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Heads of School

Name	Title
Professor Sue Anne Ware	Head of School
Dr Jayne Bryant	Director – CUSP
Dr Tanja Glusac	Deputy Head of School
Dr Aleksa Bijelovic	Associate Head of School & Co-Director of Research
Dr Tod Jones	Associate Head of School & Co-Director of Research
Dr Jo Li Tay	Associate Head of School & ISOLT Co Director
Dr Jeremy Wu	Associate Head of School & ISOLT Co Director
Ms Natalie Beard	Director, Learning & Teaching
Associate Professor Parisa Izadpanahi	Co-Director of Graduate Research
Associate Professor Claudia Westermann	Co-Director of Graduate Research
Professor Rohan Nicol	Co-Director of Creative Practice Research
Associate Professor Urs Bette	Co-Director of Creative Practice Research

Academic staff — Architecture

Name	Title
Mr Christopher Mewburn	Course Coordinator – Student Engagement
Mr Steve Feast	Course Coordinator – Unit Management
Professor Francesco Mancini	Professor
Professor Reena Tiwari	John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Dr Urs Bette	Associate Professor
Dr Tanja Glusac	Associate Professor
Dr Annette Condello	Associate Professor
Dr Parisa Izadpanahi	Associate Professor
Mr Justin Owen	Senior Lecturer
Dr Vuk Radovic	Lecturer
Ms Lee Syminton	Lecturer
Mr Patrick Garlett-Forreset	Associate Lecturer
Mr Camilo Idarraga Javela	Associate Lecturer
Mr Ben Moffitt	Associate Lecturer
Mr Darcy Rankin	Associate Lecturer

Academic staff — Construction management

Name	Title
Dr Vasilios Papastamoulis	Course Coordinator – Course Management
Dr Robert Lopez	Course Coordinator – Student Engagement
Professor Peng Wu	Professor
Dr Yongze Song	Associate Professor
Dr Jeremy Wu	Associate Professor
Dr Shengping Li	Lecturer
Ms Thushini Mendis	Lecturer
Dr Doug Thomas	Lecturer

Academic staff — Design

Name	Title
Mr Rio Leksono	Course Coordinator – Bachelor of Design
Dr Monika Lukowska-Appel	Course Coordinator – Master of Design
Mr Dan McKeating	Major Coordinator – Advertising & Design
Mr David Keep	Major Coordinator – Animation & Game Design
Mr Jonathan Pillai	Major Coordinator – Animation & Game Design
Dr Qassim Saad	Major Coordinator – Design, Innovation & Fabrication
Ms Molly Ryan	Major Coordinator – Fashion
Ms Stephanie Hampson	Major Coordinator – Graphic Design
Dr Toni Wilkinson	Major Coordinator – Photography
Dr Rohan Nicol	Professor – Design
Dr Claudia Westermann	Associate Professor – Design
Dr Pia Interlandi	Associate Professor – Fashion
Dr Kelsey Giambazi	Lecturer – Fashion
Ms Beck Barlow	Lecturer – Fashion
Ms Emily Wills	Senior Lecturer – Fashion
Mr Frank Bear	Lecturer – Animation & Game Design
Mr Cameron Whiting	Associate Lecturer – Animation & Game Design
Ms Harriet Perryer	Lecturer – Digital Experience & Interactive Design
Mr Lee Ingram	Lecturer – Graphic Design
Dr John Martin	Lecturer – Graphic Design
Dr Jo Li Tay	Lecturer – Graphic Design
Dr Mike Gray	Lecturer – Photography
Miss Holly Fox	Associate Lecturer – Graphic Design
Ms Shari Pol	Associate Lecturer – Master of Design

Academic staff — Emeritus Professors

Name	Title
Emeritus Professor John Stephens	Emeritus Professor – Architecture
Emeritus Professor Janette Hartz-Karp	Emeritus Professor – ECE/CUSP
Emeritus Professor Jeffrey Kenworthy	Emeritus Professor – ECE/CUSP

Academic staff — Environment & Climate Emergency / Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute

Name	Title
Dr Jayne Bryant	Director – CUSP
Mr Andreas Pfeifle	Course Coordinator – Course Management & Student Engagement
Professor Peter Newman	John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Professor Dora Marinova	Professor, Sustainability
Dr Charlie Hargroves	Senior Research Fellow
Dr Steve Harris	Senior Research Fellow
Dr Holly Kirk	Senior Research Fellow
Dr Nasrin Aghamohammadi	Associate Professor
Dr Atiq Zaman	Associate Professor
Dr Giles Thomson	Senior Lecturer
Ms Beck Barlow	Lecturer
Dr Diana Bogueva	Research Fellow
Dr Dean Economou	Research Fellow
Dr Hugh Finn	Research Fellow
Dr Rob Weymouth	Research Fellow
Ms Catalina Corredor Garnica	Senior Research Officer
Mr Faz Ikram	Senior Research Officer
Ms Aimee Smith	Program Manager
Ms Gemma Cook	Program Manager

Academic staff — Geography

Name	Title
Mr Connor Goddard	Major Coordinator
Professor George Curry	Professor
Dr Shaphan Cox	Associate Professor
Associate Professor Tod Jones	Associate Professor
Mr Rod Ogilvie	Associate Professor
Dr Gina Koczberski	Senior Research Fellow
Dr Timothy Sharp	Research Fellow
Ms Linda Browning	Research Assistant

Academic staff — Interior architecture

Name	Title
Dr Vanessa Galvin	Course Coordinator – Course Management
Ms Janet Keating	Course Coordinator – Student Engagement
Dr Aleksa Bijelovic	Senior Lecturer
Ms Jennifer Lane	Associate Lecturer

Academic staff — Project management

Name	Title
Professor Brad Carey	Course Coordinator – Course Management & Student Engagement
Mr Geoff Salm	Lecturer
Mr Fahd Saifuddin	Lecturer

Academic staff — Urban and regional planning

Name	Title
Dr Shaphan Cox	Course Coordinator – Course Management
Dr Rebecca Scherini	Coure Coordinator – Student Engagement
Dr Courtney Babb	Senior Lecturer
Dr Francesca Perugia	Senior Lecturer
Mr Jake Schapper	Lecturer
Dr Stephen Kovacs	Associate Lecturer

Professional staff

Name	Title
Mr Shaun Major	School Business Manager
Mr Imran Khan	Research and Finance Coordinator
Ms Bree Johnston	WIL Industry Coordinator
Ms Vanora Nguyen	WIL Industry Coordinator
Mrs Nerissa Richardson	Project Consultant
Miss Karin Van Der Pal	Project Coordinator
Ms Emma Auge	Administrative Officer
Ms Kiara Clarke	Administrative Officer
Ms Bronwen Dietrechsen	Administrative Officer
Ms Marcy D’Souza	Administrative Officer


Ms Natalie Beard	Digital Learning Coordinator
Ms Tamara Palme	Digital Learning Officer
Mr Hursh Ramcharitur	Digital Learning Officer
Ms Sonia Lewis	Digital Learning Officer


Ms Amy Hickman	Technical Operations Coordinator (B418)
Mrs Debbi Burnett	Technical Officer
Ms Bina Butcher-Monsees	Technical Officer
Mr Kyle Critchett	Technical Officer
Mr Zane Kelbrick	Technical Officer
Ms Sarah Ong	Technical Officer
Ms Joanna Quake	Technical Officer (Fashion Design)
Mr Adrian Reeve	Technical Officer (202 workshop)
Mr Eddie Resera	Technical Officer
Mr Joshua Webb	Technical Officer (B418)
Mr Nick Wright	Technical Officer (202 workshop)

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