Dr Andy SHEPPARD

Research Director , CSIRO

Andy is a CSIRO Senior Principal Research Scientist and Research Director in Biosecurity and Director of CSIRO’s European laboratory. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering and the Académie d ’Agriculture de France. He is a population ecologist with an international reputation in biological control and risk assessment focussed on the management of invasions of invasive plants, invertebrates, vertebrates and diseases. His interests are broadly divided into three areas: a) invasive species ecology and population dynamics supporting management; b) risk analysis and prioritization of biological control options, and c) understanding impacts and delivering benefits through pest, weed and disease management programs. He has led projects in Africa, Europe, New Zealand and the United States with three notable successes generating benefits to Australian agriculture of well over $1B and comparable benefits to environmental assets.