Staff

Dr Alec Rolston

Director

Dr Alec Rolston

Director

Alec Rolston joined the Institute in 2021 as Research Program Manager of the Goyder Institute’s research projects in the Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin program. He has extensive experience in integrated water resource management, integrated catchment management, drinking water source protection and wetland ecology, conservation and management across Europe and Australia.

Alec holds a PhD from the National University of Ireland Maynooth and has worked with An Fóram Uisce|The Water Forum and the Dundalk Institute of Technology in Ireland as well as the MANTEL Innovative Training Network across Europe.

Alec spent his early career in Adelaide working with Flinders University through the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLMM) Ecology Research Cluster and within the Department for Environment and Water.
Email: director@goyderinstitute.org

Daniel Flaherty

Accountant

Daniel Flaherty

Accountant

Daniel Flaherty is the Accountant for the Goyder Institute for Water Research.

Daniel has extensive experience in higher education having worked in senior financial management roles at the University of South Australia, Flinders University and the University of Adelaide over the past 26 years. Daniel has also been a Board Director on a number of university related entities. Prior to that, Daniel has worked in a range of agencies in the Commonwealth and State Governments.

Daniel is a Fellow of CPA Australia and has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide.

Jane French

CLLMM Research Centre Manager

Jane French

CLLMM Research Centre Manager

Jane French is the CLLMM Research Centre Manager, based in Goolwa, South Australia. Jane is a talented, results-focused leader with a proven record in business analytics and systems development. She is deeply passionate about developing strong professional relationships to drive best practice in partnership with highly motivated practitioners to create a high-performance culture. With qualifications in Communications, Training and Assessment and International and Community Development, Jane has worked in the Not-for-Profit sector for many years, primarily within Community Centres at Management Level, and more recently with one of Australia’s largest NFP organisations. Jane has also served on a number of Boards in the NFP sector. Previous to that Jane has lectured at TAFE, teaching Communications. Growing up on a multi-generational family farm in the south-east of SA, but now living in Goolwa, Jane is a passionate community member and volunteers on committees for local sporting clubs that her children are engaged with.
Email: jane.french@goyderinstitute.org

Dr Nick Whiterod

CLLMM Research Centre Science Program Manager

Dr Nick Whiterod

CLLMM Research Centre Science Program Manager

Dr Nick Whiterod is the CLLMM Research Centre Science Program Manager based in Goolwa, South Australia. Nick is an ecologist with more than two decades experience, working broadly conserving and researching freshwater species and ecosystems across South Australia and Australia. He has conducted several successful reintroduction projects, contributed to the national listing of more than 50 freshwater fish and crayfish, and actively worked to understand and conserve freshwater fish across Australia, including in the Mt Lofty Ranges and the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth region. Nick was a 2018 Churchill Fellow and recently received the 2023 Unsung Hero of South Australian Science.
Email: nick.whiterod@goyderinstitute.org

Nathan Hartman

CLLMM Research Centre First Nations Engagement Officer

Nathan Hartman

CLLMM Research Centre First Nations Engagement Officer

Nathan Hartman is the First Nations Engagement Officer for the CLLMM Research Hub, based in Goolwa, South Australia. Nathan is a local First Nations Ngarrindjeri/Boandik man, born and raised in the town of Meningie located on the edge of Lake Albert in the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth region. Nathan holds a bachelor’s degree in Immersive Media at the University of Adelaide with experience in incorporating First Nations perspectives into different media formats and has previously undertaken various cultural heritage and environmental monitoring tasks throughout his life for local First Nations organisations. Nathan will be a link between the First Nations community and the Hub in co-designing research projects and outcomes that are mutually beneficial for the First Nations community, wider community, the Goyder Institute and other parties alike.
Email: nathan.hartman@goyderinstitute.org

Dr Tiffany Nay

CLLMM Research Centre Communications and Engagement Coordinator

Dr Tiffany Nay

CLLMM Research Centre Communications and Engagement Coordinator

Dr Tiffany Nay is the Communications and Engagement Coordinator at the CLLMM Research Centre based in Goolwa, South Australia. Tiffany has an academic background with a PhD in fish physiology from James Cook University. For the past 2 years, she has worked in managing wetland ecosystems throughout the CLLMM region. Throughout both roles, Tiffany focused on creating innovative science communication materials and engaging public outreach for communities. She is excited to join the CLLMM Research Centre.

Email: tiffany.nay@goyderinstitute.org

Dr Bryony Cotterell

Research Program Manager

Dr Bryony Cotterell

Research Program Manager

Dr Bryony Cotterell a Research Program Manager at the University of Adelaide Campus. Bryony has an academic background with a PhD in Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology with further research into anti-microbial resistance. She has worked for the last 5 years within Clinical Research project management for the various NHS Trusts in the UK, specialising in advanced imaging and cancer research. Bryony has organised and taken in part in a host of different outreach and scientific communications events across a breadth of STEM areas and has a keen interest in environmental research, she is excited to broaden her focus and work within the Goyder team.
Email: bryony.cotterell@goyderinstitute.org

Fiona Adamson

Research Program Manager (Seconded)

Fiona Adamson

Research Program Manager (Seconded)

Fiona has joined the Goyder Institute on secondment from Institute partner Flinders University where she has been providing administrative and strategic support for the past twelve years in her role as Centre Manager of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training. She has actively cultivated a strong network of contacts in the water industry over this time. Fiona has qualifications in Project Administration, Management and Leadership.
Email: fiona.adamson@goyderinstitute.org

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