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School Leadership

Name	Title
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Andrew Rohl	Head of School
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Iain Murray	Deputy Head of School (Academic)
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Tele Tan	Deputy Head of School (Research)
Ms Denise Capes	School Business Manager
Dr David McMeekin	Director of Learning and Teaching
Professor David Davidson	Acting Discipline Lead Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr Nazanin Mohammadi	Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Nicola Armstrong	Director of Graduate Studies
Professor Christopher Lawrence	Dean, Indigenous Engagement

Professional Staff: Operations

Name	Title
Ms Justine Barker	Administrative Officer
Ms Lois Paffett	Administrative Officer
Ms Mahlet Habtemariam	Administrative Officer
Ms Tamara Andersen	Administrative Officer
Mrs Tasneem Dawood	Administrative Officer

Academic Staff : Computing

Name	Title
Associate Professor Aneesh Krishna	Associate Proffessor, Discipline Lead, Computing
Dr Antoni Liang	Lecturer
Mr Arlen Brower	Associate Lecturer
Dr C.S.N Pathirage	Research Associate
Dr David Cooper	Senior Lecturer
Dr David McMeekin	Senior Lecturer
Dr Hannes Herrmann	Senior Lecturer
Dr Hui Xie	Lecturer
Mr Jackson Greene	Software Engineer
Mr James Lim	Senior Developer
Professor Ling Li	Professor
Dr Mahbuba Afrin	Lecturer
Dr Redowan Mahmud	Lecturer
Associate Professor Mihai Lazarescu	Associate Professor
Dr Nasim Ferdosian	Research Associate
Ms Nimalika Fernando Thudugala Mudalige	Associate Lecturer
Dr Pedram Hayati	Senior Lecturer
Dr Qian Li	Lecturer
Dr Qilin Li	Associate Lecturer
Ms Ramon Chauhan	Associate Lecturer
Dr Reza Ryan	Senior Lecturer
Dr Sajib Mistry	Senior Lecturer
Dr Senjian An	Senior Lecturer
Dr Sie Teng Soh	Senior Lecturer
Dr Sonny Pham	Senior Lecturer
Mr Stefan Prandl	Associate Lecturer
Dr Susannah Soon	Lecturer
Professor Tom Gedeon	Optus Chair for Artificial Intelligence
Mr Tristan Reed	Research Associate
Dr Valerie Maxville	Senior Lecturer

Academic Staff: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Name	Title
Professor Ahmed Abu-Siada	Professor, Discipline Lead, Electrical Engineering
Dr Adrian Sutinjo	Senior Lecturer
Professor Arindam Ghosh	Professor
Professor Ba-Ngu Vo	Professor
Professor Ba Tuong Vo	Professor
Dr Changbeom Shim	Research Fellow
Professor David Davidson	CIRA Director
Dr Diluka Moratuwage	Research Associate
Dr Dowon Kim	Lecturer
Dr Ehsan Pashajavid	Lecturer
Dr Hanieh Bakhshayesh	Lecturer
Dr Himanshu Agrawal	Lecturer
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Iain Murray	John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Dr Jaden Chen	Research Fellow
Dr King-Sun Chan	Lecturer
Dr Kit Yan Chan	Senior Lecturer
Dr Nazanin Mohammadi	Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Randall Wayth	Associate Professor
Mr Siavash Khaksar	Associate Lecturer
Associate Professor Sumedha Rajakaruna	Associate Professor
Professor Sven Nordholm	Professor
DR Tomasz Woloszynski	Lecturer
Dr Uzma Amin	Lecturer
Dr Yifei Ren	Research Fellow
Professor Yue Rong	Professor
Ms Yuthika Gardiyawasam Punchihewa	Research Associate
Anuradhi Welhenge	Lecturer

Academic Staff: Mathematics and Statistics

Name	Title
Professor Ryan Loxton	Discipline Lead, Mathematics & Statistics
Ms Alice Tang	Lecturer
Dr Aloke Phatak	Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Benchawan Wiwatanapataphee	Associate Professor
Dr Darfiana Nur	Senior Lecturer
Dr Elham Mardaneh	Senior Lecturer
Dr Fabrizio Padula	Senior Research Fellow
Associate Professor Guanglu Zhou	Associate Professor
Dr Hai Huyen (Heidi) Dam	Senior Lecturer
Dr Heather Lonsdale	Senior Lecturer
Ms Hilda Ng	Project Coordinator
Dr Hoa Bui	Research Associate
Dr Honglei Xu	Senior Lecturer
Dr Ian Van Loosen	Senior Lecturer
Ms Jo-Anne Morgan	Associate Professor
Associate Professor Lorenzo Ntogramatzidis	Associate Professor
Dr Manou Malin Rosenberg	Research Associate
Mr Mark Hayes	Senior Lecturer
Dr Mary Kynn	Senior Lecturer
Dr Mengbin Ye	Senior Research Fellow
Dr Mojtaba Heydar	Research Fellow
Associate Professor Nicola Armstrong	Associate Professor
Mr Peter McKinnon	Associate Lecturer
Dr Qun Lin	Senior Lecturer
Dr Ritu Gupta	Associate Professor
Dr Roger Collinson	Lecturer
Dr Scott Lindstrom	Research Associate

