Barbara F. Nowak FAA is a Polish-born Australian ichthyologist who specialises in sustainable aquaculture and aquatic animal health.
As of 2021 she is Professor and Associate Dean Research Training at the University of Tasmania.
Nowak graduated from the University of Agriculture, Szczecin Poland with a MSc in 1982.
[2] Nowak has spoken on the role of ocean parasites in marine environments in Tasmania.
[5] Nowak was elected a Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology in 2018.