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If you're interested in sharing the story of where your Deakin experience has taken you, we'd love to hear from you.
Featured alumni
Over 300,000 Deakin alumni are spread throughout Australia and around the world, working across every industry.
Amran Dhillon
Anaesthetics registrar
'The experiences I have had on leadership committees and advocating for my own peers has had the biggest impact on where I want to be in my career.'
Susan MacEwan
Marketing specialist
'By studying commerce and arts I was able to strike a balance between both the commercial and creative worlds, something that is still important to me today.'
Wilson Lai
Business manager, Industrial design and innovation
'Change brings opportunities and you need to look at not only the short term but the long term with optimism.'
Danielle Johnstone
Graduate engineer
'Engineering is so diverse with many possible career paths, leading to an ever-changing, rewarding career for life.'
Geoffrey McDermott
Biotech scientist
'There is nothing more rewarding than being part of a team that builds amazing tools for other researchers.'
Shokoofeh Azar
Author
'Being a fiction writer, to me, means learning how to look at ourselves and the world in a unique way.'
More alumni stories
Deakin graduates have gone on to enjoy careers ranging from creative arts and teaching to management, nursing and more. Browse some of their stories below.
Arts and education
Business and law
- Akash Punjabi
- Anthony Cohen
- Ben Graham
- Damian Armour
- David McAllister AM
- Derek Boothroyd
- Farhan Badr
- James Farrell OAM
- James Osenaris
- Janet Dore
- Dr John Basarin OAM
- John Stanhope AM
- Judith Kohn
- Lauren Solomonson
- Lawrence Lau
- Loretta Lynch
- Melanie Pollock
- Naomi Seddon
- Nathan Lear
- Richard Carr
- Richard Colman OAM, AM
- Rishabh Bhaskar
- Steffan Irugalbandara
- Tom Allwright
Health
Science, engineering and built environment
Alumni award winners
Our alumni award winners have achieved outstanding success and made life-changing contributions through their professional careers and in voluntary capacities. Discover more about their journeys.
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