The diverse team overseeing Project Tarsier's operations and activities is based in Australia and the Philippines. The Project is led by a team from the Forest Research Institute at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC), Australia, working in collaboration with Visayas State University (VSU), Philippines.
UniSC staff
Professor John Herbohn
Director, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; Project Coordinator of Project Tarsier
Associate Professor Grahame Applegate
Deputy Coordinator, Project Tarsier and Team Leader of Reforestation and HSSE
Dr Liz Sousa Ota
Project Lead Research, Carbon Modelling, Monitoring and Evaluation | Project Tarsier Team Leader of Social Engagement
Christo Snyman
Project Manager and Finance Manager and Team Leader of Administration, Financial and Logistics Team | Project Tarsier
Dr Bob Fisher
Senior Research Fellow (Social Science research and PhD supervision related to Project Tarsier)
Dr Dora Carias Vega
Acting Project Tarsier Team Leader of Social Engagement and Livelihood Coordinator
Dr Alexandra Catling
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Forest Ecology and Field Data
Dr Adriana Vega
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Luiz Pereira
Environmental Engineer and Project Tarsier Reforestation Team Member
Kelly Stewart
General Manager, Forest Research Institute and Australian Forest and Wood Innovations Centre for Sustainable Futures
Dr Nick Kokkas
Remote Sensing/GIS Analyst | Team Leader of Biophysical & Data Management, Project Tarsier
Calum McRae
Remote Sensing/GIS Analyst | Project Tarsier
Dr Claudia Romero
Senior Research Fellow, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Specialist
UNISC STUDENTS
Milad Pour (PhD candidate)
Improving smallholder livelihoods to support reforestation in tropical forests
Tomiwa Oluwajuwon (PhD candidate)
Assisted natural regeneration in forest restoration in the Philippines
Fellice Catello (PhD candidate)
Estimating forest above ground biomass through mobile laser scanning (MLS) and UAV airborn laser scanning for restoration in the Philippines
Jenny Vivian (PhD candidate)
Biodiversity conservation in reforestation
Igor Nascimento De Carvalho (Honours candidate)
Benefit sharing in climate benefits from reforestation
