Energy Options for Australia. Peter Johnston is a Professor in the Physics Department at RMIT. Peter was a member of the Switkowski Nuclear Review Panel in 2006. He is also a Councillor of the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, a member of the ARPANSA Radiation Heath and Safety Advisory Committee and the ARPANSA Nuclear Safety Committee. His research interests include nanoscience, applications of nuclear physics and modelling of radiation transport problems.

Alan Pears has been an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University since 2000 and teaches energy policy and management, and climate change policy and mitigation measures. Alan has worked in the sustainable energy and environment fields since the late 1970s for community groups, government and the private sector. Since 1991, Alan has been co-director of Sustainable Solutions, an environmental consultancy.

Dr. Jim Green is the national nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth, national coordinator of the Beyond Nuclear Initiative, and a member of the Energy Science Coalition which was formed last year to counter the government's Switkowski Panel. Jim has a degree in medical science, an honours degree in public health and a doctorate in science and technology studies for his thesis on the debates over the Lucas Heights nuclear research reactor.

Dr. Gavin Mudd is an engineering lecturer at Monash University who specialises in the environmental impacts and management of mining including uranium mining. Dr Mudd has research for mining companies, community groups and aboriginal organisations.