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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.

School of Biomedical Engineering

  • Responsible Academic Officer – A/Prof Wei Deng
  • School Research enquiries – be.research@uts.edu.au

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Responsible Academic Officer – Dr. Gayathri Danasamy
  • School Academic Officer – Larissa Koroleva

School of Computer Science

  • Responsible Academic Officer – Daniel Catchpoole
  • School Academic Officer – Jelena Smiljanic and Ann Yan

School of Electrical and Data Engineering

  • Responsible Academic Officer – A/Prof Qiang Wu
  • School Academic Officer – Tena Carolina

School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering

  • Responsible Academic Officer – A/Prof Andrea Trianni
  • School Academic Officer – Angel Lawah

School of Professional Practice and Leadership

  • Responsible Academic Officer – Dr. Camille Dickson-Deane
  • School Research enquiries – ppl.research@uts.edu.au

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).

  • Senior Grants and Contracts Officer – Candice Gouck
  • Grants and Contracts Officer – James Tan

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.

  • Faculty Research Engagement Director – Sara Mesgari Hagh
  • Faculty Research Engagement Associate – Peter Zhao
  • Faculty Research Engagement Officer – Lakshmi Krishnan 
  • ARDC Research Data Specialist – Gnana Bharathy

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

Faculty research administration

  • Research Administration and Communications Officer – Bianca Brymer

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UTS acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and the Boorooberongal People of the Dharug Nation upon whose ancestral lands our campuses now stand. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands. 

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