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Abbas Hejri


Abhay Kulkarni


Ahmad Abedini


Alara Gencer

Job Titles:
  • Marketing and Communications

Aldo Fortunato Dalla Costa


Aleksandar Arandjelovic


Alex Ryan


Alison Petto-Hamilton

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer

Angela Abberton

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Anil Gautam


Ann-Maree Grech

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Anne Kumanan

Job Titles:
  • Faculty HR Administrator

Ao Shu


Basma Badreddine


Bella Augimeri

Job Titles:
  • Administration Assistant

Ben Nash


Ben Schreer

Job Titles:
  • Head of Department at SSC
BIOGRAPHY Professor Ben Schreer is the Head of Department at SSC. He teaches and researches in security and strategic studies, with a main focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Professor Schreer regularly provides expert advice to national and international media on these subjects. He is a member and a...

Bi Zhou


Bing Zhao

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Stores Manager

Bronwyn Carlson

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Professor Bronwyn Carlson is an Aboriginal woman who was born on and lives on D'harawal Country in NSW Australia. Bronwyn was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Indigenous grant in 2013 for research on Aboriginal identity and community online (IN1301000360), and a second ARC in 2...

Cathi Humphrey-Hood

Job Titles:
  • Research Administrator

Catriona Mackenzie

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Charmaine D'Souza

Job Titles:
  • Administration Officer

Chen Yu Yan


Chris Dixon

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Christian Neumeier


Christine Boman


Christine Sabile

Job Titles:
  • Finance Manager

Cissy Zhan

Job Titles:
  • Education Support Officer

Clara Zhou

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Courtney J. Fung

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
Courtney J. Fung is Associate Professor in the Department of Security Studies & Criminology at Macquarie University. She is concurrently Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, Scholar in Residence at Asia Society Australia, and also Associate Fellow...

Dameyon Bonson


Damian John Bridge


Dana Yamout


Daniel Daugaard


Daniel Druckman

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University
Daniel Druckman is Professor Emeritus of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University, and is an Honorary Professor at Macquarie University in Sydney and at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. He has also been a member of the faculty at Sabanci University in Istanbul, a faculty...

David Sams

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Executive Director

Deanna Tracy

Job Titles:
  • School Operations Manager

Dr Adam Hochman


Dr Adrian Renzo


Dr Alan G Walmsley


Dr Alex Mesker


Dr Alex Simpson

Informed by the cultural theory of Bourdieu, Foucault and Derrida, my research draws predominantly on ethnographic research methods to examine fundamental questions of power and inequality. This has led to a critical focus on the ‘performative rituals' of elite social groups, the maintenance and dev... 0298501422 alex.simpson@mq.edu.au Learn More

Dr Alex Woods


Dr Alexander Gillett


Dr Alexandra Kurmann


Dr Ali Amrollahi


Dr Alison Holland


Dr Alys Moody


Dr Amy Tung


Dr Ana Tanasoca


Dr Andreas Hellmann


Dr Andres Vaccari


Dr Andrew Farrell


Dr Andrew Robson


Dr Anthony Lambert


Dr Ben Morrison


Dr Benedicte Andre


Dr Brian Cuddy

Brian is a historian of twentieth century international politics and US foreign relations. His research explores the changing legal frameworks of international and national security, and his current book project examines how the American use of military force during the Vietnam War reshaped the lega...

Dr Camilla Di Biase-Dyson


Dr Carl Shen


Dr Catherine Fargher


Dr Charlene Chen


Dr Chavalin Svetanant


Dr Chi Truong


Dr Chong It Tan


Dr Chris Cunneen


Dr Chris Forbes


Dr Chris Muller


Dr Christian Gelder


Dr Cintia Agosti

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Associate

Dr Colin Zhang


Dr Colleen McGloin


Dr Colly He


Dr Consuelo Martinez Reyes


Dr Cynthia Cai


Dr Dalbir Ahlawat

Dr Ahlawat has broad experience of working with government agencies and academic institutions. He has worked as an Honorary Associate with Macquarie University, Visiting Fellow with University of New South Wales and Center Associate with University of Pittsburgh-USA. In addition, he has worked in co...

Dr Dale Tweedie


Dr Dani Napton


Dr Danijel Dzino


Dr Daozhi Xu


Dr David M. Kaplan


Dr Denis Crowdy


Dr Dionigi Gerace


Dr Doron Goldbarsht


Dr Dorothy Kass


Dr Douglas McConnell


Dr Ellie Crookes

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Associate

Dr Eros Favaretto


Dr Fan Yu


Dr Farida Akhtar


Dr Frederick Hardtke


Dr Geoffrey Hull


Dr Geoffrey Payne


Dr Geraldine Fela


Dr Grace Lepone


Dr Gunner Mikkelsen


Dr Guy Schofield


Dr Hamed Jafarzadeh


Dr Hassan Asghar


Dr Helen Wolfenden


Dr Ian Collinson


Dr Ian Wood


Dr Ines Hipolito


Dr Innez Haua


Dr Intan Paramaditha


Dr Iqbal Barkat


Dr Isobelle Barrett Meyering


Dr Jane Hanley


Dr Jane Johnson


Dr Jane Simon


Dr Janet Wade


Dr Jasna Novak Milic


Dr Jeffrey Foster


Dr Jennifer Duke-Yonge


Dr Jessa Rogers


Dr Jessica Chen


Dr Jessica Zhang


Dr Jianlei Han


Dr Jillian Kramer


Dr Jimmy Van


Dr Jo Rey


Dr Joanne Faulkner


Dr John Langdale


Dr John Selby

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Staff Member

Dr John Severn


Dr Jon Burtt


Dr Josephine Touma


Dr Julia Hamilton


Dr Julie-Anne Long


Dr Julien Cooper


Dr Kai Li


Dr Karin Sowada


Dr Katrina Hutchison


Dr Keagan Brewer

Job Titles:
  • Research Fellows

Dr Keith Rathbone


Dr Keith Woodward


Dr Ken Parry


Dr Kyle Keimer


Dr Lauren Gorfinkel


Dr Lavina Lee

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer
Dr Lavina Lee is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Sydney and joined Macquarie University in 2007. In 2020, she was appointed to the Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute by the Australian Defence Minister and was previous...

Dr Leanne Holt


Dr Lei Shi


Dr Leigh Boucher


Dr Lin Yue


Dr Linda Evans


Dr Lu Jiao


Dr Luka Budak

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Associate

Dr Lurion De Mello


Dr Mark Hearn


Dr Mary Mainsbridge


Dr Maryam Khalid

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean ( Curriculum & Learning )

Dr Matteo Malavasi


Dr Mei-fen Kuo


Dr Meiting Lu


Dr Michelle Hamadache


Dr Milica Misic


Dr Mohsen Asadnia


Dr Muhammad Atif

Job Titles:
  • Academic Staff Member

Dr Muhammad Ikram


Dr Mykaela Saunders


Dr Narcyz Ghinea


Dr Nardine Basta


Dr Natasha Fernandes


Dr Neil Durrant

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Executive Director

Dr Nicole Matthews


Dr Ning Wang

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Dr Nuraddeen Nuhu


Dr Oisin Deery


Dr Pamela Humphreys

Job Titles:
  • Interim Director of the Macquarie University International College
Dr Pamela Humphreys, Interim Director of the Macquarie University International College and Director of our English Language Centre, said the brief was to create a friendly place for international and local students to study, socialise, connect as well as unwind in modern spaces that are conducive to learning. "We asked for furniture, paint colours and design features that reflect our vibrant and engaging approach while at the same time made sure access to power outlets and quiet spaces was readily available," said Dr Humphreys. "We are delighted by the design and our students clearly agree. The new spaces have been very well-patronised since we re-opened."

Dr Patricia Koromvokis


Dr Paul-Mikhail Catapang


Dr Peipei Pan


Dr Peter Edwell


Dr Pierrick Bourrat


Dr Prashan Karunaratne


Dr Rachael Gunn


Dr Rachel Huang


Dr Rachel Yuen-Collingridge


Dr Rajan Shankaran


Dr Rajni Mala


Dr Raphael Milliere


Dr Rebecca Bachmann

Job Titles:
  • Academic Staff Member

Dr Rebecca Giggs


Dr Rebecca Sheehan


Dr Regina Fabry


Dr Richard Savery


Dr Robert Ross


Dr Roberta Kwan


Dr Roger Lee Huang

Job Titles:
  • Terrorism Studies and Political Violence and Director
Roger Lee Huang is senior lecturer in terrorism studies and political violence and director of the Bachelor of Security Studies. He has broad research interests in the politics, international relations, and security of East and Southeast Asia. He has previously worked at Lingnan University (Hong Kon...

Dr Rolando Ochoa Hernandez

Dr. Rolando Ochoa is a Lecturer at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology. He holds a PhD in Sociology and an MPhil in Latin American Studies, both from the University of Oxford, UK. He has carried out research on the history and political economy of kidnapping in Mexico, as well as the...

Dr Rose Barrowcliffe


Dr Ross Burns


Dr Ross McLennan

Job Titles:
  • Pro Vice - Chancellor ( Research Services )

Dr Rowan Tulloch


Dr Rui Xue


Dr Ryan Twomey


Dr Sabina Rahman


Dr Sachi Purcal


Dr Sally Chan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Shirley Chan

Dr Sarah Keith


Dr Sijia Guo


Dr Stefan Solomon


Dr Stephanie Russo


Dr Steve Collins


Dr Sung-Ae Lee


Dr Susan Lupack


Dr Tai Neilson


Dr Tamika Worrell


Dr Terri Farrelly


Dr Terri Senft


Dr Terry Pan


Dr Thanh (Moon) Phan


Dr Thomas Corbin


Dr Timothy Kyng

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Staff Member

Dr Toby Davidson


Dr Tom Baudinette


Dr Tristan Kennedy


Dr Tshepo Gwatiwa

Tshepo is Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, in the Department of Security Studies at Macquarie University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow (non-resident) at the Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Prior to this, he was lectu...

