Dr. Brendan Cullen

Dr Brendan Cullen is a Senior lecturer in Sustainable Agriculture (Pasture Systems) in the Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Over the last 15 years, Brendan has worked on a series of research projects with the dairy and red meat industries to understand the impacts of projected climate changes on livestock production businesses across Australia. The research aims to identify industry pathways that are adapted to a variable and changing climate, using farms systems modelling approaches. Brendan has been principal investigator on eight research projects and is project leader for the new ‘Nexus project: exploring profitable, sustainable livestock businesses in an increasingly variable climate” which build on successful projects that have used participatory approaches to develop climate change adaptation options with industries. Brendan has published more than 40 peer reviewed scientific papers and currently supervisors 3 PhD students working in this field. He also teaches into the Bachelor and Masters coursework programs on pasture and livestock production, livestock production systems, dairy systems and climate change adaptation.