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Head of Department & Associate Dean

Professor Kim Dowling

Deputy Heads of Department

Distinguished Professor Vipul Bansal – Research and Infrastructure
Associate Professor James Tardio – Learning and Teaching
Dr Nhiem Tran – International, Engagement, and Outreach, and Senior Lecturer

Academic Staff

Associate Professor Hamid Arandiyan
Associate Professor Ravichandar Babarao
Dr Christa Beckmann – Senior Lecturer
Professor Ewan Blanch
Distinguished Professor Rachel Caruso
Professor Miao Chen
Dr Andrew Christofferson – Senior Lecturer
Professor Charlotte Conn – Associate Dean, Industry and Alumni Partnerships
Professor Enrico Della Gaspera
Dr Sandani Amanda Ekanayake – Lecturer (Academic Career Development Fellow)
Dr Li Gao – Senior Lecturer, ARC Industry Fellow
Dr Amy Gelmi – Senior Lecturer
Professor Daniel Gomez
Associate Professor Samantha Grover
Dr Kathryn Hassell – Senior Lecturer
Dr Helen Hayden – Lecturer
Dr Stephen Headey – Lecturer
Dr Jeff Hughes – Senior Lecturer
Dr Andrew Hung – Senior Lecturer
Distinguished Professor Baohua Jia
Dr Sajanee Hene Kapuralalage – Lecturer
Dr Marie Keatley – Lecturer
Dr Nita Lauren – Lecturer (Academic Career Development Fellow)
Professor Dan Liu
Distinguished Professor Tianyi Ma
Dr Subashani Maniam – Senior Lecturer
Dr Selvakannan Periasamy – Senior Lecturer
Professor Rajesh Ramanathan
Dr Fereshteh Shahriari – Lecturer
Professor Michelle Spencer
Professor Sylvia Urban
Dr Lily van Eeden – Senior Lecturer and ARC Early Career Industry Fellow
Associate Professor Joel van Embden
Associate Professor Jiali (Maggie) Zhai
Associate Professor Aaron Elbourne

Research Staff

Distinguished Professor Suresh Bhargava – AcSIR Director
Marissa Blunden – Research Assistant
Dr Xudong Cai – Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Guiyuan Cao – ARC Early Career Industry Fellow
Dr Jampaiah Deshetti – Research Fellow
Dr Brendan Dyett – Senior Research Fellow
Dr Derek Hao – Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Jue Hou – Research Fellow
Professor Weiwei Lei – ARC Future Fellow
Dr Pooria Lesani – Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Xiaoning Li – Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Peng Li – Research Fellow
Dr Han Lin – Principal Research Fellow (ARC Future Fellow)
Dr Keng-Ti Lin – Research Fellow
Dr Mingdeng Luo – Hub Manager, E2Crop ARC Hub
Associate Professor Nasir Mahmood – Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow
Professor Xavier Mulet – Director, Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Fabrication Enabling Impact Platform
Dr Ruchika Ojha – Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow
Dr Lovelle Poh – Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Sampa Sarkar – Research Fellow
Dr Babar Shabbir – Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Peter Sherrell – Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow
Professor Dawei Su – ARC Future Fellow & Industry Fellow
Associate Professor Yichao Wang – ARC Future Fellow
Dr Pabudi Weerathunge – ARC Early Career Industry Fellow
Dr Haitao Yu – Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Fangli Zhang – Research Assistant
Dr Lei Zhang – Senior Research Scientist, ARC Early Career Industry Fellow

Adjuncts, Honoraries, & Associates

Dr Yi David Ju – Adjunct Senior Research Fellow

Research staff

Dr Tanveer Adyel – Senior Research Fellow
Teah Coate – Research Assistant
Dr Micheli Costa – Senior Research Fellow
Sarah Eastwood – Research Assistant
Phebe Fidge – Research Assistant
Dr Claudette Kellar – Senior Research Fellow
Christian Krohn – Research Assistant
Dr Sara Long – Senior Research Fellow
Dr Justin Morrissy – Research Fellow
Dr Jackie Myers – Senior Research Fellow
Dr Damien Nzabanita – Research Fellow
Dr Erica Odell – Research Fellow
Dr Maria Palacios – Senior Research Fellow
Dr Paul Phan – Research Assistant
Dr Cecilia Power – Research Assistant
Dr Nick Reynolds – Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow
Dr Lukas Schuster – Research Fellow
Dr Pulasthi Serasinghe – Research Fellow
Dr Jia Truong – Research Fellow
Dr Ben Wade – Research Fellow
Dr Milanga Walpitagama – Research Fellow
Dr Melissa Wartman – Senior Research Fellow

