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Dr Simon Quigley

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Research Fellow – Livestock and Animal Science
Dr Simon Quigley grew up on mixed crop-livestock farms in New South Wales, Australia. He completed a B. Ag. Sci. at The University of Queensland and a PhD at The University of Adelaide. His research focuses on beef cattle, sheep and goat nutrition and production systems, and ranges from feeding and grazing studies through to the use of molecular techniques to better understand animal metabolism. He is passionate about developing research capacity and improving the livelihoods of smallholder livestock farmers in developing countries, and has been involved in research in Indonesia, Timor Leste, Myanmar, Thailand and Vanuatu.
Yes, 2 as Principal Supervisor, and 2 as Co-Supervisor
Topics of interest:
Ruminant production and feeding systems (cattle, goats, sheep)
Ruminant metabolism and gene expression
Climate resilience in livestock systems (methane, carbon)
Use of technology in farm planning and animal management
ACIAR funded research with smallholder cattle farmers in Vanuatu, in collaboration with Department of Industry, Vanuatu Agriculture Research and Technical Centre, and Department of Livestock.

Regional description of beef cattle industries in Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.

Dr Carmel A. Pilotti

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Associate Scientist Coconut Genetic Resources
Dr Carmel Pilotti has a Ph.D. in Botany (Plant Pathology) and has worked on plant diseases of tree crops for over 25 years, specialising in mycological investigations. She has extensive practical experience in both conventional and molecular diagnosis and detection of fungal and bacterial (phytoplasma) diseases and familiar with the methods for molecular diagnosis of viruses. Carmel has authored and co-authored numerous publications including papers presented at conferences and book chapters. She continues to review articles for several prominent international scientific journals. Her interests include – diversity of Pacific crops, plant pathology, research and development in Agriculture; enhancing capacity in PICTs
Up to 3 students. Research topics of interest: Tree crops, field trials, molecular biology, plant pathology, tissue culture
Extensive experience in the agricultural sector in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands; tree crops research and phytopathology; molecular diagnostics and bacterial and mycological research; training and supervision of fourth year undergraduate final year projects and Masters students (UNITECH PNG); reviewer of theses (UNITECH) and journal articles for peer reviewed journals such as Plant Pathology and Mycologia and others
Currently supervising 2 Masters students as Co-Supervisor

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