HDR contacts

General enquiries

For all general enquiries, please contact the teams below via email.

Higher Degrees by Research	International Research Training Partnerships	Researcher Development and Training
Domestic (Admissions and enrolments) research-hdr@deakin.edu.au International (Admissions and enrolments) deakin-int-hdr@deakin.edu.au Scholarships research-scholarships@deakin.edu.au Examinations research-examinations@deakin.edu.au	For enquiries relating to: International Research Training Partnership Development In-Country programs Joint PhD programs Cotutelle programs international-partnerships@deakin.edu.au	For enquiries relating to: Student training Supervisor training Fast Track Individual Learning Plan Researcher development research-training@deakin.edu.au
For enquiries relating to: Confirmation of Candidature Coursework Conference attendance Travel	Contact the faculty/institute administration teams artsed-hdr@deakin.edu.au blresearch@deakin.edu.au health-hdr@deakin.edu.au sebe-phd@deakin.edu.au ifm-hdr-admin@deakin.edu.au
For enquiries relating to: Placements, internships and student mentoring	phdxtra@deakin.edu.au
For enquiries relating to areas not listed above: Graduate Research Academy	gra@deakin.edu.au

Graduate Research Academy

Position	Contact	Telephone	Campus
GRA staff
Pro Vice-Chancellor Researcher Development	Prof Matthew Clarke matthew.clarke@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 43979	B
Director, Researcher Development and Training	Dr Jeanette Fyffe j.fyffe@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68138	B G
Senior Project Officer	Ms Danielle Borlovan danielle.borlovan@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72358	G
Senior Web Training Officer	Ms Caitlin Foster caitlin.foster@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78297	G
Career Pathways Officer	Effie Bigum phdxtra@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 3769	G

Deakin Research Training
Program Manager, Researcher Development	Dr Daniela Kaleva daniela.kaleva@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46058	B
Coordinator, Researcher Development	Dr Pham Ai Tam Le research-training@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 9246 8298	B
Administrator, Researcher Development	Fatemeh Nejati research-training@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 9246 8166	B

Higher Degrees by Research
Candidature Manager, Higher Degrees	Ms Jenny Andrews jenny.andrews@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68248	B
Senior HDR Adviser - Candidature and Examinations	Ms Lauren Moorhouse research-examinations@deakin.edu.au research-reviews @deakin.edu.au	+61 3 9244 6299	G
Senior HDR Adviser - International Admissions and Enrolments	Ms Le Quan Dien deakin-int-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46521	B
HDR Adviser - International Admissions and Enrolments	Ms Kate Davies deakin-int-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45642	B
HDR Adviser - International Admissions and Enrolments	Ms Kate Mamoshchuk research-hdr@deakin.edu.au	N/A	B
HDR Adviser - International Admissions and Enrolments	Mr Matthew Nye deakin-int-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73785	G
HDR Adviser - Admissions and enrolments	Ms Aderyn Simon research-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+613 924 45258	B
HDR Adviser - Admissions and enrolments (Mon, Tue, Thurs)	Ms Indri James research-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+613 924 45258	G
HDR Adviser - Scholarships	Ms Sabina Khatri research-scholarships@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 9244 5413	B
HDR Adviser - Scholarships	Dr Prue Plummer research-scholarships@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 9244 5413	B
HDR Adviser- Examinations	Ms Bec Miller research-examinations@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45350	B

International Research Training, Deakin Research

Position	Contact	Telephone	Campus
International Research Training Staff
Manager of International Research Training	N/A	N/A	N/A
International Research Partnership Coordinator	Ms Gillian Yao international-partnerships@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 9246 8862	B
International Research Support Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
International HDR Engagement Coordinator	Ms Abigail Sia abigail.sia@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 925 17233	B

Faculty of Arts & Education

Position	Contact	Telephone	Campus
Faculty Staff
Associate Dean (Research)	Prof Andrea Witcomb andrea.witcomb@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 925 17232	B
Faculty HDR Coordinator	A/Prof Rea Dennis rea.dennis@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 9246 8234	B
Manager, Strategic Research Services	Ms Kathryn Campbell artsed-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 8349	G
HDR Support Coordinator	Ms Jacqui Thompson artsed-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 2039	G
Senior Officer, HDR Support	Ms April Wallbank artsed-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 8427	G
Administrative Officer, HDR Support	Mrs Margaret McKay artsed-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46825	B
HDR General enquiries	artsed-hdr@deakin.edu.au	N/A	N/A

School of Education
Head of School	Prof Damien Blake damian.blake@deakin.edu.au	N/A	G
Assoc Head of School (Research)	A/Prof Linda Hobbs l.hobbs@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 2661	G
HDR Coordinator	Dr Trent Brown trent.brown@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45105	B

School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Head of School	Prof Andrew Hope a.hope@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 9246 8279	B
Associate Dean (Research)	Professor Andrea Witcomb andrea.witcomb@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 925 17232	B
Associate Head Of School (Research)	A/Prof. Clare Corbould clare.corbould@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68784	B
HDR Coordinator	Dr Monique Mann monique.mann@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73617	G

