SWINBURNE - Key Persons


Adam Mooney

Job Titles:
  • Director, National Centre for Reconciliation Practice

Anisa Santoso

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Research Partnership Development

Annemarie Sandilands

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant
  • Project Officer

Ashlee Lambton

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator

Bonnie Hunter

Job Titles:
  • Indigenous Student Administrator - VET Group

Bronte Neyland

Job Titles:
  • Pro Vice - Chancellor ( Future Students )

Catherine Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Industry Engagement Consultant

Celia Wong

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Research Partnership and Digital Innovation Development

Charles Slee

Job Titles:
  • Team Leader, Industry Engagement

Claire Hines

Job Titles:
  • Department of Nursing and Allied Health

Dr Alison De Kruiff

Job Titles:
  • Department of Communication Design

Dr Anita Kocsis

Job Titles:
  • Director of Design
  • Director, Design Factory Melbourne
Professor Anita Kocsis is Director of Design Factory Melbourne, Swinburne University, Melbourne, an interdisciplinary experimental co creation lab, is one of the three core founders of the 30+ international Design Factory Global Network. Anita is a champion of the lab as a model that integrates diverse teams at the interstices between disciplines to work on the big challenges beyond the scope of a single discipline or area of research practice. Kocsis' collaborations include Aalto Design Factory, IdeaSquare CERN, Nandin, Innovation Precinct, ANSTO and Arena2036, University of Stuttgart. Anita's human-first, commercial and academic design and research is implemented in new products, prototypes, and experiences across diverse sectors; astrophysics, arts, academia, and health, including a start up in the museum sector at EPFL Lausanne, as Innovation Fellow at Australian Nuclear Scientific Organisation and member of the Experience Research Society. Kocsis works at the intersection of academia and industry, spanning the creative industries, design, technology, science, and health for transdisciplinary innovation. Her national and international collaborations are academic and entrepreneurial, where she co-founded a Swiss start-up: muse-visitor experience framework and tool for cultural institutions. Anita is the driving force behind the DFM brand, dfm.org.au as an exemplar at the nexus of learning and research for future global changemakers. She advises on Innovation practices and standards, and is a core member for ISO Innovation Management, Innovation Standards, Standards Australia and recently appointed to the Global Working group 2, Innovation Terminology, terms, and definitions. Kocsis recently has fostered a new design factory node in partnership with Nandin, Innovation precinct, Australian Nuclear Scientific Technology Organisation (ANSTO), linking IdeaSquare CERN, focusing on applied innovation for deep technology transfer at the nexus of learning and research. As Innovation Fellow at ANSTO this international collaboration drives the impetus for creativity and design innovation for meaningful deep science and tech translation.

Dr Ann Gaeth

Job Titles:
  • Research Integrity and Governance Matters
  • Research Integrity Co - Ordinator

Dr Astrid Nordmann

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Ethics Co - Ordinator

Dr Belinda Barnet

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Media and Communication
Dr Belinda Barnet is Senior Lecturer in Media at Swinburne with research interests in digital cultures, social media, data privacy, platform regulation and the history of digital media. She welcomes applications from prospective PhD students working on topics in digital media. Alongside her research work, Dr Barnet has worked as Service Delivery Manager (Wireless Content Services) for Ericsson Australia. She is the author of "Memory Machines: the Evolution of Hypertext" (Anthem Press UK, 2013).

Dr Chamila Perera

Job Titles:
  • Department of Management and Marketing
  • Senior Lecturer, Marketing
Dr Chamila Perera holds a PhD in Marketing from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Commerce Degree from University of Kobe, Japan. She won the most prestigious Mombushogaku scholarship from the Japanese Government followed by the Melbourne Business School Doctoral Research Scholarship. She published several research papers in ABDC ranked Journals and, won several best paper awards for sustainability research projects. She also won Swinburne's Vice Chancellor award and the Australian Deans Council award for her contribution in enhancing carbon literacy among the university networks. Her research interests are in Consumer Culture, Climate Change related Behaviour, Sustainability, Environmentalism, Minimalistic lifestyles, Corporate Social Responsibility, Research methodological issues and Pedagogy. She has teaching experience in several study areas including Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Research, Marketing Management, Strategic Marketing, Product and Service Innovations, International Marketing, Marketing Decision Analysis, Customer Relationship Management, and Emarketing.

