Dr TK Lim

Dr TK Lim is Research Program Manager for Crop Protection. The Crop Sciences Program is divided into two parts, with Crop Protection focusing on the protection of horticultural crops, cereals, food legumes, forages and oilseeds, with an increasing focus on biosecurity.

Dr Lim was most recently a senior manager at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in Canberra, which focused on market access and crop protection issues for horticultural crops. In this role, he gained strong international experience and international and Australian networks, and carried out regular high-level representational work for the Australian Government. Prior to this he was deputy director for horticulture with the Northern Territory Government, leading a large team of researchers and extension workers on horticulture and crop protection issues. TK and his family migrated to Australia almost 15 years ago. He was born and brought up in Malaysia and PhD trained in the USA. Prior to coming to Australia, he was a researcher and associate professor at the major Agricultural University in Malaysia.

Contact details:

Phone:02 6217 0508
lim@aciar.gov.au