Jessica C Lye Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Greater Melbourne Area

🍊 🍋🍃 🔍Citrus Australia is the peak industry body for Australian citrus growers. My role at Citrus Australia includes: - Team member of CitrusWatch, the Australian citrus industry biosecurity preparedness and training program. - Coordinator of industry exotic pest surveillance and data collection activities. - Team member of ACIAR/NSW DPI project ‘HLB preparedness and management in Australia and Indonesia’. - Manager of the Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Committee. - Oversight of strategic industry priorities related to citrus industry biosecurity.

Melbourne, Australia

🌾 🐮 🍓 🪰 Cesar Australia has a team of dedicated and talented researchers and an emphasis on really achieving the 'applied' aspect of science. Cesar Australia punches above its weight, working in partnership with clients, using cutting edge science, technology and research to develop innovative solutions in agricultural crop protection and wildlife conservation. It employs a range of research techniques such as fauna surveys, population genetics, environmental DNA (with the help of sister company EnviroDNA), predictive modelling, and bioassays to find the solution to real world problems. As Team Lead - Extension I supported research to adoption across multiple agricultural industries. Extension and communication activities in grains, dairy and horticulture included developing masterclasses, running seminars, providing crop pest (and crop beneficial) identifications, developing seasonal crop protection reports, and prediction tools.

Melbourne, Australia

🌽 🌶 🥬 AUSVEG is the prescribed peak industry body (PIB) for the Australian vegetable and potato industries. To help growers and the industry succeed, it focuses on core activities, including: advocacy, service provision, statutory role as an Eligible Industry Body under the Excise Levies Regulations. During my time at AUSVEG I performed the role of National Manager - Science & Extension where I led the expansion of AUSVEG’s capabilities in the areas of science and extension. This included working on industry projects and initiatives spanning agrichemical usage, food safety, R&D extension, and exotic plant pest response and preparedness, notably cucumber green mottle mosaic virus, tomato potato psyllid, and exotic vegetable leafminer.A large part of my work involved representing the vegetable and potato industries on a specialtechnical committee – the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant Pests (the CCEPP). The CCEPPis formed as a part of our plant biosecurity emergency response system when we detect a new plant pest in the country. It assesses the potential to eradicate a pest based on its biology, the controltools we have on hand, and the resources needed. This is a role that allowed me to make good usemy background in biology and scientific training. Another important part of my work with AUSVEG involved educating growers and supply chain about our complex biosecurity system, how it works, and what to expect if there is a pest incursion, as well as delivering training in development of farm biosecurity plans.

Melbourne, Australia

Victoria, Australia

🎤🎙✈️👩‍🏫The AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award is Australia’s pre-eminent Award for rural women. The Award identifies and supports emerging women leaders who have the desire, commitment and leadership potential to make a greater contribution to primary industries and rural communities.The Award acknowledges women's leadership capacity in effecting change and influence through connecting and collaborating, and creates opportunities for women to drive innovation and build resilience. The Award also encourages primary industries and their communities to embrace diversity in leadership to successfully navigate future challenges.The Award supports women both financially and professionally. Each state and territory winner will receive a $10,000 financial bursary to implement their Award vision. Each winner also has the opportunity to participate in the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Company Directors Course and will be supported to develop an individual integrated leadership plan.With this bursary I completed the 5 day AICD intensive and undertook a study tour to the USA during 2017 to learn more about plant biosecurity activities overseas.

School Of Biological Sciences

Faculty Of Science

Monash University

Unit: Scientific Practice and Communication (2013-2014)Unit: Foundations of Genetics (2008-2014)Unit: Medical Genetics (2008-2011)

Biological Sciences researcherProject title: Functional Characterization of ZnT and Zrt/IRT-like zinc transport genes in Drosophila melanogaster.

Monash University

Investigating the role of copper during amyloid-beta deposition.

Department Of Primary Industries, Victoria

Generation of a vaccine against the livestock parasite Haemonchus contortus using macro scale protein purification techniques.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Molecular Genetics

Investigated zinc ion transport at the cellular level using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system.

Graduate - Company Directors Course, Governance

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Zoology / Genetics

Activities and Societies: Biological Sciences Club Monash Taikwondo Club School of Biological Sciences postgraduate representative

Vce

Activities and Societies: Amnesty International

Unit Of Competency: Monitor And Manage Soils For Production, Soil Sciences

Unit Of Competency: Apply Plant Biology To Agronomic Practices, Agronomy And Crop Science

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