Bid Advisory Board
Dr Georgina Davis
Interim Chair
Georgina is the owner of the Waste to Opportunity Enterprise, and she holds Board positions spanning both the natural resource and resource recovery sectors. She is a Chartered Environmentalist and Chartered Waste Manager and her Doctorate in Environmental Technology focused on biopolymers.
Joyanne Manning
Joyanne Manning is both the Circular Economy and Waste and Resource Recovery Leader for Arup across Australasia. Joyanne is a Fellow and Executive Engineer of Engineers Australia.
Dr Ian Dagley, FTSE, FRACI, MAICD
Dr Ian Dagley was the Chief Executive Officer of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Polymers for 21 years, and subsequently he was Chief of the Science Partnerships and Engagement Division of the Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) for 2.5 years.
Bid Team
Professor Dr Chengrong Chen
Griffith University
Bid Leader and Interim CEO
Professor Chengrong Chen is a founding Director for Resource Recovery Recycling Remanufacturing Waste Hub, Griffith University.
T: +61 7 3735 7494
E: [email protected]
Dr Maryam Esfandbod
Griffith University
Bid Chief Operating Officer
Dr Maryam Esfandbod is Research Innovation Business Manager for the Resource Recovery Recycling Remanufacturing (4R) Waste Hub at Griffith University.
+61 7 3735 7876
E: [email protected]
Research Team
Education and Training Lead
Professor Cordia Chu AM
Griffith University
Education & Training Lead
Professor Cordia Chu, Director of Griffith University’s Centre for Environment and Population Health, Griffith University.
T: +61 7 3735 7458
E: [email protected]
Research Program 1: Design for circularity
Professor Hao Wang
University of Southern Queensland
Research Program 1 Lead
Professor Hao Wang is the Theme Leader in Centre for Future Materials (CFM) at USQ, and the incoming President of Asian-Australasian Association for Composite Materials for 2022-2024. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Composites Part B: Engineering.
Prof Wang has over 30 years research experience in materials science and engineering and published over 350 peer-reviewed articles in high-quality journals with citations >20,000, H-index 76. In the last 10 year His composites research started when he moved to USQ in 2006. His research on plastics and composites has actively shaping the field with over 100 publications in this research direction, including the papers in Progress in Materials Science (IF 39.6) and Progress in Polymer Science (IF 29.2).
+61 402 340 468
E: [email protected]
Dr Lachlan Yee
Southern Cross University
Research Program 1 Deputy Lead
Dr Lachlan Yee focuses on utilising the sustainable technology of polymer science and applies this to the challenges of the soil, aquatic and marine environments with emphasis on reducing waste and remediating pollution.
+61 2 6620 3624
E: [email protected]
Research Program 2: Transforming plastic waste
Professor Minoo Naebe
Deakin University
Research Program 2 Lead
Professor Minoo Naebe is the founding team leader for high performance materials group at Carbon Nexus, Institute for Frontier Materials at Deakin University.
T: +61 3 5227 1410
E: [email protected]
Dr Mohamed Elchalakani
University of Western Australia
Research Program 2 Deputy Lead
Dr Elchalakani is the Director of the Structural Laboratory at UWA. He is the author of “Single Skin and Double Skin Concrete Filled Tubular Members-Analysis and Design” published by Elsevier.
T: +61 8 6488 2376
E: [email protected]
Research Program 3: Clean up and remediate the environment
Distinguished Professor Andrew Ball
RMIT University
Research Program 3 Lead
Distinguished Professor Andrew S. Ball is Director of the ARC Training Centre for the Transformation of Australia’s Biosolids Resource and Distinguished Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
T: +61 431 500 865
E: [email protected]
Dr Mehran Rezaei Rashti
Griffith University
Research Program 3 Deputy Lead
Dr Mehran Rezaei Rashti is a soil and environmental biogeochemist at Griffith University.
T: +61 7 3735 3729
E: [email protected]
Research Program 4: Collaborating for a circular plastic economy
Professor Rodney Stewart
Griffith University
Research Program 4 Lead
Professor Rodney Stewart is an applied researcher solving a range of water-energy-waste transition problems for government and industry partners through conducting evidence-based research.
T: +61 7 5552 8778
E: [email protected]
Professor Damien Giurco
University of Technology Sydney
Research Program 4 Deputy Lead
Damien Giurco is Professor of Resource Futures and Deputy Director (Research) at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney.
T: +61 2 9514 4978
E: [email protected]