Dana Cordell is a Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney, where she directs and undertakes international and Australian research on sustainable food and phosphorus futures.[1] Cordell's work in sustainability research has been recognised with the Eureka Prize for Environmental Research (2012),[2] a Banksia Mercedes-Benz Environmental Research Award, the Advance Food and Agriculture Award (2016) and she was named one of Australia's 100 Women of Influence (2013).[3]
Cordell was awarded a PhD in Sustainable Futures from the University of Technology Sydney and a PhD in Water and Environmental Studies from Linköping University, Sweden, as part of a cotutelle agreement between the two universities with her thesis "The Story of Phosphorus: Sustainability implications of global phosphorus scarcity for food security".[4]
