AFRAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OFFICE-BEARING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
KATHERINE DANIELL
President
Katherine studied Civil Engineering and Arts (French Major) at the University of Adelaide, followed by a co-tutelle PhD at the ANU and AgroParisTech, France. She is now interim Director of the School of Cybernetics, a Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society and a member of the leadership team of the Institute for Water Futures at the Australian National University. Katherine's work focusses on the challenges of implementing collaborative approaches to policy, education and action for sustainable development. She has published over 100 academic works on topics including water governance, climate adaptation, participatory processes, and politics and cultures of innovation. Katherine has previously worked in the ANU Centre for European Studies, HC Coombs Policy Forum, ANU Centre for Policy Innovation and Cemagref in France (now INRAE), including on European projects to strengthen bi-regional dialogue on science and technology between Europe and the Pacific. Katherine is a Chevalier (Knight) in the French Ordre National du Mérite.
FRÉDÉRIC HOLLANDE
Vice-president
Fred heads the Dept of Clinical Pathology and undertakes research activities at the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, located within the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC). He works in the field of cancer cell and translational biology. He worked for CNRS from 1996 to 2011. He was the co-funder and the joint-scientific director of a biotech company from 2007 to 2011. He has maintained strong collaborative relationships with French colleagues and heads the Australian node of an INSERM/CNRS Laboratoire International Associé (LIA) in partnership with the Cancer Research Centre of Lyon (CRCL, Professor Alain Puisieux).
MARK NETTO
Treasurer
Mark is an Economics graduate from the University of Melbourne and is conducting research as an Energy Policy Fellow. Mark has worked in Banking, Investment, Public Policy and currently works as an Electorate Officer at the Parliament of Australia. He is passionate about strengthening the Australian-French bilateral relationship and creating partnerships in research and industry.
KIMBERLEY COULSON
Strategy and Operations Manager
& Secretary
Since September 2024, Kimberley is posted at ANU School of Cybernetics as a Secondee for the Australian-French Association for Research and Innovation (AFRAN) Inc. Her role within the association as the Strategy and Operations Manager is to create avenues for collaboration between the French and the Australian research ecosystems.
Her dedication to scientific cooperation comes from her previous role as a Science Officer at the Embassy of France to Australia where she has developed several skills around communication, event organisation, project management. Before settling in Canberra, a city she had fallen deeply in love with by the way, Kim was a researcher in immuno-oncology at RESTORE lab in Toulouse, Southern France, where she has completed a PhD. Her research interests were focused on ovarian and colorectal cancer, peritoneal metastasis, nuclear receptor and tissue-resident vs infiltrated macrophages.
Born and raised in New-Caledonia, Kimberley is particularly interested in increasing research and innovation partnerships between French territories in the Info-Pacific and Australia.
NON-OFFICE BEARING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
YVONNE DURANDET
Yvonne is an Associate Professor in the Dept of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering, and Academic Director for the School of Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology. She enjoys working on industry-linked projects for Teaching and Research, mainly on Manufacturing Processes and Technologies, Metals and Alloys. She received Industry Partners' and Commercialisation Awards from CAST CRC for achievements in laser assisted joining, surfacing and machining technologies. Prior to joining Swinburne, she led strategic projects at BHP on coatings and near net shape casting of steel and non-ferrous metals. Yvonne holds a PhD degree from the University of Adelaide and a Bachelor of Engineering from SUPMECA, France.
KATE GOLEBIOWSKA
Kate is a Senior Research Fellow at Charles Darwin University who is interested in how immigration policy, economics, and social structures intersect and can be shaped to improve migrants' economic and social participation. Her work sits at the intersection of migration studies, demography, human geography, entrepreneurship, and workforce development. Kate has a PhD in Public Policy from the Australian National University and an MA in Political Science from the University of Warsaw. In 2023, she held a Fulbright Professional Award at Emory University in Atlanta, USA. She also serves as the Vice-President of the Australian Population Association.