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Dr Fiona Hilferty

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Social policy

Dr Fiona Hilferty (BEd Hons, PhD USyd) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC), UNSW Sydney.

Dr Ali Kashani

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Construction Materials, Construction Engineering
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Construction Materials Performance and Processes

Environmentally Sustainable Construction

Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design

Keywords:

alkali-activated geopolymer concrete

automation

carbon capture and storage

Associate Professor David McKnight

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Journalism Studies, Political Science

Mr James Andrew McBride

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Paediatrics, Respiratory Diseases, Exercise Physiology
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Respiratory System and Diseases (incl. Asthma)

Child health

Cancer and Related Disorders

Jamie McBride is Senior Respiratory Scientist and Laboratory Manager of the Respiratory Medicine Unit at Sydney Children's Hospital.

Ms Huong Le-Dao

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Organisation and Management Theory, Educational Administration, Management and Leadership, Social Change
Keywords:

organisational change management

transformational leadership

leadership

organisational change

workforce development

value-based health care

Dr Sarah Larney

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Public Health and Health Services, Epidemiology
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Substance Abuse

Criminal Justice

Infectious Diseases

Dr Sarah Larney is an Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal and adjunct Senior Lecturer at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), University of New South Wales.

Dr Charles Edo de Bock

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Haematological Tumours, Cancer Genetics
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Cancer and Related Disorders

Keywords:

acute lymhoblastic leukaemia

oncology

genetic mouse model

genetics

I joined the Institute in January 2019 to establish a new team to work on one of the most difficult to treat blood cancers in children: T-cell acute lymphoblastic

Professor Pall Thordarson

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Supramolecular chemistry, Physical organic chemistry, Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry
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Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences

Keywords:

organic chemistry

supramolecular chemistry

self-assembly

medicinal chemistry

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Martina Lessio

Faculty: Science

Martina is originally from Torino (Italy), where she completed both her bachelor's and master's degrees in Chemistry.

Dr Miranda Bruce

Faculty: UNSW Canberra
Fields of Research (FoR): Cybercrime
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Dr Gail Kenning

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Visual arts, Design
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Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing

The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft)

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Dr Gail Kenning is a psychosocial researcher and designer focusing on ageing, dementia, loneliness

Dr Dorna Esrafilzadeh

Faculty: Engineering

Dr Cathy Smith

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Architecture, Urban and regional planning, Urban design, Community planning

Dr Jennie Cederholm

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Animal Physiology - Biophysics, Animal Cell and Molecular Biology
SEO tags:

Hearing, Vision, Speech and Their Disorders

Keywords:

auditory

neuroscience

electrophysiology

I have a MSc in Medical Biology from Linköping University, Sweden, and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Australia, Adelaide.

Dr Cobi Calyx

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Sociology and social studies of science and technology, Earth and space science informatics, Law, science and technology, Human geography, Environmental law, Research, science and technology policy, Planning and decision making, Environment policy, Decision making, Social change, Communication technology and digital media studies, Information systems for sustainable development and the public good, Public policy, Satellite-based positioning, Information governance, policy and ethics, Ocean law and governance, Building science, technologies and systems, Gender, policy and administration
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Sustainability Indicators

Law, Politics and Community Services

Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis

Information and Communication Services

Technological Ethics

Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability

Political science and public policy

Environmental Management Systems

Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences

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Cobi has more than a decade of experience working internationally in disaster response, environmental and science governance, health promotion, inclusive technology and science communication.

Professor Erik Meijering

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Computer vision, Image processing, Deep learning, Machine learning, Neural networks, Artificial intelligence, Pattern recognition, Biomedical imaging
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Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering

Expanding Knowledge in Technology

Erik Meijering is a Professor of Biomedical Image Computing in the School of Computer Science and Engineering.

Professor Rita Kay Henderson

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Water Treatment Processes, Water Quality Engineering, Membrane and Separation Technologies, Environmental Technologies, Environmental Biotechnology
SEO tags:

Water Services and Utilities

Production of Biofuels (Biomass)

Keywords:

municipal wastewater treatment

potable water treatment

microalgae

natural organic matter

coagulation and disinfection

flotation

Professor Rita Henderson is an academic in the School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW, and Associate Dean (Equity & Diversity) at UNSW Engineering.

Professor Jake Olivier

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biostatistics, Applied statistics, Epidemiological methods, Injury prevention, Statistical data science
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Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)

I am part of the Biostatistics and Ecology research group in the

Associate Professor Simit Raval

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Mining Engineering, Geomatic Engineering, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Geospatial Information Systems, Surveying
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Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Mineral Resource Activities

Environmentally Sustainable Mineral Resource Activities

Rehabilitation of Degraded Mining Environments

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Mining Environments

Mining and Extraction of Energy Resources

Keywords:

mine automation

remote sensing

greenhouse gas emissions

mine rehabilitation

off earth mining

Associate Professor Simit Raval is Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mining Engineer and Co-Director of the Laboratory for Imaging of the Mine Environment (LIME), at the University of New South

Professor Jackie Leach Scully

Faculty: Societal Impact Equity Engage
Fields of Research (FoR): Bioethics (human and animal), Special Education and Disability
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Bioethics

Social Structure and Health

Keywords:

critical disability studies

embodiment

health policy

genomics

assisted reproductive technology

prenatal diagnosis

disasters and displacement

organ donation

neuroprosthesis

public engagement

Jackie Leach Scully is an internationally recognised bioethicist specialising in disability and feminist bioethics.

Dr Jose Rafael Ferrer Paris

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Ecology, Landscape ecology, Conservation and biodiversity
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Protected Conservation Areas in Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments

Protected Conservation Areas in Marine Environments

Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments

Keywords:

iucn red list of ecosystems

geospatial analysis

ecological monitoring

I develop methods and frameworks to inform ecosystem science and the conservation of biological diversity.

Associate Professor Kevin James Laws

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Metals and Alloy Materials, Glass

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Dr Tim Watkins

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biostatistics, Epidemiological methods, Epidemiology, Public health, Health services and systems, Mental health services, Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy)
Keywords:

biostatistics

health services research

epidemiologic research design

Dr Tim Watkins is a Research Fellow and Biostatistician in the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN), now part of the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability