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.
If you would like to contact a scientist please use our contact page.
Theme leaders
- Dr Nick Gales: Chief Scientist and Frontier Science Theme Leader
- Dr Martin Riddle – Terrestrial and Nearshore Ecosystems: Environmental Change and Conservation
- Dr Tas van Ommen – Climate Processes and Change
- Dr Andrew Constable – Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Environmental Change and Conservation (Streams 3.1 and 3.4)
- Dr Bill de la Mare - Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Environmental Change and Conservation (Streams 3.2 and 3.3)
Research scientists
- Dr Mike Double - Leader, Australian Marine Mammal Centre
- Dr Louise Emmerson - quantitative ecologist
- Dr Graham Hosie – zooplankton biologist
- Dr Simon Jarman - molecular biologist
- Dr Andrew Klekociuk - atmospheric scientist
- Dr Rob Massom – sea ice and remote sensing
- Dr Klaus Meiners - sea ice ecologist
- Dr Jessica Melbourne-Thomas - marine ecologist and ecosystem modeller
- Dr Andrew Moy - ice core research scientist
- Professor Ian Snape - geochemist
- Dr Colin Southwell – ecologist
- Dr Jonny Stark - marine ecologist
- Dr Stefan Vogel - ice sheet and field glaciology
- Dr Dirk Welsford - fish and fisheries scientist
- Dr Philippe Ziegler - population modelling