Dr Veronica Alfano


Dr Virginia Madsen


Dr Wes Robertson


Dr Willa McDonald


Dr Yanlin Shi


Dr Yanling Wu


Dr Yun Shen


Dr Yves-Heng Lim

Dr. Yves-Heng Lim is a Senior Lecturer in Security Studies at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University. His research focuses on the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, the evolution of China's strategy, with a particular interest for China's naval strategy, and inte...

Dr Zita Rohr


Dr. Jennifer S. Hunt

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer
Dr. Jennifer S. Hunt is a Senior Lecturer in Cyber and Security Studies at Macquarie University specialising in the national security of critical systems such as cyber and energy. Current projects include: cyber-enabled information operations, foreign interference and electoral security, and disinfo...

Dr. Julian Droogan

Job Titles:
  • Director of Research and Innovation at the Department of Security Studies
Dr. Julian Droogan is in Associate Professor of Terrorism Studies and Director of Research and Innovation at the Department of Security Studies and Criminologyty. He is also the Editor of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Routledge). Julian has worked on research project f...

Edward Curran


Emma Kettle

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Lead

Ervina Ang

Job Titles:
  • Administration Assistant
  • Professional Staff

Eva Gabrielson


Evan Matthews


Feargal Caley

Job Titles:
  • International Development and Recruitment Manager

Felicity Hopkinson

Job Titles:
  • Head of Faculty Operations

Florian Schroeder


Frank Clarke

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Gemma Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Strategic Projects

Geoffrey Bilney

Job Titles:
  • Indigenous Corporate Engagement Manager

George Milunovich

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Giacomo Guidi


Graeme Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Guilhem Doulcier


Guilherme Belloque


Gwen Elvin

Job Titles:
  • Student Engagement Coordinator ( Final Year and Postgraduate )

Hamid Yahyaei


Hayden Brown

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Support Assistant

Hui Yu


Huimin Guo


Imran Imran

Job Titles:
  • Education Support Officer

Imtiaz Bhayat


Irina Zakoshanski

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Research Manager

Jai Cornish-Martin

Job Titles:
  • Student Engagement Coordinator ( Continuing )

James Linton

Job Titles:
  • Incubator Manager

James Ramsay

Job Titles:
  • Professor
James Ramsay is a professor of security studies, and Head of the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University in Sydney Australia. Prior to Macquarie, he was the founding coordinator of the Homeland Security program, and the founding Chair of the Department of Security Stu...

Jane Yang

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Research Liaison Coordinator

Javier Alvarez-Mon

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Jiaqi Yang


Jing He


Jing Xu


Joanne Kamira


Joanne Valvekens

Job Titles:
  • Executive Officer to the Executive Dean

John Cook


John Romalis

Job Titles:
  • Head of Department of Economics
  • Professor

John Stephens

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Kara Hay

Job Titles:
  • Education Support Officer

Karl Lukezic

Job Titles:
  • Head of Technical Operations

Katherine Rodionoff

Job Titles:
  • Faculty HR Consultant

Katrina O'Shea


Katrina Sealey

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Executive Director

Kin Yung (Mike) Chan


Kirsty McPhail


Kit Leung

Job Titles:
  • Education Support Officer

Lea Beness

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Lilly Gabriel

Job Titles:
  • Administration Officer

Linda Ho

Job Titles:
  • School Operations Manager

Lingling Zhao


Lizzy Clarkson

Job Titles:
  • Student Experience Manager

Lotus Rana

Job Titles:
  • Ethics and Training Coordinator ( CEVAW )

Louis Di Paolo

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Research Liaison Coordinator, Faculty of Arts

Louise D'Arcens

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Louise Rassack

Job Titles:
  • Faculty HR Consultant

Luca Parlamento


Lucy Marshall

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Engineering and Executive
Lucy Marshall is a Professor of Engineering and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering. She is a water resources engineer, with expertise in hydrologic modeling, environmental model optimization, and quantification of uncertainty in water resources analysis. She has a special inter...

Lynn Negus


Madi Day


Malcolm Choat

Job Titles:
  • Head of Department
  • Professor
Malcolm Choat is Professor of History and Head of Department of History and Archaeology in the Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University. His current research interests centre on discourses of authenticity, debates over cultural heritage, and the reception of the ancient world. He is interested in the...

