Duy Nguyen is an "Impossible Without You" scientist working in CSIRO Australia, with expertise in Computational Fluid Dynamics and turbulence modelling. He received his Bachelor of Hydraulic Engineering from Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia, his Master in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences from The University of Notre Dame, USA, and his Ph.D. in Environmental Fluid Mechanics from The University of Sydney, Australia. He is serving as chair of several associations, including the CSIRO Australia National Early Research Career Committee, the Group on Earth Observation AquaWatch Early Career Society, and was a committee member of the Early-Mid Career Research at the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society. His current projects involve hydrodynamic and water quality modelling of oceans, lakes, and rivers, combined with emerging satellite and hyperspectral and multispectral imagery technologies, and in-situ sensing of water quantity and quality. Dr Duy Nguyen is currently leading the inland water quality products for AquaWatch Australia.

Dr. Tim Malthus has 30+ years' experience in remote sensing of water quality with a focus on optics, calibration and validation, field spectroscopy and sensor development. Tim’s most recent research has focused on tools for the detection of harmful algal blooms in both inland and coastal waters. This has ranged from the development of low-cost optical sensors, apps for use by citizen scientists, and observations using satellites in space. Tim is a a co-creator of CSIRO’s patented HydraSpectra near-surface sensor for the measurement of water quality parameters. He leads the In Situ Sensor Networks Work Package in AquaWatch Australia. Tim was previously Research Group Leader of the Coastal Monitoring, Modelling and Informatics Group in the Coastal Management and Development Program of CSIRO’s Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship; and Program Leader of the Environmental Earth Observation Program in the CSIRO Division of Land and Water.Prior to joining CSIRO, Dr. Malthus was Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing, University of Edinburgh and Director of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Field Spectroscopy Facility based at the university, a world leading facility in field spectroscopy research and related instrumentation. Tim has a BSc and PhD from the University of Otago, New Zealand and has also worked at the universities of Nottingham and Wolverhampton and at the Centre for Limnology in the Netherlands.

Janet Anstee is the Head of AquaWatch Australia in CSIRO Space and Astronomy. Janet is an aquatic remote sensor who specialises in applying validated bio-optical models to advance water quality discrimination and enhance understanding of aquatic habitats. She has helped develop and apply innovative and complex remote sensing methodologies for monitoring coastal habitats and inland water quality using hyperspectral and multispectral sensors. This work involves atmospheric radiative transfer and semi-analytical inversion models and is underpinned by substantial scientific, technical, and logistical expertise in aquatic remote sensing calibration and validation. Janet has demonstrated experience in engaging with First Nations communities through the Eye on Water project and is also the First Nations Engagement Lead for AquaWatch.

Dr. Tapas Biswas has 34 years of research, teaching, and consultancy experience in global water resources management. He has worked in a number of countries conducting research and teaching in the field of environmental science. Dr. Biswas’s current research includes River Basin water quality risk monitoring, modeling, forecasting, and management, river productivity and health (carbon, nutrients, phytoplankton, and metabolism), climate change, and bushfires' impact on water resources. His recent work with water quality digital sensors forms a critical part of Australia’s first satellite mission, to monitor water quality from space. Dr. Biswas has over 120 publications, including international journals, conference proceedings, and client reports. He serves as a guest editor for the ‘Soil Research’ journal and is on the editorial board of ‘Journal of South Pacific Agriculture’ and ‘Journal of Crop and Weed’. He is an honorary professor with the NSHM, a fellow of the International Organisation for Biotechnology & Bioengineering (IOBB), Vice-Chair of the NCWRI of the International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID), and executive committee member of the International Water Association (IWA) and Asia-Oceania Group on Earth Observations (AOGEO).

Erin Kenna works in the Aquatic Ecosystem Processes group, which is part of the Coasts and Ocean Research program within Oceans and Atmosphere. Erin is a generalist who wears different hats to support research in varying capacities across multiple projects as a data manager, data engineer, data operations, spatial scientist, and software engineer, and generally facilitates the organisation of and access to data. He joined CSIRO in 2016 after 12 years of working with environmental and spatial data for the Queensland State government, the private sector, and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Prior to joining CSIRO, Erin worked on programs assessing biodiversity and developing data and assessment frameworks to integrate environmental science into products for management, spatial planning, and policy purposes.

Dr. Maddison Carbery is a water quality scientist at Hunter Water Corporation. She is a marine and environmental scientist with 12+ years of experience in academic, industry, research, and government roles. Dr. Carbery has a strong background in water quality, emerging contaminants, aquatic ecology, experimental design, and data science, and is skilled in science communications and engagement, project management, data analytics, and systems thinking.

Dr. Klaus Joehnk is a Principal Research Scientist in CSIRO Land and Water, leading the Modelling Water Ecosystems team. He has over 20 years of experience in research and consultancy on hydrodynamic and water quality modelling of lakes and rivers in Europe and Australia. During the last years, he has been leading projects on combining hydrodynamic and water quality modelling with satellite remote sensing of inland waters with a goal of operational short-term forecasting of harmful algal blooms. Further areas of research are the modelling of low dissolved oxygen (blackwater) events in river systems for risk reduction in hypoxia and fish kills, the large-scale modelling of hydrological and thermal conditions in river systems to support a release strategy of carp herpesvirus for pest reduction, and in general utilizing modelling tools in combination with remote sensing to better manage water-dependent ecosystems. During and after the bushfires in Australia in 2020, he led a research group to investigate the effects of bushfires on water quality. Klaus is also working as part of the AquaWatch Australia mission team to develop a satellite-based monitoring and forecasting system for inland water quality on a continental scale. Dr. Joehnk has over 60 publications in International Journals and Conference Proceedings. He serves on the editorial board for Ecological Informatics (Elsevier). Dr Joehnk is a committee member of the Australian Water Association/ACT branch.