NECTAR Custodians
ECA volunteers who make up the NECTAR leadership are called NECTAR Custodians. The Custodian team ensures that the NECTAR space remains an independent, accessible and supportive space for ECAs who want to make a difference.
Custodians are active members of NECTAR and regularly attend NECTAR meetings and/or contribute otherwise to NECTAR initiatives. NECTAR Custodians usually also take on the role of College Contacts.
If you are interested in becoming a NECTAR Custodian, please contact the NECTAR office.
Amita Bansal
ANU College of Health and Medicine
ANU Medical School
John Curtin School of Medical Research
NECTAR is a platform that empowers ECAs from across different schools and colleges of ANU to come together and contribute to the strategic discussions on fostering academic and personal development, enhancing representation of ECAs across campuses, and nestle a sense of community. I am humbled to be a part of this diverse and inclusive group, and with my academic training and experience from Scotland, New Zealand and United States, I hope to provide an international perspective and help in collectively achieving the objectives of NECTAR. Further, with my recent appointment as a University House ECA Fellow, I also hope to continue strengthening the cross-talk between the two groups.
Siobhan Bourke
ANU College of Health and Medicine
Research School of Population Health
Chris Browne
ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
Research School of Engineering
Aditya Chopra
ANU College of Science
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science
Deborah Cleland
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet)
NECTAR is important to me because it provides mentoring, advocacy and networking support for early-career researchers.
Britta Förster
ANU College of Science
Research School of Biology
Being part of NECTAR is a unique opportunity to get to know and connect with my peers across disciplines at ANU. I feel through NECTAR we have gained an empowered, collective voice to drive change at ANU.
Ekavi Georgousopoulou
ANU College of Health and Medicine
ANU Medical School
Rebecca Gidley
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
For me, involvement in NECTAR is important as a venue to advocate for the rights and wellbeing of casual staff members at ANU which is an increasingly common path for early-career researchers and teachers.
Umme Habiba Hossain
ANU College of Science
Research School of Physics
As an early-career academic, I love to share my knowledge with other academics and love to hear other possible information to extend my career. NECTAR is an ideal platform to build a network with innovative and interesting people across ANU. This gives me the opportunity to engage in exciting discussions with people from academia, industry and broader society.
Hilary Howes
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
School of Archaeology and Anthropology
NECTAR has brought me into contact with early-career academics across campus whom I would not have met otherwise. I value the opportunity to share experiences and ideas with these new-found peers, as well as the collective voice NECTAR offers on issues of general concern to early-career academics.
Farzaneh Kordbacheh
ANU College of Health and Medicine
John Curtin School of Medical Research
farzaneh.kordbacheh@anu.edu.au
NECTAR to me is a community of ECAs who work for empowering and nurturing ECAs. They all come together regardless of gender, ethnicity, age and discipline to create better opportunities for ECAs at ANU.
Penny Kyburz
ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
Research School of Computer Science
France Meyer
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
NECTAR for me creates a welcoming and supportive environment for ECAs of all disciplines who wish to embrace and share what ANU offers, while actively collaborating to improve their career opportunities and status in a spirit of diversity and inclusiveness.
Claudia Munera Roldan
ANU College of Science
Fenner School of Environment and Society
NECTAR has been very important for networking with people from different disciplines across the university and is a unique and friendly space for collaboration and learning from our colleagues.
Trang Ta
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
School of Archaeology and Anthropology
NECTAR is a community of diverse early-career scholars interested in building a supportive, inclusive and visionary university.
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