Dr Bricher is Director, National Seabed Mapping at Geoscience Australia and leads the AusSeabed initiative, a collaboration between government, industry and academia that aims to improve the awareness, coverage, quality, accessibility and usability of seabed mapping products in the Australian region.

Dr Bricher’s previous roles include developing policy and technical mechanisms to enable the discovery and re-use of maritime data at the Australian Hydrographic Office and international ocean data coordination through the Southern Ocean Observing System.