Meet our scientists

The Australian Antarctic Division employs approximately 70 scientific staff and some 60 associated research, technical and administrative support staff. These profiles provide a snap-shot of the research team working in the areas of Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate and ecosystems, and environmental protection and change. This list will continue to be updated, so please check back from time to time.

Theme leaders

• Dr Nick Gales: Acting Chief Scientist and Frontier Science Theme Leader 
• Dr Martin Riddle - Terrestrial and Nearshore Ecosystems: Environmental Change and Conservation.
• Dr Andrew Klekocuik - Co-leader Climate Processes and Change
• Dr Tas van Ommen - Co-leader Climate Processes and Change 
• Dr Andrew Constable - Co-leader Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Environmental Change and Conservation
• Dr Dirk Welsford - Co-leader Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Environmental Change and Conservation

Stream leaders

• Dr Dana Bergstrom - Vulnerability and spatial protection
• Dr Ben Galton-Fenzi - Oceans and marine ice in the Southern Hemisphere
• Assoc. Professor Ian Goodwin - Antarctic palaeoclimate
• Professor Rob Harcourt - Wildlife conservation 
• Dr Andrew Klekociuk – Atmospheric processes and change
• Professor Andrew McMinn - Marine ecosystem change and Protecting marine biodiversity
• Dr Phil O'Brien - Vulnerability and spatial protection 
• Dr Steve Rintoul - Oceans and marine ice in the Southern Hemisphere
• Professor Sharon Robinson   - Trends and sensitivity to change
• Professor Ian Snape – Human impacts - prevention, mitigation and remediation
• Dr Jan Strugnell - Marine ecosystem change and Protecting marine biodiversity 
• Dr Paul Tregoning - The Antarctic ice sheet
• Dr Tas van Ommen – Antarctic palaeoclimate
• Dr Dirk Welsford - Southern Ocean fisheries 

Research scientists

• Dr Graham Hosie - Principal Research Scientist: zooplankton
• Dr Rob Massom – Senior Research Scientist, sea ice and remote sensing
• Dr Colin Southwell - Principal Research Scientist: ecology