passion for sustainability and the natural environment that led her to become the Environment & Sustainability Manager at BioPak — an Australian company that supplies plant-based compostable packaging to the foodservice industry. Lea specialises in sustainable procurement and is passionate about helping communities and organisations actively reduce their negative environmental impacts.

YANN QUIDE

Dr Yann Quidé is a Research Fellow in the School of Psychiatry, and affiliated scientist at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA). Yann completed his doctoral studies at the University of Tours, France, where he specialised in the investigation of the early neurobiological alterations involved in the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Yann subsequently joined the UNSW Research Unit for Schizophrenia Epidemiology and leads the neurobiological research stream within the Stress-related psychopathology research program at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA).

OLIVIER SALVADO

QLD

Olivier Salvado is the Head of Imaging and Computer Vision  at  CSIRO  Data61  with  capability  in  3D  computer vision,  efficient  implementation  of  computer  vision methods,  hyperspectral  Imaging,  as  well  as  quantitative  imaging,  covering  multiple  domains  (precision agriculture,  medical  imaging...).  Dr Salvado has several adjunct positions with Australian universities, he is a regular assessor of scientific grants, a reviewer of international journals, and is regularly involved in reviewing and organising international conferences.

PETER REVILL

VIC

Professor Peter Revill is a senior medical scientist and laboratory head at VIDRL, Royal Melbourne Hospital at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. Professor Revill has a strong national and international reputation in hepatitis B virus (HBV) virology and pathogenesis. In 2016, he co-founded the global HBV cure initiative, the International Coalition to Eliminate Hepatitis B (ICE-HBV), and in 2019 led publication of the first ICE-HBV Global Scientific Strategy for HBV cure, and co-convened the International HBV Molecular Virology conference in Melbourne. In 2021 he was appointed theme leader in Virology by the Australian Society for Microbiology.

MAXIME FRANÇOIS

SA

Maxime François is a Future Science Platform Postdoctoral  Fellow  at  CSIRO  Health  &  Biosecurity.   His  current research  aims  at  developing  biomarkers  of  genomic ageing and health in saliva. Maxime is an expert user of a panel of imaging equipment such as laser scanning cytometer, Metasystem Metafer, Nikon A1 confocal microscope and 3D Imaris imaging software.

EMILIE DOTTE

WA

​I am an archaeologist specialised in the Pacific islands, currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow with The Australian National University. My research focuses on two main issues: the historiography of archaeology and the study of past human-environment dynamics. I have been working between France and Australia, in both anglophone and francophone Pacific Islands for more than 15 years, hence my interest in French-Australian collaborations for research in the Pacific.

MATHIEU MONGIN

TAS

Mathieu  Mongin’s  research  is  focused  on  BioGeochemical  Cycles  (BGC)  and  marine  ecosystems  in  the ocean. He aims to develop original and innovative re- search  to  understand  biogeochemical  biological  and physical  interactions,  particularly  those  which  affect marine costal environment, including their productivity, carbon export and the response of these processes to  external  perturbation,  climate  variability  climate change, ocean acidification.