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Professor Ruth Wallace
Professor Ruth Wallace
Director
Alisha Roditis
Alisha Roditis
Administrative Officer / EA to Director
Lisa McManus
Professor Lisa McManus
Deputy Director
Professor Cathy Robinson
Professor Cathy Robinson
Director, Northern Australian Research Alliance
Katrina Britnell
Katrina Britnell
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Aravinda Senarath
Aravinda Senarath
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Mary Ann Maddox
Mary Ann Maddox
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Bindya (Bindi) Edirisinghe
Bindya (Bindi) Edirisinghe
Research Administrative Assistant
Aimee Diola
Aimee Diola
Research Administrative Assistant
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Professor Ruth Wallace
Professor Ruth Wallace

Director

Professor Ruth Wallace

Director

E:  ruth.wallace@cdu.edu.au
T: +61 8 8946 6390

Professor Ruth Wallace is the Director of the Northern Institute. Ruth leads the Regional, Economic & Workforce Development theme which focuses on collaborative approaches to workforce development and engagement with community, governments and industry that are sustainable and scalable. Ruth is the social science technical advisor for the Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, with a focus on building resilience through community engagement and collaborative knowledge and management systems for biosecurity surveillance. In February 2016, Ruth became the first female Australian researcher to be awarded a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Agriculture and Life Sciences (sponsored by Kansas State University).

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