Dr Shuang Li	Lecturer
Professor Song Wang	Professor
Dr Suman Rakshit	Research Fellow
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Victor Carlos	John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Dr Xinguang Zhang	Research Fellow
Dr YanYan Yin	Lecturer
Professor Yong Wu	John Curtin Distinguished Professor

Academic Staff: Physics and Astronomy

Name	Title
Professor Igor Bray	Discipline Lead, Physics & Astronomy, Quantum Collision Theory
Professor Alisher Kadyrov	Quantum Collision Theory
Dr Brendan McGann	Applied Physics
Associate Professor Cathryn Trott	Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA)
Dr Clancy James	Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA)
Professor Craig Buckley	John Curtin Distinguished Professor Hydrogen
Professor Dmitry Fursa	Quantum Collision Theory
Dr Glen Lawson	Visiting Research Associate
Dr Irene Suarez-Martinez	Carbon Group
Dr Jacob Martin	Hydrogen Storage & Carbon Group
Professor James Miller-Jones	Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA)
Dr Liam Scarlett	Research Associate
Dr Mark Paskevicius	Hydrogen Storage
Dr Mauricio Di Lorenzo	Research Fellow
Dr MD Liton Hossain	Research Associate
Dr Nick Seymour	Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA)
Associate Professor Nigel Marks	Carbon Group
Dr Peter Connolly	Research Fellow
Dr Pouran Hudson	Research Fellow
Dr Ramesh Bhatt	Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA)
Dr Shukhrat Alladustov	Research Associate
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Steven Tingay	Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA)
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Steven Tingay	Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA)
Dr Terry Humphries	Hydrogen Storage
Mr Yu Liu	Research Associate
Dr Yurong Liu	Research Associate

Curtin Institute for Data Science (CIDS)

Name	Title
Professor Melanie Johnston Hollitt	Director, Curtin Institute for Data Science
Mr Alex Massen-Hane	Software Developer – COKI
Dr Arti Verma	Senior Data Scientist – AFID
Mr Arun Veluchamy	Project Co-ordinator
Ms Blaine Campbell	Administrative Support Officer
Mr Calvin Pang	Data Scientist
Mr Cameron Davis	Editing Intern
Mr Carlo Martinotti	Data Scientist
Mr Christian Proud	Developer Lynas / CIC
Mr Dagmawi Tadesse	Data scientist – FBI CRC
Dr Daniel Marrable	Lead Data Scientist
	Software Developer
Mr Fabian Muellar	Developer
Mr Faisal Malik	Project Co-ordinator ASDAF
Dr Jack Line	Developer -ADACS
Dr Jamiu Ekundayo	Senior Data Scientist
Mr Joel Dunstan	Developer – ADACS
Dr Julian Tonnti-Filippini	Senior Data scientist -COKI
Dr Kathryn Napier	Lead Data Scientist – COKI
Mr Keegan Smith	Software Developer- COKI
Dr Leah Riungu-Kalliosaari	Project Co-ordinator
Mr Leigh Tyers	HPC Specialist
	Business Manager
Mr Martin Cupak	Software Developer-ADACS
Dr Paul Hancock	Data Scientist Project Lead
	Communication & Marketing Officer
Dr Rebecca Handcock	Senior Data Scientist
Ms Rita Dorkhom	Graphic Design Intern
MS Rike McLernon	Administrative Support Officer
Mr Robert Fernandez	Developer
Dr Sawitchaya Nancy Tippaya	Senior Data Scientist
	Project Co-ordinator
	Data Scientist
Ms Tara Lind	Research Intern
	Senior Data Scientist – ASDAF
Ms Trish Radotic	Business Development Manager
Dr Uno Fang	Data Scientist -AFID

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Curtin Institute for Radio Astronomy (CIRA)

