Academics and researchers in the SAFES Excellence in Academic Teaching and Scholarship research group.
Group members
Dr Alexis Pang
Dr. Alexis Pang’s research interests rely in the area of precision agriculture, specifically the spatially and temporally variable water and nutrient management.
alexis.pang@unimelb.edu.auDr Andrew Cutting
Dr Fiona Kelly
Dr Fiona Kelly is a Dietitian and Associate Lecturer in Human Nutrition in the Faculty of Science at The University of Melbourne, with over 20 years of teaching experience. Her research has included a number of dietary interventions investigating differing fatty acid composition of diets with a focus on thrombotic risk factors, and the glycaemic response to foods in individuals.
kelly.f@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof John Rayner
Research themes: Urban Green Spaces - Function, Benefits and Design; Green Roofs
jrayner@unimelb.edu.au
Ms Julia Steenkamp
Julia Steenkamp is a Dietitian and Lecturer in Human Nutrition, teaching across a range of nutrition subjects. Her key research interest is how microbes in food and food systems impact pesticide residues and health.
julia.steenkamp@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof Sarah Frankland
Shirley Poon
Shirley Poon is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences within the Faculty of Science. She is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and brings extensive experience from hospital, community, and research settings, where she has worked as a clinical dietitian. Her expertise includes clinical nutrition and dietary assessments, coordinating clinical trials, and managing research datasets of various trial designs, including cluster-randomised controlled trials. Her current research focuses on developing ‘real’ food alternatives to ultra-processed, dietary weight loss therapies such as very-low-energy diets, with the goal of improving long-term health outcomes through sustainable and evidence-based nutrition interventions.
shirley.poon@unimelb.edu.au +61383440519
Dr Wycliffe Oyunga
Awards: Australia Awards for Africa 2013. Master of Agribusiness, Deans Honourss List 2014. Master of Agribusiness Class, Melbourne International Research Scholarship 2017. Doctor of Philosophy (Agricultural Sciences). Project: A study into how stakeholder power relations affect agricultural extension service delivery in a pluralistic agricultural innovation system: A case study of Homabay County in Kenya.