Senior Evaluator - Efficacy and Safety

• Jan 2022 - Present

• Provide timely technical advice on efficacy and crop safety matters relating to the regulation of agricultural chemicals.• Assist in developing technical capacity within the APVMA to build a greater understanding of efficacy and crop safety risk assessments.• Conduct specific assessments based on individual expertise, provide advice regarding assessments, provide advice regarding suitable external service providers for assessments, and provide quality oversight of reports considering APVMA principles of regulatory science quality and relevant international best practices.• Facilitate cooperation and partnerships with external service providers on efficacy and crop safety assessments, while working with internal and external clients and stakeholders.• Understand current Australian agricultural practices in the context of the regulation and use of agricultural chemicals.• Assist in ensuring that guidelines and guidance documents relating to efficacy and target safety are contemporary and reflect international best practice.• Prepare written material incorporating scientific/technical considerations into briefs to decision makers, ministerial correspondence and other corporate documents as required. Show less

Risk & Regulatory Affairs Manager - Registration Management

• Aug 2020 - Jan 2022

• Analyzing and evaluating scientific and technical information and applying risk assessment and management principles to applications of varying complexity.• Considering scientific advice and legislative framework to make recommendations to the decision maker on the registration of agricultural and veterinary chemicals.• Preparing high quality written documents and correspondence incorporating scientific and technical information for decision makers, applicants, and other stakeholders.• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues in an appropriate and timely manner.• Building and sustaining positive relationships with team members and stakeholders.• Ensuring knowledge of, and compliance with, legislative framework and agency guidelines.• Interpreting legislation, guidelines, and requirements to make decisions and provide advice using sound judgement, expertise, and knowledge.• Adhering to confidential commercial information provisions.• Maintaining an understanding of the role and responsibilities of the APVMA, including the Australian Public Service operating environment more broadly. Show less

Agronomy Assistant Manager

• Nov 2019 - Aug 2020

A broad range of agronomic tasks for producing different cultivars of tomatoes in hydroponics system which include the general maintenance of site irrigation system, water treatment, plant nutrition, insect, pest and disease management of 30 hectares of the glasshouse owned and operated by Costa Group in Guyra, New South Wales, Australia.

Agronomy Coordinator

• Jul 2018 - Nov 2019

Glasshouse Supervisor

• Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

A wide scale of management tasks of 2.5 ha glasshouse with direct a large number of staff from different cultural background to achieve the production, quality target, and hygiene & safety standards within Costa Tomato.

Glasshouse Employee (Research & Development)

• Mar 2017 - Mar 2018

Research on varietal improvement and new product innovation which could be an alternative to the existing commercial tomato varieties within Costa (Tomato Exchange Pty Ltd).

Lecturer

• Jun 2016 - Dec 2016

Erasmus Mundus Scholar

• Sep 2013 - Jan 2016

The M.Sc program Sustainable International Agriculture is a joint study program by the Faculty of Agriculture, the University of Goettingen, and the University of Kassel. Funded by Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. The M.Sc program Sustainable International Agriculture is a joint study program by the Faculty of Agriculture, the University of Goettingen, and the University of Kassel. Funded by Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.

Student Researcher

• Feb 2015 - Apr 2015

Implemented field research to analyses the impact of microcredit on food security and multidimensional poverty of small scale farmers in Bangladesh collaboration with BRAC 'Tenant Farmer Development Project' for the master thesis project. Implemented field research to analyses the impact of microcredit on food security and multidimensional poverty of small scale farmers in Bangladesh collaboration with BRAC 'Tenant Farmer Development Project' for the master thesis project.

Executive

• Jan 2010 - Aug 2013

Administrative work Administrative work