APBC 2025 COMMITTEE

Thank you to our valued Committee Members for their contribution.


2025 Conference Chair & Theme Lead

Prof Jacqui Batley 

ARC Laureate Fellow,

University of Western Australia


2025 Secretary

Dr Aria Dolatabadian 

Research Fellow,

University of Western Australia

2025 Theme Lead

Dr Mobashwer Alam 

Senior Research Fellow,

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland

2025 Theme Lead

Prof Lee Hickey 

Director, ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding; ARC Future Felllow,

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland


Dr Phillip Nichols

Associate Professor,

University of Western Australia



Dr Junrey Amas

Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
University of Western Australia


Dr Rhys Copeland
Postdoctoral Research Associate,

Centre for Crop and Food Innovation,
Murdoch University


Dr Alice Hayward
Senior Research Fellow,

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland

Yasmine Lam

Postdoctoral Research Fellow,

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland

Dr Jodi Neal

Principal Plant Breeder,
Queensland Department of Primary Industries

Dr William Thomas

Postdoctoral Research Fellow,

University of Western Australia

Director, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation; Director, State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre; Fellow of the Royal Society

Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Murdoch University

Shanice Van Haeften
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,

Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland

Dr Thomas Bergmann Postdoctoral Research Fellow,

University of Western Australia

Adjunct Professor
Dini Ganesalingam

Research & Business Development Manager,

InterGrain 

Tress Walmsley

CEO,

InterGrain

APBC 2025 ABSTRACT ReVIewers

Thank you to our valued Abstract Reviewers for their time and contribution.

  • Theme Lead - Breeding for Food/Feed Quality and Sustainable Practice
    Jacqui Batley, University of Western Australia
  • Theme Lead - Breeding for Climate Change and Stress Resilience
    Mobashwer Alam, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland
  • Theme Lead - Genomics and Advanced Breeding Techniques
    Lee Hickey, ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding for Agricultural Futures, The University of Queensland

  • Abstract Reviewers
    • Prof Nasar Uddin Ahmed, Patuakhali Science and Technology University
    • Junrey Amas, University of Western Australia
    • Thomas Bergmann, University of Western Australia
    • Rhys Copeland, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Murdoch University
    • Dr Max Cowan, Research Scientist, Horticulture and Forestry Science, Department of primary Industries, Queensland
    • Aria Dolatabadian, University of Western Australia
    • Dini Ganesalingam, InterGrain
    • Alice Hayward, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland
    • Satish Kumar, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited
    • Yasmine Lam, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland
    • Dr Patrick Mason, The University of Queensland
    • Dr Asad Prodhan, The University of Western Australia
    • William Thomas, University of Western Australia
    • Shanice Van Haeften, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland