Curriculum Vitae: Maryam Ahmad Knowledge Design and Delivery Team, Environmental Informatics Group, Water Resource Management Program, CSIRO Land and Water [email protected] | 02 6246 5635 | Synergy, Black Mountain http://people-my.csiro.au/A/M/Maryam-Ahmad http://network.csiro.au/data/maryam.ahmad Qualifications 2017–present – Currently undertaking a practice based research PhD through the Centre for Transformative Innovation at Swinburne University 2012 Accredited Editor – National Institute of Professional Editors 2009 Advanced Master of Arts (Writing, Editing, and Publishing) The University of Queensland 2007 Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications, English Literature and Arts Informatics) The University of Sydney Career history Information Integration Scientist for CSIRO Land and Water (July 2014 – present) Business Manager for the Australian National Outlook Project Editing Coordinator and Deputy Products Manager for the Bioregional Assessments Editor and integrator for Water, Food and Energy trade-offs in the Indus River Basin Reporting team strategic advisor for the Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment Editor and Reporting Team Leader for Pilbara Water Resource Assessment. Reporting coordinator for CSIRO Land and Water (January 2011 – June 2014) Editor, Reporting Coordinator and Deputy Products Discipline Leader for the Bioregional Assessments Reporting Lead for the Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio Editor and Reporting Team Leader for Pilbara Water Resource Assessment Managing Editor and Reporting Team Leader for the CSIRO Land and Water Science Assessment Review 2013 Editor on Multiple Benefits of the Basin Plan Project Editor for Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment Editor and Reporting Team Leader on Goyder Murray-Darling Basin Plan Science Review. Curriculum Vitae: Maryam Ahmad | 1 Writer, Editor and Reviewer for the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (February 2010 – January 2011) editing sections of the Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan and the various guides to the regions of the Murray–Darling Basin within strict deadlines working as part of a large team of writers, editors, reviewers, typesetters and graphic designers. Casual Editor for CSIRO Land and Water (January 2010 – January 2011) Editor for CSIRO Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment. Casual Editor for the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative: final edit and proofread of A synthesis of findings from Phase 1 of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative (SEACI). Editor for the CSIRO Waterbook: editing various chapters of the Waterbook and contributing towards the development of a project-wide style guide and style sheet Editor for the NWC Ecological Outcomes Project, CSIRO Land and Water: editing parts of the final scientific report, synthesising parts of a National Water Commission Waterlines report from a more technical document and providing general support within the editing team (e.g. transcribing mark-ups). Technical Editor for the CSIRO Tasmania Sustainable Yields Project, CSIRO Land and Water (July 2009 – January 2010) copy-editing region reports and technical reports within strict deadlines liaising with authors through a lengthy report review and approvals process exercising document version control publishing reports in PDF format for online distribution providing general support within the reporting team editing the CSIRO Tasmania Sustainable Yields webpage and helping to organise the outputs of the project on the website. Publications Assistant at the Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre (March 2008 – May 2009) copy-editing working papers and research reports, transcribing proofers marks liaising with authors and exercising document version control updating web content including translation into plain-language releasing date-sensitive web content distributing documents through different web and print channels (PDF files, online articles, and print-ready PDF files) editing press releases and distributing them online. 2 | Curriculum Vitae: Maryam Ahmad Memberships of professional associations Canberra Society of Editors Australian Science Communicators ACT Writers Centre Awards 2013 CSIRO Land and Water Excellence in Support Award in recognition of outstanding performance as the Managing Editor of the CSIRO Land and Water Science Review documentation. 