Biography

Associate Professor Karli Verghese is a Principal Research Fellow in the Industrial Design program of the School of Design, RMIT University, Melbourne. She held the inaugural role of the Reduce Program Leader of the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre from 2018-2023. Her research projects have included the development of decision support tools for packaging, resource efficiency, food waste, Eco-design and one developed for Australia's Antarctic research station (Casey). Research themes include the role of packaging, packaging sustainability, food loss/waste across supply chains, resource efficiency, waste management, and life cycle assessment.