Dr Bruno Holzapfel is Senior Research Scientist (DPI NSW)/Adjunct Senior Lecturer (Charles Sturt University), Wagga Wagga (Australia).
He was appointed to NSW Agriculture in 1996 as Research viticulturist after working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow with CSIRO for three years following the completion of his PhD in 1993. He is currently Senior Research Scientist with NSW Department of Primary Industries and has more than 30 years practical and research experience in deciduous perennial horticulture, with the majority on grapevines. He has published over 50 scientific papers, two book chapters and over 20 scientific conference papers, he also ensured that the industry is well informed in over 40 technical publications.