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Dr Vanessa Arlene Angelique Huron

Faculty: Science

Vanessa joined the School of Aviation in 2022.

Dr Amr Omar

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Water treatment processes, Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics)
Keywords:

concentrated solar thermal power

membrane distillation

multi effect distillation

Dr Amr Omar is a senior postdoctoral research associate at the School of Mechanical Engineering at UNSW, with a research portfolio that bridges sustainable energy and water sy

Dr Heba El-Fiqi

Faculty: UNSW Canberra
Fields of Research (FoR): Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Neural networks, Computational linguistics, Intelligent robotics, Autonomous agents and multiagent systems, Data engineering and data science, Deep learning, Semi- and unsupervised learning, Machine learning not elsewhere classified
Keywords:

artificial intelligence

machine learning

supervised machine learning

artificial neural network

signal classification

unsupervised learning

data recovery

Dr Heba El-Fiqi is a senior lecturer with the School of Engineering and Information Technology (SEIT), UNSW Canberra.

Mr Reda Mohamed Mohamed Ghanem

Faculty: UNSW Canberra
Fields of Research (FoR): Artificial intelligence, Intelligent robotics, Autonomous agents and multiagent systems, Satisfiability and optimisation
SEO tags:

Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences

Keywords:

artificial intelligence

swarm intelligence

optimisation

autonomous agents

PhD Candidate in Computer Science at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Swarm Intelligence, and Optimization.

Dr Zhaoli Dai-Keller

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Epidemiology, Nutritional epidemiology, Geriatrics and gerontology, Nutrition and dietetics, Public health nutrition, General practice, Health systems, Health policy
SEO tags:

Health Related to Ageing

Preventive Medicine

Nutrition

Keywords:

healthy ageing

osteoporotic fractures

healthcare disparities

telecare and telehealth

diet quality

conflict of interest

longevity

Ms Karen Hutchinson

Faculty: Medicine & Health

Dr Karen Hutchinson is a research fellow at the School of Popul

Ms Bianca Varney

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Epidemiology, Public health, Health services and systems
Keywords:

quality use of medicines

I am a Pos

Dr Ivan Miguel De Cachinho Cordeiro

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Fire safety engineering, Modelling and simulation, Functional materials, Waste management, reduction, reuse and recycling
Keywords:

molecular dynamics simulation

flame retardance

pyrolysis

compartment fire

computational fluid dynamics

waste recycling

Ivan Cordeiro is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Australia.

Associate Professor Helen Paik

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Distributed computing and systems software, Software architecture, Cyberphysical systems and internet of things, Cybersecurity and privacy, Data and information privacy, Software Engineering, Database Management, Web Technologies (excl. Web Search), Interorganisational Information Systems and Web Services

Associate Professor Robert Niven

Faculty: UNSW Canberra
Keywords:

maximum entropy analysis

bayesian inference

fluid mechanics

reduced-order modeling

conservation equations

Liouville equation

nonequilibrium thermodynamics

flow networks

environmental contamination

per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

entropy

Research and Intellectual Property Generation

Associate Professor Mehera San Roque

Faculty: Law & Justice
Fields of Research (FoR): Law in context, Legal systems

Mehera San Roque is an Associate Professor in t

Associate Professor Julia Lappin

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Mental Health, Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)
SEO tags:

Mental Health

Health Related to Ageing

Keywords:

mental health

neuropsychiatry

cognition

patterns and predictors of substance use and mental health problems

Dr Alice Michie

Faculty: Medicine & Health

Professor Joel Pearson

Faculty: Science

Joel Pearson

Ms Karen Kriss

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Screen and digital media, Visual arts, Visual effects, Computer Gaming and Animation, Film, Television and Digital Media, Visual Arts and Crafts
SEO tags:

The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft)

Animation and Computer Generated Imagery Services

Keywords:

3d animation

animation studies

critical disability studies

motion capture

digital media art

media arts

Professor Lina Yao

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Reinforcement learning, Deep learning, Data mining and knowledge discovery, Semi- and unsupervised learning, Recommender systems, Stream and sensor data, Neural networks, Data engineering and data science

Prof. Lina Yao is a Professor at UNSW. She was awarded ARC Future Fellowship in 2025.

Professor James McAuley

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Clinical Sciences, Rehabilitation and Therapy (excl. Physiotherapy)
SEO tags:

Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) not elsewhere classified

James McAuley is NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Professor in the School of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at UNSW.

Dr Zhouzun Xie

Faculty: Engineering

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Associate Professor Vanessa Venturi

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Immunogenetics, Immunology

Research Interests

Professor Kathy Bowrey

Faculty: Law & Justice
Fields of Research (FoR): Intellectual property law, Law and humanities, Law and society and socio-legal research, History of empires, imperialism and colonialism, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the law
SEO tags:

Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified

Communication not elsewhere classified

Dr Kathy Bowrey FASSA is a Professor in the Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW, Sydney.

Mr Lee Cooper

Faculty: Business

Lee Cooper is a lecturer at the UNSW Centre for Social Impa

Dr Demet Dincer

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Architecture, Interior design
Keywords:

architectural design

interior architecture

transdisciplinary

design approach

architecture and society

universal design

Dr Emma Kate Buxton-Namisnyk

Faculty: Law & Justice
Fields of Research (FoR): International humanitarian and human rights law, Criminology, Criminal law, Gender and crime, Legal theory, jurisprudence and legal interpretation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander criminology
SEO tags:

Criminal Justice

Justice and the Law

Crime Prevention

Keywords:

criminology and criminal justice

international human rights

domestic violence

family violence

indigenous rights

Dr Emma Buxton-Namisnyk is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, Society and Criminology in the UNSW Faculty of Law.

Ms Kayla Rebecca Steele

Faculty: Science

Kayla Steele, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and postdoctoral research fellow at the Universi

Miss Tegan Michelle Stettaford

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Health psychology
Keywords:

health behavior

lifestyle

lifestyle intervention

tertiary education

chronic diseases

Tegan is a Lecturer in Health Behaviour Change - Exercise and Sport Psychology in the School of Health Sciences at the University of New South Wales, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (F