People

Our people: leadership team, researchers & industry advisory board

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Centre team

Matt Warren

Matt Warren is the Director of the RMIT Centre of Cyber Security Research and Innovation and a Professor of Cyber Security at RMIT University. Professor Warren is an award winning researcher in the areas of Cyber Security and Computer Ethics and has received numerous grants and awards from national and international funding bodies. Under Matt's leadership, he has strategically driven the direction of the centre to focus on cyber security beyond the technical lens, to intersect with the human and organisational aspects, both nationally and globally, bringing together a strong membership base of 50+ researchers from across the university.

Zahir Tari

Zahir Tari is the Research Director of the RMIT Centre of Cyber Security Research and Innovation and a Professor in Computer Science. Zahir has over two decades experience in the areas of system performance (e.g. P2P, Cloud, IoT) as well as system security (e.g. SCADA, Cloud, IoT). With an impressive resume of funding and project success with the Australian Research Council ARC (Australian Research Council) and various industries (e.g. Siemens/Germany), and lately part of a successful 7th Framework AU2EU (Australia to European) bid on “Authorisation and Authentication for Entrusted Unions, Zahir's role in the centre is to support members in their research paper and grant applications.

Laki Kondylas

Laki Kondylas is the Deputy Director of the RMIT Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation. He has a wealth of experience nationally and internationally, both with government and industry and his role leverages his strong business development expertise to bring in new project opportunities for the Centre.

Monica Trubiano

Monica, our Centre Manager, is responsible for managing the operations of the Centre, overseeing project delivery, governance, and stakeholder engagement activities. Drawing on her extensive experience in research management across RMIT University, Monica works closely with researchers, industry partners, and government stakeholders to support and enable impactful research initiatives.

Hiep Cong Pham

Assoc Prof Pham is the Centre's Vietnam Hub Lead, and a cyber security researcher and teacher in Vietnam. Assoc Prof Pham has attracted several internal research grants and industry fundings to conduct security trainings and continues to play a key role in connecting Melbourne and Vietnam researchers on projects with both Australian and Vietnamese organisations.

Adam Bartley

Adam is one of the Centre's Post-doctorate Research Fellows, whose research experience lies in foreign policy. As a recent Fulbright Scholar at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Adam contributes to both existing and new projects and research initiatives within the Centre.

Lee-ann Phillips

Lee-ann is an experienced Education Designer within the Centre, who largely has contributed to the development and deployment of a range of cyber security education training and capacity building materials, working with industry and government as well as subject matter experts.

Amal Varghese

Amal is one of the Centre’s Project Coordinators. In this capacity, he leverages his expertise in technology and policy advice to collaborate with key industry stakeholders, government entities, and internal researchers, ensuring successful project delivery across a diverse range of projects.

Pranita Reddy

Pranita is the Project Coordinator in the CCSRI team. Pranita supports governance, event delivery, and stakeholder engagement across the Centre's research projects. She coordinates reporting, communications, and grant applications, while working closely with the team to keep projects on track. She is passionate about collaboration, continuous improvement, and advancing cyber security research and innovation.

Researchers

The Centre has brought together over 50 researchers from RMIT University's STEM, Business and Law, Design, and Social Context Colleges in Australia and Vietnam. This diverse team adopts a truly multi-disciplinary approach to cyber security research, education, and innovation.

Dr. Golnoush Abaei

Lecturer, Industry Practice

Mr. Juhar Ahmed Abdella

Research Fellow

Dr. Arathi Arakala

Lecturer

Dr. Adam Bartley

Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) - Cyber Security and Policy

Associate Professor Serdar Boztas

Associate Professor

Dr. Vince Bruno

Senior Lecturer (Education Focused)

Dr. Aufeef Chauhan

Lecturer

Dr. Amy Corman

Lecturer, Mathematics - Cybersecurity

Dr. Duy Dang-Pham

Associate Head of Department, Research and Innovation

Dr. Son Hoang Dau

Senior Lecturer, Computer Science

Dr. Abebe Diro

Senior Lecturer

Associate Professor Hai Dong

Associate Professor

Associate Professor Nalin Arachchilage

Associate Professor in Cyber Security

Iqbal Gondal

Associate Dean Cyber Security & Software Systems

Associate Professor Mark Gregory

Associate Professor

Associate Professor Fengling Han

Associate Professor

Professor Nicola Henry

Professor

Dr. Phuong Hoang

Senior Program Manager, Digital Marketing

Professor Reza Hoseinnezhad

Professor

Vipul Jain

Associate Professor, Supply Chain Management

Dr. Asangi Jayatilaka

Lecturer, Computing Technologies

Dr. Shahriar Kaisar

Deputy Head, Department of Information Systems & Business Analytics

Dr. Sevvandi Kandanaarachchi

Associate

Professor Ibrahim Khalil

Professor

Dr. Shah Khalid Khan

Lecturer - Cyber Security

Dr. Amirali Khodadadian Gostar

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Shuo Li

Lecturer

Dr. Maggie Liu

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Glenn Matthews

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Neelofar Neelofar

Lecturer

Jer Shyuan Ng

Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow

Dr. Lan Nguyen

Senior Lecturer

Mr. Minh Nguyen

Lecturer, Digital Economy

Mathews Nkhoma

Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor Strategy International & Engagement

Associate Professor Konrad Peszynski

Associate Professor, Tertiary Teaching

Associate Professor Hiep Cong Pham

Deputy Dean, Research & Innovation

Professor Deb Polson

Director, Centre of Digital Ecosystems (CODE)

Professor Asha Rao

Professor

Dr. Mahshid Sadeghpour

Lecturer, Mathematical and Geospace Science

Ms. Akanksha Saini

Lecturer

Dr. Nicole Shackleton

Lecturer, Law

Professor Nirajan Shiwakoti

Professor

Dr. Matt Skerritt

Lecturer in Applied Mathematics

Dr. Peter Stasinopoulos

Senior Lecturer

Professor Lewi Stone

Professor

Professor Zahir Tari

Professor

Dr. Hiep Tran

Lecturer

Huy Truong Quang

Senior Lecturer, Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Dr Irfan Ul Haq

Senior Lecturer, Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Dr. Geetika Verma

Lecturer

Miss Fuyi Wang

Research Fellow

Professor Aiden Warren

Professor

Professor Matthew Warren

Director, Centre of Cyber Security

Dr. Bang Wu

Lecturer, Cyber Security and Software Systems

Dr. Xiaoyu Shaw Xia

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Terry Yang

Lecturer, Cyber Security and Software Systems

Professor Xun Yi

Professor

Dist. Professor Xinghuo Yu

Vice Chancellors Professorial Fellow

Industry advisory board

The Industry Advisory Board for Cyber (IABC) is RMIT’s leading body of industry experts in the cyber sector.

The IABC is a university-wide initiative, led by the RMIT University Centre for Cyber Security and Research and Innovation (CCSRI) with a view to inform the multitude of educational and research programs in this field.

IABC members are a dynamic group of business and technology executives/cyber professionals, who provide objective, outside-in thinking. They provide a continuous focus on core business and industry issues, or are involved in innovation and Australia’s start-up eco-system. Members are well-connected, well-credentialed leaders within their sector and nationally. They are at the cutting edge of their profession - keenly aware of organisational cyber needs, applied research, and the changing technology landscape within Australia and internationally. Representing major companies and organisations from around Australia, IABC members contribute first-hand knowledge and diverse executive perspectives regarding key industry priorities and challenges. This knowledge enables continuous refinement of RMIT strategic direction relating to Cyber Innovation and Cyber Security research.