Management Board

The key role of the Management Board is to set the strategic vision and direction for the Goyder Institute and to monitor its implementation and outcomes. It also reviews and approves annual research programs and budgets, and oversees the effective delivery of the research programs.

The Board comprises an Independent Chair, the Director of the Goyder Institute, and a representative from each partner organisation: SA Department for Environment and Water (representing State Government), CSIRO, Flinders University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia.

Jody Swirepik

Management Board Chair, Goyder Institute for Water Research

Jody Swirepik

Management Board Chair, Goyder Institute for Water Research

Ms Swirepik holds a wealth of experience in the water sector and natural resources management, working with a broad range of stakeholders including First Nations peoples, government agencies and communities.
Since March 2021, Jody was the Director of National Parks within the Department for Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Between 2018-2021, Jody was appointed the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder before moving into her last position. Prior to this, Jody spent three years as Executive General Manager of the Clean Energy Regulator working on carbon farming and emissions reductions. In her earlier career, Jody worked for the NSW EPA and the ACT Government before joining the Murray-Darling Basin Commission and subsequently the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA). Jody spent three years as General Manager of The Living Murray Initiative before becoming Executive Director Environmental Management in the MDBA.

Professor Okke Batelaan

Professor, Flinders University

Professor Okke Batelaan

Professor, Flinders University

Professor Okke Batelaan is a graduate of the Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (MSc – Hydrogeology) and of the Free University Brussels, Belgium (PhD – Engineering). He worked for more than 20 years at the Free University Brussels and also led the hydrogeology group at the KU Leuven, Belgium since 2006. He was chairman of the Interuniversity Programme in Water Resources Engineering.

Since 2012 Okke Batelaan is Strategic Professor in Hydrogeology at Flinders University. Okke has broad experience in teaching groundwater hydrology, groundwater modelling, GIS and remote sensing for hydrological applications. He was supervisor of more than 140 MSc and 25 PhD students. He has extensive research experience and a publication record in shallow groundwater hydrology and modeling, recharge-discharge estimation and modeling, urban hydrology and distributed modelling, ecohydrology and impacts of land use and climate change on groundwater systems. He coordinated and participated in a large number of projects in Europe, Africa, South America, Asia and Australia. He is editor-in-chief of Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies and of MDPI-Hydrology.

Dan Jordan

A/Executive Director, Water and River Murray, Department for Environment and Water (DEW)

Dan Jordan

A/Executive Director, Water and River Murray, Department for Environment and Water (DEW)

Dan Jordan is the A/Executive Director, Water and River Murray, Department for Environment and Water (DEW). Dan is also the Basin Officials Committee Alternate Member for South Australia.

Dr Carmel Pollino

Research Director, Water Security, CSIRO

Dr Carmel Pollino

Research Director, Water Security, CSIRO

Dr Carmel Pollino is a Research Director for the Water Security Program in CSIRO Environment. She has 20 years of experience working on water issues in Australia and throughout Asia. Carmel has degrees in science and environmental law and works across the science and policy interface. Significant areas of research in Environmental Flows, Hydrology, Ecology and Integrated River Basin Planning. Carmel is the lead and also a contributor to global working groups on water and has published widely in this domain.

Dr Ben Van Den Akker

Enterprise Fellow in Environmental Chemistry

Dr Ben Van Den Akker

Enterprise Fellow in Environmental Chemistry

Dr Ben van den Akker completed his Bachelor of Environmental Health, honours, and PhD degrees at Flinders University. Since 2007 he has pursued a hybrid research career within both academia and industry. He joined UniSA in 2023 as an Enterprise Fellow within STEM. With expertise in environmental health and microbiology, his research focuses on enhancing the performance and sustainability of engineered water and wastewater treatment systems to capture the full value of water. He also has an interest in health aspects of water quality, which includes the use of microbial risk assessment principles in the regulation and management of urban water systems. Ben is passionate about collaborative research with industry and government and through these partnerships he has acquired practical experience in the implementation of research outcomes.

Professor Bronwyn Gillanders

Head of School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide

Professor Bronwyn Gillanders

Head of School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide

Professor Bronwyn Gillanders is the Head of School of Biological Sciences at the University of Adelaide. Prof Gillanders completed her BSc at the University of Canterbury, MSc at the University of Otago and her PhD at the University of Sydney. She has a research background in environmental science focused predominantly on freshwater and marine ecology.

Her research interests include integrated marine management; coastal carbon opportunities; multiple use activities and cumulative impact assessment; biology, ecology and fisheries of cephalopods; stocking and provenance of fish; plastics in the marine environment including in seafood; use of fish bones (and other calcified structures) for assessing ecological and environmental change. She has trained and mentored ~70 Honours and Higher Degree Research students and shaped the future of 1000s of students through her undergraduate teaching. She is passionate about encouraging capable women to enter and remain in science careers.

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