Meet our experts

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

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Patricia Lu-Irving is a Scientific Officer.

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

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

Peter Jobson

Peter Jobson is an Information Botanist.

Peter Wilson

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

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

Richard Dimon

An accomplished PhD candidate and Technical Officer.

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Richard Jobson is a research scientist and systematic botanist based at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.

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Ruby Paroissien works as a Seedbank Officer at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney. 

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Russell Barrett is a Senior Research Scientist and Systematic Botanist.

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

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Samantha Yap is a Conservation Genomics Coordinator in the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience.