OUR PEOPLE
Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin
Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin is best-known for her research on jellyfish over the last 30 years. Concerns about a link between excess nutrients from salmon hatcheries and composting facilities stimulating bluegreen algae blooms that release Motor Neurone Disease neurotoxins in our drinking water led Lisa to raise the issue with Parliament and call for testing in 2020.
Dr Fiona Beer
​Dr Fiona Beer is a Tasmanian-trained Rural Generalist with experience in health economics, clinical trials, and medicine. Living near the Plenty River, she is deeply concerned about the environmental mismanagement causing water pollution, particularly algal blooms linked to an industrial compost pad. Fiona actively works on projects testing for toxins like BMAA to safeguard rural health.​
Dr Frank Nicklason
Dr Frank Nicklason has been a Staff Specialist Physician at the Royal Hobart Hospital for nearly 30 years. Most of Frank’s patients have some form of neurodegenerative disorder, but his particular clinical interest is Parkinson’s Disease. Frank believes that the major key to progress in the neuro-degenerative diseases is to accurately identify the environmental risk factors involved in their development- this is critically important at this time when there are no treatments which slow progress of these debilitating conditions.
Paul Kelly
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Paul Kelly was the inspiration and a founding member of Safe Water Hobart. Despite living with the challenges of Motor Neuron Disease Paul fought passionately for awareness of the link between contaminated water and neurological conditions. Sadly, Paul passed away in 2025.