Technical & Administration staff

Michael Clark – Technical Officer AQUEST
Daniel MacMahon – Technical Officer AQUEST
Elissa McElroy – ARC Training Centre Manager for the Transformation of Australia’s Biosolids Resource
Mardi O’Donnell – AQUEST Senior Business Administrator
James Oliver – Technical Officer AQUEST
Madarar Ranatunga – Technical Officer AQUEST
Rebecca Reid – Technician Aquatic Ecotoxicology AQUEST
Monica Tewman – Senior Coordinator AQUEST
Hung Vu – Technical Officer AQUEST
Noyan Yilmaz – Senior Technical Officer for the Centre of Nature Positive Solutions

Head of Department & Associate Dean

Professor Jayani Chandrapala

Deputy Heads of Department

Professor Asgar Farahnaky – Research & Innovation
Dr Lisa Newman – Learning & Teaching, and Senior Lecturer

Academic staff

Professor Benu Adhikari
Dr Penny Brotja – Lecturer
Dr Jessica Danaher – Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean, Student Experience Science
Dr Mina Dokouhaki – Lecturer
Professor Harsharn Gill
Professor Stefan Kasapis
Dr Andrea Leong – Lecturer
Dr Julia Low – Senior Lecturer
Dr Carolyn Mejares – Lecturer
Dr Christopher Pillidge – Senior Lecturer
Dr Mayumi Silva – Lecturer
Professor Peter Torley
Dr Tuyen Truong – Senior Lecturer
Dr Foong (Stacey) Yong – Lecturer
Dr Arianna Dick Zambrano – Lecturer
Dr Venkata Chelikani – Senior Lecturer
Dr Billy Lo – Academic Career Development Fellow & Lecturer

Research staff

Dr Lloyd Condict – Research Assistant
Dr Billy Lo – Research Assistant
Dr Mahsa Majzoobi – Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow

Head of Department & Associate Dean

Professor James McCoy

Deputy Heads of Department

Professor Andrew Eberhard – Research and Innovation
Associate Professor Melih Ozlen – Academic Operations
Associate Professor Stella Stylianou – Learning and Teaching
Associate Professor Qian (Chayn) Sun – Partnerships and Engagement

Academic staff

Associate Professor Mali Abdollahian
Dr Debaditya Acharya – Lecturer
Dr Arathi Arakala – Lecturer
Dr Despoina Athanasaki – Associate Lecturer
Dr James Baglin – Senior Lecturer
Dr Alan Both – Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Serdar Boztas
Associate Professor Brett Carter
Dr Graham Clarke – Senior Lecturer
Dr Amy Corman – Lecturer
Dr Julie Currie – Lecturer, ECDF
Dr Minh Dao – Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Stephen Davis
Associate Professor Marc Demange
Dr Haydar Demirhan – Senior Lecturer
Professor Matt Duckham – EIP Director Info & Systems (Engineering)
Dr Simon Fuller – Senior Lecturer
Dr Deepak Gautam – Lecturer
Professor Stelios Georgiou
Dr Amy Griffin – Senior Lecturer
Dr Lucas Holden – Senior Lecturer
Dr Shuwen Hu – Lecturer
Dr Zhendong Huang – Lecturer
Professor Irene Hudson
Dr Alice Johnstone – Senior Lecturer
Dr Simon Johnstone-Robertson – Lecturer
Professor Simon Jones
Professor Inge Koch
Ryan Lansfield – Industry Fellow, Surveying and Geospatial Science
Dr Gang-Jun Liu – Senior Lecturer
Dr Kerri Morgan – Senior Lecturer
Dr Lien Nguyen – Lecturer, Academic Career Development Fellow
Dr Michael Nyblom – Lecturer
Professor Asha Rao
Associate Professor Karin Reinke
Dr Mahshid Sadeghpour – Lecturer
Dr Matt Skerritt – Lecturer
Associate Professor Mariela Soto-Berelov
Professor Lewi Stone
Dr Laleh Tafakori – Senior Lecturer
Dr Sona Taheri – Senior Lecturer
Dr Geetika Verma – Lecturer
Professor Monica Wachowicz
Associate Professor Yan Wang
Dr Ada Yan – Lecturer
Dr Safoora Zaminpardaz – Senior Lecturer
Dr Nur Insani – Academic Career Development Fellow & Lecturer

Adjuncts, Honoraries and Associates

Dr David Akman
Professor William Cartwright – Honorary
Dr Tam Dao – Adjunct Fellow
Professor Sever Dragomir
Professor Donald Grant – Honorary Associate Professor
Professor John Hearne – Honorary
Professor Kathy Horadam – Emeritus
Dr Sevvandi Kandanaarachchi – Associate
Dr Sharmila Kayastha – Associate
Professor Allison Kealy
Professor Alexander Kruger
Professor Santosh Kumar
Professor David Mitchell
Professor Kirk Mitchell – Honorary
Professor Mark Shortis – Academic Affiliate
Associate Professor Siqin Wang
Professor Sisi Zlatanova