Maria Francesca Nuzzo


Mark Broomfield

Job Titles:
  • Head of Property at Macquarie University Says the Incubator Is a Project That Just Keeps Excelling
Mark Broomfield, Head of Property at Macquarie University says the Incubator is a project that just keeps excelling: "The building is not only fulfilling its purpose on campus as an innovation and collaboration hub is also impressing local and international judging panels for its architecture and design.

Masoud Afshari Mofrad


Matthew Robson

Job Titles:
  • Learning Design and Production Lead

Melissa Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Director Incubation & Entrepreneurship

Michael Baber

Job Titles:
  • Technical Services Manager
  • Professional and Technical Staff

Michael Lindsay


Michelle Lee

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Michelle Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Operations and Administration

Mr Alec Morgan


Mr Benjamin Zhao


Mr Brett Peppler


Mr David Simmonds


Mr Ed Moore

Ed Moore is a cyber security Lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University. He has a technical background with years of experience in implementation and auditing of cyber security platforms and has been using this experience to educate students for more than...

Mr Emilio Lomonaco


Mr Guillaume Boglioni Beaulieu


Mr Leonard Janiszewski


Mr Lindesay Brine

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean Curriculum and Learning ( Postgraduate )

Mr Mike Smith


Mr Simon Guthrie


Mr Vincent Hurley

Job Titles:
  • University Lecturer
Vince Hurley (PhD) is a university lecturer specialising on the contemporary role of the police and policing within criminological theories. He also lectures on Crisis Management and Disaster Relief.Before joining the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University Vince spen...

Mr Zac Roberts


Mrs Nandini Krishna Kumar


Ms Carmel Emanuel


Ms Kayo Nakazawa


Ms Maggie Lee


Ms Noeleen Lumby


Ms Tas Husain


Natalie Spence

Job Titles:
  • Senior Learning Designer

Nataliya Pysarenko


Natasha Balsdon

Job Titles:
  • Student Engagement Coordinator ( First Year )

Nick Galea

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager, Curriculum and Employability

Nikki Kiddle

Job Titles:
  • Indigenous Pathway Coordinator

Niklas Trappe


Nikolay Bondarenko


Ognjen Kovacevic


Patty Hodgson

Job Titles:
  • Educational Services Delivery Manager

Paul Formosa

Job Titles:
  • Head of the Department of Philosophy
Professor Paul Formosa is the Head of the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie University and co-Director for the Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre (previously known as CAVE). Paul has been at Macquarie since 2009, and has been a Macquarie University Research Fellow, an Austral...

Peilun He


Prof. Adam Lockyer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor in Strategic Studies
A/Prof. Adam Lockyer is an Associate Professor in Strategic Studies at Macquarie University and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Sea Power Centre - Australia.He held the 2015 Fulbright Scholarship in US-Australian Alliance Studies at Georgetown University. Before joining the Department of Security Stud...

Qiao Sun


Qin Zhang


Rahat Munir

Job Titles:
  • Head of Department
  • Professor
Professor Rahat Munir is the Head of Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University. He is FCA (Chartered Accountants Australian & New Zealand), FCPA (Certified Practising Accountant Australia) and PhD (Macquarie University, Sydney). With his extensive experience in admi...

Rebecca Simunic

Job Titles:
  • Senior Executive Assistant to the Executive Dean

Riana Lee


Roberta Palfreeman

Job Titles:
  • Faculty HR Client Manager

Robyn Williams

Job Titles:
  • Page Owner

Ruth Grigg

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Operations Administration Officer

Sam Ricketts

Job Titles:
  • Director

Samuel Lieu

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Sang Mi-Kwon

Job Titles:
  • Administration Assistant

Santosh Sapkota


Sashini Padmasekara

Job Titles:
  • Finance Business Partner

Shin Yoong Lim

Job Titles:
  • Administration Officer

Shirley Chan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Shirley Chan

Sonya Hendricks

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Health and Safety Advisor

Stephen Friel


Steve Cochrane

Job Titles:
  • Manager Indigenous Student Engagement and Pathways

Tammy Hickey

Job Titles:
  • Indigenous HR and Workforce Consultant

Taylah Pearce

Job Titles:
  • Indigenous Strategic Projects Lead

Tessa Revink


Tetei Bakic

Job Titles:
  • Department Coordinator

Thi My Thuong Doan


Tobias Lauter


Tony Cousins

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Tony Gibbs

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Tori Hocking

Job Titles:
  • Executive Manager, Office of the DVC ( Research )

Trish Frail

Job Titles:
  • Culture & Wellbeing Officer

Veronica Chen

Job Titles:
  • Education Support Team Lead
  • Professional Staff

Vincent Michael McGrath


Weijie Tian


Xiaoguang Yao


Yasmine Gooneratne

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Yi Chen


Yi Zheng


Zini Liang