2013 Performance cash reward in recognition of outstanding contribution to the success for the Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment. Publications Publications authored at CSIRO 1. Gallant, Simon; Car, Nicholas; Ahmad, Maryam; Schmidt, Becky; Merrin, Linda. Identifying actors: a first step in effectively communicating provenance. In: MODSIM, Gold Coast, 29 Nov to 4 Dec 2015: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc.; 2015. csiro: EP152664 2. Rassam, David; Raiber, Matthias; McJannet, David; Janardhanan, Sreekanth; Murray, Justine; Gilfedder, Mat; Cui, Tao; Matveev, Vlad; Doody, Tanya; Hodgen, Malcolm; Ahmad, Maryam. Context statement for the Clarence-Moreton bioregion. Product 1.1 from the Clarence- Moreton Bioregional Assessment. Australia: Department of the Environment, Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO and Geoscience Australia; 2014. csiro:EP141771 3. Ahmad, Maryam; Schmidt, Becky; Buettikofer, Heinz; Gallant, Simon. Delivering integrated reports from interdisciplinary projects in land and water science: innovative workflows. In: Australian Science Communicators National Conference 2014: Insight, Impact, Innovation; 2–5 February 2014; Brisbane. Australian Science Communicators; 2014. 1 p. csiro:EP13101183 4. Ahmad, Maryam. Standardising variations in the language of natural resource management across state, discipline and audience borders. In: Drouart, M, editor/s. Editing across borders: 6th IPEd National Conference; 10–12 April 2013; Perth, Western Australia. Australia: Society of Editors (WA); 2013. 6 pp. csiro:EP1210119 5. Ahmad, Maryam. Standardising variations in the language of natural resource management across state and discipline borders. In: Editing across borders: 6th IPEd National Editors Conference; 10–12 April 2013; Perth, Western Australia. West Australian Society of Editors (WA) Inc.; 2012. 1 p. csiro:EP128100 6. Ahmad, Maryam; Schmidt, Becky; Marston, Frances; Cuddy, Susan; Mahoney, Jan. Editing conventions for authors and editors. A document in the CSIRO Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment reporting tools series. Canberra: CSIRO; 2012. csiro:EP1210495 Curriculum Vitae: Maryam Ahmad | 3 7. Schmidt, Becky; Ahmad, Maryam. Editing conventions for the CSIRO Multiple Benefits of the Basin Plan Project. Canberra: CSIRO; 2012. csiro:EP1210572. Publications edited at CSIRO Bioregional assessments 1. Barrett, Damian; Couch, Carol; Metcalfe, Dan; Lytton, Lucy; Adhikary, Deepak; Schmidt, Becky. Methodology for bioregional assessments of the impacts of coal seam gas and coal mining development on water resources. A report prepared for the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development through the Department of the Environment. Australia: Commonwealth of Australia (Office of Water Science, SEWPAC); 2013. csiro:EP135609 2. Welsh W, Hodgkinson J, Strand J, Northey J, Aryal S, O’Grady A, Slatter E, Herron N, Pinetown K, Carey H, Yates G, Raisbeck-Brown N and Lewis S (2013) Context statement for the Namoi subregion. Product 1.1 from the Northern Inland Catchments Bioregional Assessment. Department of the Environment, Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship and Geoscience Australia, Australia. Namoi context statement 3. Rassam D, Raiber M, McJannet D, Janardhanan S, Murray J, Gilfedder M, Cui T, Matveev V, Doody T, Hodgen M and Ahmad ME (2014) Context statement for the Clarence‐Moreton bioregion. Product 1.1 from the Clarence‐Moreton Bioregional Assessment. Department of the Environment, Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO and Geoscience Australia, Australia. 4. Lewis S (2014) Developing a coal resource development pathway. A methodology from the Technical Programme, part of the Bioregional Assessment Programme. Department of the Environment, Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO and Geoscience Australia, Australia. CSIRO Land and Water Science Assessment Review 2013 5. Volume 1: Description of CSIRO Land and Water and its Research Programs Pilbara Water Resource Assessment 6. Charles, Steve; Fu, Guobin; Silberstein, Richard; Mpelasoka, Freddie; McFarlane, Don; Hodgson, Geoff; et al. Interim report on the hydroclimate of the Pilbara: past, present and future. A technical report to the Government of Western Australia and industry partners from the CSIRO Pilbara Water Resource Assessment. Australia: CSIRO; 2013. csiro:EP134977 7. CSIRO. Proposed project methods: A report to the West Australian Government and industry partners from the CSIRO Pilbara Water Resource Assessment. CSIRO; 2012. csiro:EP127667 8. McFarlane DJ (ed.) (2014) Water resource assessment for the Upper Fortescue region. A report to the West Australian Government and industry partners from the CSIRO Pilbara Water Resource Assessment, CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country, Australia. Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment 9. Smerdon, Brian; Marston, Frances; Ransley, Tim. Water resource assessment for the Great Artesian Basin. Synthesis of a report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment. Australia: CSIRO; 2012. csiro:EP132686 4 | Curriculum Vitae: Maryam Ahmad 10. Smerdon, Brian; Ransley,