Our people

Discover the School of Agriculture Food and Wine team

Our team includes leading researchers, educators and industry collaborators, shaping teaching and discovery at Waite campus and beyond.

Meet the team

Professor Jason Able

Dean, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

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Professor Jason Able

Name	Area
Associate Professor Scott Boden	Agriculture and ARC future fellow
Professor Stuart Roy	Key member of the agricultural and plant science teaching faculty with a strong research track record in crop science and biotechnology, for which he has collaborated with industry partners
Associate Professor Beth Loveys	Outstanding experience in agricultural teaching with strong track record of outreach in the community
Professor Matthew Tucker	Director of the Waite Institute, strong research background in cereal science and extensive network in the University, research community, and industry
Associate Professor Luke Mosley	Strong research and teaching background in soil science
Dr Han Weng	Strong research and teaching background in soil science
Professor Amanda Able	Chair of the graduate research coordinators, outstanding teaching experience in agriculture, and previously led a research group investigating pre- and post-harvest traits in horticulture and barley

Name	Area
Dr Tina Bianco-Miotto	Food - general enquiries and nutrigenomics
Dr Cristian Varela	Fermentation and applied microbiology
Dr Hayriye Bozkurt	Food microbiology, fermentation and functional foods
Professor Kerry Wilkinson	Insect proteins
Associate Professor Sue Bastian	Plant-based meat alternatives
Dr Permal Deo	Food science and proteins/peptides
Dr Bo Wang	Food engineering and processing
Dr Matthew Wilson	Food packaging
Dr Melissa Hewett	Food microbiology
Professor Rachel Burton	Agave, novel crops
Associate Professor Bryan Coad	Bioactive, nano-engineered biomaterials, plasma
Mr Bill Hirt	Food product development research group
Dr James Cowley	Food product development research group

Name	Area
Associate Professor Chris Ford	Key contact for graduate research student and general industry enquiries
Associate Professor Sue Bastian	Sensory science - wine, beverages and food
Associate Professor Cas Collins	Viticulture
Associate Professor Paul Grbin	Winemaking
Dr Cristian Varela	Wine microbiology
Professor Kerry Wilkinson	Wine chemistry

Name	Area
Associate Professor Bryan Coad	Research
Associate Professor Sue Bastian	Tea research
Dr Cristian Varela	Coffee research
Dr Vinay Pagay	Coffee research

Name	Position
David Field	School Manager

Contact us

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Location
College of Science
Adelaide University
Waite Campus, Urrbrae SA 5064

Phone: +61 8 8313 6713

Email: afw@adelaide.edu.au