The IMER Management Committee

IMER's Management Committee comprises of the relevant University of Adelaide Centre, Program and School research leaders. This committee generates ideas, reviews funding and engagement opportunities, discusses project management and overseas IMER's strategies.

Meet the Committee

Professor Stephen Grano
Executive Director, IMER

Professor Bruce Ainsworth
Deputy Head of School, Australian School of Petroleum

Associate Professor Chaoshui Xu
School of Civil Environmental and Mining Engineering

Associate Professor Alan Collins
Director, Centre for Tectonics, Resources and Exploration

Mr Simon Firth
Commercial Development Manager, Adelaide Research and Innovation Pty Ltd

Professor Martin Hand
Director, South Australian Centre for Geothermal Energy Research

Mr Simon Ladd
Research Development Manager, Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor Graham (Gus) Nathan
Director, Centre for Energy Technology

Dr Jordan Parham
Manager, IMER

Professor Shizang Qiao
Chair of Nanotechnology

Associate Professor John Spoehr
Executive Director, Australian Workplace Innovation and Social Research Centre

Associate Professor Jennifer Watling
Head of School,Earth & Environmental Science