eResearch Analysts
eResearch Analysts
The heart of the Skills Development group is our team of eResearch Analysts — research support professionals embedded within our Member institutions.
Our eResearch Analyst team has a wealth of experience in data-intensive research and research computing support. All are dedicated to helping our Members’ staff and students make the best use of technology to improve their research outcomes.
The eResearch Analysts provide mentoring, coaching and training to researchers from their host institutions. They each have a broad range of skills to achieve this, along with the capability to call on the knowledge of the whole Skills Development team and the rest of QCIF when this can deliver a better outcome for the researcher.
QCIF’s eResearch Analysts work alongside institutional colleagues in research computing, libraries and IT. In this way, they are fully informed to advise researchers on the most appropriate resources available, be they within their host institution, through QCIF, or through national schemes.
Testimonials
“It was fantastic to receive support from knowledgeable analysts willing to enable innovative ideas and enhance user expertise.”
— Cesar Herrera Acosta, Coastal Ecology PhD student, JCU

“[The QCIF eResearch Analyst] saved us a lot of time and confusion, enabling us to get on with our research.”
— Bruen Smith, Mechatronic Research Engineer, USQ
Queensland University of Technology
Craig Windell
ph +61 7 3138 6017
email eResearch@qut.edu.au
Craig is the QCIF eResearch Analyst at QUT. Craig is an IT professional with many years of experience at QUT assisting and supporting researchers to understand and use IT systems. He has performed a number of IT roles from desktop support, system administrating and system design. He has worked within QUT’s Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, ITS and more recently in cloud computing development and operations for the Visualisation and eResearch Group.
Griffith University
Amanda Miotto (Acting)
email a.miotto@griffith.edu.au
Amanda Miotto is an eResearch Support Specialist in Griffith University’s eResearch Services group. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Bioinformatics before gaining hands on experience developing software systems in support of a range of projects in genomics, systems biology and adult stem cell research.
CQUniversity
Jason Bell
email eresearch@cqu.edu.au
Jason is a QCIF eResearch Analyst at CQU. He provides high-performance computing support and technical advice to CQU researchers. Jason’s research interests include video collaboration/conferencing tools, nonlinear optimisation, evolutionary algorithms, high-performance computing, distributed and parallel computing, and robotics.
Luke De Costa
email l.decosta@cqu.edu.au
Luke is an eResearch Support Assistant and Analyst working within the eResearch team at CQUniversity. He has previously worked in IT support and management and is relatively new to working within the research sector. Luke will be providing assistance in the areas in High Performance Computing, Research Data Management and Storage, eResearch training, Cloud Computing and much more.
Luke works alongside Jason in providing eResearch support across CQUniversity's many campuses and their research colleagues.
James Cook University
Pauline Lawrey
email eResearch@jcu.edu.au
Pauline is a QCIF eResearch Analyst at James Cook University. She has worked as an IT professional in the private sector for more than 20 years and most recently has been doing project work with the JCU eResearch Centre. She has skills in a variety of programming languages, including Python, Bash, and JavaScript, and has experience with research data transformation, access and transfer. Pauline will assist in the promotion and support of QCIF services to JCU researchers, including research computing, the technical side of data management, and digital skills training. Ask her about anything to do with eResearch, and if she doesn’t know she will try to find someone who does.
Dr Erin Graham
email eResearch@jcu.edu.au
Erin joins Pauline as a QCIF eResearch Analyst at James Cook University. Alongside Pauline, she is responsible for raising awareness about the availability of QCIF infrastructure and cloud computing services for researchers and assisting researchers with their use. Erin started her career in IT before completing a PhD degree in Marine Biology at JCU and working as a postdoc for JCU’s eResearch Centre. She has experience in R and Python programming, is a long-term user of high-performance computing, and has familiarity with a wide range of statistical modelling, GIS and remote sensing techniques.
University of Southern Queensland
Richard Young
Richard is the temporary QCIF eResearch Analyst at UniSQ. He joined QCIF in early 2023. His main roles include providing support for high-performance computing and technical advice to UniSQ researchers. In his 25 years at UniSQ, Richard has had various positions from computing laboratory manager to data centre manager. He has interests in high-performance computing, improving research usage of a HPC, and improving data storage and management. Please contact Richard for advice about research data management, data storage, research computing, support and digital skills training.
University of the Sunshine Coast
Dr Delaney Burnard
email eResearch@usc.edu.au
Delaney is a QCIF eResearch Analyst at UniSC, where she provides support to researchers in the STEM and cyber infrastructure space and hosts Hacky Hour every Wednesday.
Prior to her transition into professional roles, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, using genomics combined with medical microbiology to further understand complex bacterial infections and aspects of their antimicrobial resistance, virulence, transmission and pathogenesis.
Delaney assists with the bioinformatics, biostatistics and biodata advisory service provided for researchers from QCIF Member institutions, including USC. As a Software Carpentries instructor, Delaney’s experience is also put to good use by helping other researchers upskill in this area.
Southern Cross University
Dr Emilia Decker
email emilia.decker@scu.edu.au
As an experienced Digital Research Analyst, Emilia is dedicated to assisting researchers at the crossroads of research and computing by offering guidance tailored to their unique needs. She's also a certified Carpentries Instructor who is committed to knowledge sharing through in-person and online training sessions, seminars and workshops.
Emilia's enthusiasm for collaborative multi-stakeholder projects in research, training and data management means she's really looking forward to working with QCIF as the Southern Cross University's representative to improve digital literacy across Australian Universities.