Research staff (Geospatial)

Dr Samuel Hislop – Research Fellow (Advanced)
Dr Haobo Li – Research Assistant (Postdoctoral)
Dr Trung Nguyen – Research Fellow
Mr Simon Ramsey – Research Assistant
Mr Johann Tiede – Research Assistant
Dr Xuezhi Wang – Senior Research Fellow

Head of Department & Associate Dean

Professor Gary Bryant

Deputy Heads of Department

Professor Tamar Greaves – Learning and Teaching
Associate Professor Andrew Martin – Student Experience

Academic staff

Professor Toby Allen
Dr Valentina Baccetti – Lecturer
Associate Professor Saffron Bryant
Professor Jared Cole
Professor Peter Daivis
Dr Blanca del Rosal Rabes – Senior Lecturer
Dr Martin Draganski – Lecturer (Academic Career Development Fellow)
Professor Rick Franich
Professor Brant Gibson
Professor Andrew Greentree
Associate Professor Gail Iles
Distinguished Professor Elena Ivanova
Professor Dougal McCulloch
Professor Nicolas Menicucci – ARC Future Fellow
Associate Professor James Partridge
Professor Salvy Russo
Dr Jackson Smith – Lecturer
Professor Alastair Stacey
Associate Professor Jean-Philippe Tetienne

Named Research Fellows

Dr David Broadway – ARC DECRA & Research Fellow
Dr Francesco Campaioli – Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow
Dr Benjamin Dalton – Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow
Dr Harini Hapuarachchi – Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow
Dr Zixin Huang – Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow
Dr Philipp Reineck – Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow

Research staff

Dr Amanda Abraham – Research Officer
Dr Marco Capelli – Research Assistant
Dr Flavio Costa – Research Fellow
Dr Nicholas Funai – Research Assistant
Dr Erin Grant – Research Assistant
Dr Rebecca Griffin – Research Assistant
Dr Hank Han – Research Fellow
Dr Alexander Healey – Research Assistant
Dr Josiah His – Research Assistant
Dr Brett Johnson – Research Fellow
Dr Shreehari Kodakkat Unnikrishnan – Research Assistant
Dr Yik Lee – Research Assistant
Dr Kenny Liu – Research Assistant
Dr Izabela Milogrodzka – Research Fellow
Dr Sara Pourshahrestani – Research Assistant
Dr Shao Qi Lim – Research Assistant
Mr Alan Salek – Research Associate
Dr Qiang Sun – Research Fellow
Dr Elaine Tao – Research Fellow
Dr Christopher Tau-Kuan Lew – Research Fellow
Dr Kaijian Xing – Research Assistant
Mr Giannis Thalassinos – Research Assistant
Dr Daniel Tibben – Research Assistant
Dr Jesse Vaitkus – Research Assistant
Dr Ashutosh Valavade – Research Assistant
Dr Zoltan Vilagosh – Research Assistant
Dr Xuezhi Wang – Senior research fellow
Dr Samuel Wilkinson – Research Assistant
Dr Kaijian Xing – Research Assistant

Adjuncts, Honoraries and Associates

Dr Voichita Bucur – Adjunct Professor
Dr John Davy – Adjunct Professor
Dr Christian Dwyer – Adjunct Principal Research fellow
Mr Philip Francis – Academic Affiliate
Dr Christopher Garvey – Adjunct Professor
Dr Lacey Johnson – Adjunct Associate Professor
Dr Peter Johnson – Adjunct Professor
Dr James Macnae – Honorary Professor
Professor Christopher McConville – Adjunct Professor
Dr Jeremy Millar – Adjunct Professor
Dr Associate Professor Gale E. Spring – Adjunct Associate Professor
Dr Cheng Tan – Adjunct Fellow
Dr Lan Wang – Adjunct Professor

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Dean of School

Professor Mark Osborn

Executive team

Professor Gary Bryant

Professor Jayani Chandrapala

Professor Suelynn Choy

Professor Charlotte Conn

Dr Jessica Danaher

Professor Kim Dowling

Professor Rajaraman Eri

Professor Brant Gibson

Deanne Koelmeyer

James McCoy

Professor Samantha Richardson

Professor Jeff Shimeta

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Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences

Head of Department & Associate Dean

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Acknowledgement of Country

Professor Gary Bryant 

Professor Rajaraman Eri 

Professor Brant Gibson 

Professor Samantha Richardson 

Professor Jeff Shimeta 