Members of the Executive and Council for 2024

The Society has an Executive consisting of the President, Past President or the President-elect, Treasurer, Treasurer-elect, Conference Executive Chair, Secretary and Secretary-elect. The Council currently consists of the Executive plus the Public Officer, seven Australian State Representatives and a New Zealand Representative. All Council members, with the exception of the Public Officer, are elected to their positions and all serve in an honorary capacity.

 

Executive

 

President

Janet Keast
The University of Melbourne

Janet Keast

 

 

President-elect

Jason Mattingley
The University of Queensland

Jason Mattingley cropped

 

 

Secretary

Michael Lardelli
The University of Adelaide

Michael Lardelli portrait

 

 

Secretary-elect

Matilde Balbi
The University of Queensland

 

 

Matilde Balbi

 

Treasurer

Jana Vukovic
The University of Queensland

 

Jana Vukovic 2022 headshot

 

 

Treasurer-elect

Steve Kassem
Neuroscience Research Australia

Steve Kassem resized

 

 

Conference Executive Chair

Hamid Sohrabi
Murdoch University 

Hamid Sohrabi

 

Other Council Members

 

 
 

Australian Capital Territory Representative      

VACANT

 

 

New South Wales Representative

Lezanne Ooi
University of Wollongong

 

 

LO headshot portrait

 

 

Queensland Representative

Thomas Burne
The University of Queensland

 Thomas Burne

 

 

South Australia Representative

Lyndsey Collins-Praino
The Univesity of Adelaide

Lindsey Collins

 

 

Victoria Representative

Nicholas Price
Monash University

Nicholas Price cropped

 

 

Western Australia Representative

Samantha Gardener
Edith Cowan University

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Tasmania Representative 

Jenna Ziebell
University of Tasmania

 ziebell head shot for MyLO

 

 

New Zealand Representative

Karl Iremonger
University of Otago

Karl Iremonger

 

 

Postgraduate Student Representative
(Student Body Chair) 

Alastair Fortune
University of Tasmania

Alastair Headshot

 

 

Neuroscience Research Representative

Kristie Smith
Neuroscience Research Australia

Kristie Smith

 

 

Public Officer

John Bekkers
Australia National University