Dr Civilai Leckie

Job Titles:
  • Department of Management and Marketing

Dr Dina Wahyuni

Job Titles:
  • Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance

Dr Dora Horvath

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Research Contracts and Grants Management / Acting Manager, Research Development and Proposals

Dr Douglas Proctor

Job Titles:
  • Pro Vice - Chancellor ( Global Engagement )

Dr Jeremy Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance

Dr Julian Oldmeadow

Job Titles:
  • Department of Psychological Sciences

Dr Llewellyn Mann

Job Titles:
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Engineering

Dr Michelle Critchley

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Research Grants

Dr Roslyn Galligan

Job Titles:
  • Department of Psychological Sciences

Dr Simone Buzwell

Job Titles:
  • Department of Psychological Sciences

Dr Tatiana Kameneva

Job Titles:
  • Department of Engineering Technologies

Dr Werner van der Merwe

Job Titles:
  • Vice President ( Innovation and Enterprise )

Eniko Turos

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to Professor Karen Hapgood

Esther Milne

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Genevieve Lazzari

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Collaboration & Partnerships

Jake Whittney

Job Titles:
  • Indigenous Student Recruitment Specialist

Jane King

Job Titles:
  • Management of Research Ethics, Integrity and Biosafety Matters
  • Manager of Research Ethics, Integrity and Biosafety

Jessica Berry

Job Titles:
  • Project and Administration Officer

Joel Boojers

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Indigenous Student Services

Karen Hapgood

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Professor
Professor Karen Hapgood is an experienced and respected executive leader, with an engineering and STEM background. Professor Karen Hapgood is an experienced and respected executive leader, who leads the development and implementation of Swinburne's Research strategy and builds impactful research partnerships to further Swinburne's research nationally and globally. Her career has included over seven years of industry experience in Australia and the United States, followed by 15 years of leadership roles in the higher education sector, all based around a common thread of manufacturing and STEM. Prior to joining Swinburne, Karen was the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment and Dean of Engineering at Deakin University. Karen is a renowned researcher in the fields of chemical engineering and pharmaceutical manufacturing, a Fellow of ATSE, IChemE, RACI and Engineers Australia, and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is passionate about diversity and inclusion in research, engineering and STEM.

Katie Eng


Lau Hieng Ho

Job Titles:
  • Pro Vice - Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer ( Sarawak )
  • Professor

Leah Barham

Job Titles:
  • Research Ethics Executive Officer

Lydia Bissett-Tavener

Job Titles:
  • Indigenous Student Adviser

Madelyn Bolch

Job Titles:
  • Pro Vice - Chancellor and Chief Executive Vocational Education

Marianne Buyskes-Abrahams

Job Titles:
  • Team Leader, Graduate Engagement and Employment

Mat Jakobi

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer, Indigenous Teaching and Learning

Matthew Timms

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Graduate Engagement & Employment

Megan Hough

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator

Mervyn Chong

Job Titles:
  • Team Leader, HDR Admissions and Scholarships

Michael Clayton

Job Titles:
  • Industry Engagement Consultant ( Legal, Sport, Marketing, Arts and Recreation Services )

Michelle Vincent

Job Titles:
  • Director Research Strategy and Performance

Miranda Madgwick

Job Titles:
  • Elder in Residence

Nadine White

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Graduate Research

Nancy Collins - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

Naomi Kennedy-Bamblett

Job Titles:
  • Indigenous Student Adviser

Pascale Quester

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Professor Pascale Quester guides Swinburne's vision to be a world-class university creating social and economic impact through science, technology and innovation.

Qing-Long Han

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Professor Qing-Long Han was appointed to the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Quality) in May 2016.

Rachael Maxwell

Job Titles:
  • Indigenous Programs Project Manager - VET

Saeid Nahavandi

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor

Shehara Ratnasabapathy

Job Titles:
  • Team Leader, HDR Candidature and Examinations

Simone Hamlin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Officer, Events and Projects

Suresh Palanisamy

Job Titles:
  • Director, Manufacturing Futures Research Platform

Tania Carrubba

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Research & Industry Contracts

Tania Tambiah

Job Titles:
  • Director, Research Services

Tom Gilmour

Job Titles:
  • Senior Indigenous Student Services Officer

Travis Keating

Job Titles:
  • Industry Engagement Consultant ( Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, Health, Scientific, Energy and Utilities )

Vesna Stefanovski

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Major Reserch Projects and Awards

Vicky Peters

Job Titles:
  • Director, Indigenous Engagement

Xavier Goldie

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Research Analytics Services

Yuki Kojima

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Employer Engagement

Zoe Shew

Job Titles:
  • Industry Engagement Consultant