PIARN is hosted by the University of Melbourne. The team consists of:
- Professor Snow Barlow – Convenor (view profile)
- Mrs Alison Kelly – Coordinator (view profile)
- Dr Lauren Rickards – Research Fellow (view profile)
- Dr Lauren Hull – Communications Coordinator
- Mrs Teena Sullivan – Project Officer
Professor Barlow is assisted in the convenor role by five PIARN co-convenors:
- Professor Peter Grace, University of Queensland
- Professor Ross Kingwell, University of Western Australia
- Associate Professor Richard Eckard, University of Melbourne
- Dr Mark Howden, CSIRO
- Dr Beverely Henry, Queensland University of Technology.
The PIARN Management Group consists of the University of Melbourne team, the co-convenors and nine theme leaders, as listed below:
- Regional social and economic adaptation and assessment - Dr Paul Dargusch, University of Queensland
- Plant adaptation to climate change - Professor David Ellsworth, University of Western Sydney
- Soil management - Professor Peter Grace, Queensland University of Technology (also co-convenor)
- Forestry - Professor Richard Harper, Murdoch University
- Farming systems - Dr Peter Hayman, South Australian Research and Development Institute, and Professor Deirdre Lemerle, NSW Department of Primary Industries
- Water management - Professor Wayne Meyer and Professor Steve Tyerman, University of Adelaide
- Animal health, production and biosecurity - Dr Gary Muscatello, University of Sydney
Further information is available on the research themes webpage.