Dr Shane Seabrook

Shane has held leadership roles within CSIRO's Health & Biosecurity (H&B) research unit since early 2020, including ~2 years as a/g Deputy Director. Shane enables significant strategic and operational shifts as part of the H&B leadership team. This includes reforming H&B's approach to strategic science investment, enabling research portfolio shifts under our research programs, and driving improvements for H&B's business fundamentals.

Prior to this, Shane was a Manager within CSIRO Futures, CSIRO's strategic advisory arm, leading teams to deliver advice to senior stakeholders across government and industry. This focused on the assessment of opportunities and challenges facing the health, medical technology and cyber security sectors. Shane has delivered work in collaboration with the Department of Industry, the Defence Science and Technology Group, and the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) under the Department of Health.

Shane has also held various research roles with a focus on applied biophysics, including post-doctoral research positions at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and at the University of Amsterdam. Shane is a member of the Pride@CSIRO network, which aims to increase inclusion and acceptance of the LGBTIQ+ community in CSIRO and the STEM sector more broadly.