Meet our experts
Meet the passionate people who work behind the scenes of the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

Paul Nicholson is the Manager of Volunteer Programs at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

Peter Dawe is the Lead - Youth Community Greening, based at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.

Peter Jobson is an Information Botanist.

Peter Wilson, a Systematic Botanist at the National Herbarium of NSW.

Phil has over 20 years’ experience as a horticulturalist and is passionate about community outreach.

An accomplished PhD candidate and Technical Officer.

Richard Jobson is a research scientist and systematic botanist based at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.
Ruby Paroissien works as a Seedbank Officer at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

Russell Barrett is a Senior Research Scientist and Systematic Botanist.

Ryan Newett is the Supervisor of Production Horticulture and is based at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.

Samantha Yap is a Conservation Genomics Coordinator in the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience.
Stefanie Carusi is a Technical Officer at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.