Name	Title
Professor Steven Tingay	Executive Director, Radio Astronomy
Professor David Davidson	CIRA Director, Engineering
Dr Adelle Goodwin	Associate Lecturer
Dr Adrian Sutinjo	Senior Lecturer
MS Ali Smith	Project Officer
Dr Amir Forouzan	Research Associate
Mr Andrew Mcphail	Technical Operation Coordinater
Dr Andrew Williams	Instrument Engineer, M & C
Dr Anshu Gupta	Research Fellow
Ms Aoife Stapleton	Translation & Impact MWA Lead
Dr Apurba Bera	Associate Lecturer
Dr Arash Bahramian	Research Fellow
Mrs Ashwathi Nambiar	Technician
Dr Bradley Meyers	Research Fellow
Mr Cary Wintle	Maintance Crew Lead
Professor Cathryn Trott	Prof. Radio Astronomy
Dr Chris Jordan	Research Fellow
Dr Clancy James	Senior Lecturer
	Senior Technical Officer
Mr Daniel Ung	Support Engineer, Aperture Array
Dr Danny Price	Senior Research Fellow
Mr Dave Minchin	Senior Technical Officer
Mr David Emrich	Instrument Engineer, Site Ops
Mr David Kenney	Project Engineer
Mx Dev Null	Developer
Mrs Emmaline Yearsley	Bussiness Development Manager
Dr Gemma Anderson	Senior Research Fellow
Mr Greg Sleap	Software Team Leader
Mr Harrisson Barlow	ASVO Web Developer MWA
Dr Ian Morrisson	Research Fellow
Dr Jack Line	Research Associate
Professor James Miller-Jones	Director of Science
	Senior Technical Officer
Dr Jess Broderick	Senior Research Fellow
	Research Fellow
Dr John Morgan	Research Fellow
Mx Kat Ross	Associate Lecturer
Mr Luke Verduyn	Technical Specialist
Mr Luke William	Developer
Dr Marcin Glowacki	Research Associate
Dr Maria Kovaleva	Lecturer
	Research Fellow
Ms Mia Walker	MWA Project Officer
Ms Mihaela Safta	Program Manager
Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker	Senior Lecturer
Dr Nichole Barry	Research Fellow
Dr Nick Seymour	Senior Lecturer
Mr Phillip Giersch	Technician
Dr Rajan Chhetri	Research Associate
Dr Ramesh Bhat	Senior Research Fellow
Associate Professor Randall Wayth	Associate Professor
Mr Rene Baelemans	Research Associate
Dr Ridhima Nunhokee	Research Associate
Mr Rob Howes	Engineering Project Manager
Dr Sam McSweeney	Associate Lecturer
	3D Graphic Artist
Mr Scott Haydon	Graduate Intern
Mr Steve Prabu	Associate Lecturer
Ms Tina Salisbury	School Business Manager
Mr Tom Booler	DDirector, Operations
Mrs Venus Chico	Technician

Optus-Curtin Centre for Excellence in AI

Name	Title
Professor Tom Gedeon	Optus Chair for Artificial Intelligence
Dr Susannah Soon	Lecturer
Ms Tamara Andersen	Administrative Officer

CISCO-Curtin Centre for Networks

Name	Title
Professor Iain Murray	John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Mr Andrew Bell	Manager, Innovation Central Perth

Green Electric Energy Park (GEEP)

Name	Title
Associate Professor Sumedha Rajakaruna	Associate Professor

Hydrogen Storage

Name	Title
Professor Craig Buckley	John Curtin Distinguished Professor
Associate Professor Mark Paskevicius	Associate Professor
Dr Terry Humphries	Senior Research Fellow

Optimization and Decision Science Centre

Name	Title
Professor Ryan Loxton	Discipline Lead, Mathematics & Statistics
Ms Tamara Andersen	Administrative Officer
Mr Sarang Kulkarni	Senior Research Fellow
Dr Scott Lindstrom	Research Fellow

Professional Staff: Technical

Name	Title
Mr Zibby Cielma	Technical Operations Coordinator (Electrical Engineering)
Mr Nick King	Technical Officer (Electrical Engineering)
Mr Ming Lim	Technical Operations Coordinator (Physics & Astronomy)
Mrs Kate Putman	Technician (Physics & Astronomy)
Mr Mark Winstanley	Technical Specialist (Physics & Astronomy and John de Laeter Centre)

Professional Staff: Teaching Support

Name	Title
Ms Claire Loh	Support Officer, Learning & Teaching
Mr Felmon Tegegn	Support Officer, Learning & Teaching
Mrs Michelle Cutinha	Planning Coordinator, Learning & Teaching
Mrs Sharon Bell	Support Officer, Learning & Teaching

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