Dr Richard Thornton

Chief Executive Officer, Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (Bushfire CRC)

Dr Richard Thornton is the Chief Executive Officer of the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, since the start of the CRC in 2013. He is a highly experienced Research Management Executive with over 20 years in the field. Previously, Richard has worked for Telstra Research Laboratories, and CAP Scientific. He was also the Board Member of International Association of Wildland Fire. After doing his BSc (Hons) in Physics, Dr Thornton has done a PhD in the same disclipine from RMIT University.

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