Enquiries for academic officers and research administration teams

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Key faculty research contacts

Each of our Schools has a Responsible Academic Officer (RAO) who is typically the Deputy Head of School for Research. The School RAO acts on behalf of the Head of School for all research-related matters pertaining to the strategic oversight along with the academic and administrative recommendations regarding research in your School.

Each School also has a School Academic Officer (SAO) to provide research support to the RAO and their unit. This includes research-related matters for staff as well as all internal aspects of Higher Degree by Research.

Below are contact details for our School RAOs and SAOs for research-related queries.

Faculty research team

  • Acting Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) – Professor Kaska Musial-Gabrys
  • Associate Dean (Research Excellence) – Distinguished Professor Jie Liu
  • Research Manager – Lisa Merry
  • Faculty Research Engagement Director – Sara Mesgari Hagh
  • Executive Officer, Research Excellence – Jing Zhao
  • Director, Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Programs – Professor Kaska Musial-Gabrys

Faculty Higher Degree by Research (HDR) team

Provides administrative oversight on HDR matters related to pre-enrolment enquiries such as admission and scholarship opportunities, event coordination and workshops for the development of HDR candidates and their supervisors, along with internal funding opportunities for enrolled research candidates.

  • Senior HDR Programs Officer – Christina Oh
  • HDR Programs Officer – Adele Zhong
  • HDR Programs Officer – May Aung Su

Contact the team at feit.hdr@uts.edu.au

Faculty grants and contracts team

Provides faculty-level administration on research projects (internal/external, grants and contract research).

Contact the team at feitresearch@uts.edu.au

Faculty research engagement team

Provides strategic advice on a broad range of competitive industry-linked funding schemes (including ARC ITRP, ARC Linkage Projects, ARC industry fellowships CRCs and CRC-Ps) and leads the development of strategies and activities that generate an increased volume in research funding from industry, government and grant funding bodies.

Contact the team at FEIT.Research.Engagement@uts.edu.au
 

Faculty research administration

  • Research Administration and Communications Officer – Bianca Brymer