Dayani has spent almost two decades working with scientists and data providers to deliver the information needed to support environmental policy and programs at the national scale . Her current role is focused on delivering science and information to support the Nature Repair Market.

Stuart is a scientist, educator, and leader who builds and applies methods to measure and understand how our environments are changing at multiple scales (www.eorc.org.au ). He works across collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams and organisations to deliver quality science that draws upon field-work, satellite-image data, and modelling, through: founding directorships of Australia national earth observation coordination body (www.eoa.org.au) and collaborative research infrastructure (www.tern.org.au ) and a world-leading research to operational program that supports government environmental monitoring (www.jrsrp.org.au ); and program leadership of industry-driven research (www.smartsatcrc.com ). Stuart’s work provides solutions to support sustainable development and resource use for all levels of government, various industries, and communities.

Chris studied genetics and software engineering at the Australian National University (ANU) from 2017 to 2021. Afterwards, he worked as a research data analyst at ANU, and then joined the Australian Public Service as a digital graduate. He is now back at ANU in the second year of his PhD at the Research School of Biology.

Annie Nguyen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Adelaide, specialising in the application of remote sensing to pressing ecological questions. Her research focuses on using multi-sensor data fusion by combining information from LiDAR, hyperspectral, and multispectral platforms to accurately monitor vegetation dynamics and ecosystem resilience under a changing climate. Her current work spans two key Australian ecosystems. On Kangaroo Island, through the SAEcoMap project, she is developing methods to assess post-fire structural recovery. Concurrently, her research for an ARC Discovery Project investigates how tropical rainforests respond to climate change, specifically focusing on the impacts of rising temperatures and vapour pressure deficit on photosynthesis. She is passionate about translating complex remote sensing data into actionable insights to support land managers and enhance conservation outcomes.

Dr Matos is a Lecturer at the North Terrace Campus, University of Adelaide. She is a plant eco-physiologist with research interests in plant hydraulics, functional ecology and global change biology. She is passionate about understanding and predicting how native and cultivated vegetation respond to climate change events, such as extreme droughts, heatwaves, and fires. As the world, and particularly South Australia, becomes hotter, drier and more fire-prone, understanding how plants cope with these novel and extreme environmental conditions is critical for ensuring the long-term persistence of our native vegetation and the profitability of our agricultural sector. Matos's research group is focused on unravelling the different strategies that plants can exhibit to deal with adverse and stressful conditions. By combining fieldwork, greenhouse experiment and mechanistic modeling her work has advanced our capacity to identify which plant species are more tolerant to stress and which are more likely to be lost as climate changes.