School of Communication and Creative Arts
Associate Head Of School (Research)	Dr Emily Potter e.potter@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46842	B
Head of School	Mr Matthew Delbridge hos-cca@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68482	TBA
HDR Coordinator	A/Prof Kristin Demetrious kristin.demetrious@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45105	B

Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
HDR Coordinator	N/A	N/A	N/A

Faculty of Business & Law

Position	Contact	Telephone	Campus
Faculty Staff
Associate Dean (Research)	A/Prof Joshua Newton j.newton@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 925 17830	B
Faculty HDR Director	A/Prof Nichola Robertson nichola.robertson@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45069	B
Manager, Research	Ms Bronwyn Kelly bronwyn.kelly@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72442	F
HDR Support Coordinator	Ms Jen O'Connor blresearch@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46125	B
Research Services Officer	Ms Vilia Dukas blresearch@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46564	B
Senior Officer Research Development	Ms Kylie Koulkoudinas blethics@deakin.edu.au blresearchpublications@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72368	F
General Enquiries	Faculty Research Office blresearch@deakin.edu.au	N/A	All
PhD Admission Enquiries	PhD Admissions bl-phd@deakin.edu.au	N/A	All

Deakin Business School
Department of Accounting
Head of Department	Prof Anne Wyatt a.wyatt@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45340	B
Director of Researcher Development	A/Prof Arifur Khan arifur.khan@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46857	B
Director of HDR	Dr Li Liu li.liu@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46188	B

Department of Economics
Head of Department	Prof Mehmet Ulubasoglu mehmet.ulubasoglu@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46592	B
Director of Researcher Development	A/Prof Ching-Jen Sun ching-jen.sun@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46470	B
Director of HDR	Dr Francesco Carli francesco.carli@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 925 17040	B

Department of Finance
Head of Department	Prof Xiangkang Yin xiang.yin@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45075	B
Director of Researcher Development	Dr Hong Feng (John) Zhang hong.zhang@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46547	B
Director of HDR	Dr Saikat Sovan Deb saikat.deb@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 925 17745	B

Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics
Head of Department	Prof Hind Benbya h.benbya@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68513	B
Director of Researcher Development	Dr Kristijan Mirkovski k.mirkovski@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68395	B
Director of HDR	Dr Van-Hau Trieu t.trieu@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46878	B

Department of Management
Head of Department	Prof Amanda Pyman amanda.pyman@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46170	B
Director of Researcher Development	Prof Andrew Noblet andrew.noblet@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45076	B
Director of HDR	Dr Ambika Zutshi ambika.zutshi@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46678	B
Deputy Director of HDR	Dr Jane Menzies jane.menzies@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45104	B

Department of Marketing
Head of Department, Marketing	Prof Michael Polonsky michael.polonsky@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46968	B
Director of Researcher Development	Dr Jeff Rotman jeff.rotman@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68843	B
Director of HDR	Prof Chris Dubelaar c.dubelaar@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 43786	B

Deakin Law School
Dean of Law, Head of the Deakin Law School	Dr Jenni Lightowlers j.lightowlers@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46003	B
Director of Research	Prof Matthew Groves m.groves@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73556	G
Director of HDR	A/Prof Ben Saunders b.saunders@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73462	G

Faculty of Health

Position	Contact	Telephone	Campus
Faculty Staff
Associate Dean (Research)	Prof Peter Enticott peter.enticott@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45504	B
Faculty HDR Director	Dr. Kathryn Aston-Mourney k.astonmourney@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72977	G
Faculty HDR Director	A/Prof Antonina Mikocka-Walus antonina.mikockawalus@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68575	B
Research Manager	Mr Steven Sawyer health-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 925 17175	B
General HDR Enquiries	health-hdr@deakin.edu.au	N/A	All
HDR Support Officer	Mrs Debbie Evans health-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72995	G

School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences
Head of School	Prof Brad Aisbett brad.aisbett@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46474	B
Associate Head of School (Research)	Prof Glenn Wadley glenn.wadley@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46018	B
HDR Director	A/Prof Severine Lamon severine.lamon@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 4557	B
HDR Coordinator	Dr Claire Margherison claire.margerison@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45233	B
Deputy HDR Director	A/Prof David Scott d.scott@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68438	B

School of Health and Social Development
Head of School	A/Prof Jennifer Watts j.watts@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46478	S
Associate Head of School (Research)	Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen sharon.brennanolsen@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78362	B
HDR Director	A/Prof Genevieve Pepin genevieve.pepin@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78462	F
Deputy HDR Director	Dr Kim Robinson kim.robinson@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78205	F

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Head of School	Prof Nikki Phillips nikki.phillips@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 925 17774	B
Associate Head of School (Research)	Prof Elizabeth Manias emanias@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46958	B
HDR Director	A/Prof Pat Nicholson p.nicholson@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46114	B

School of Medicine
Head of School	Prof Gary Rogers g.rogers@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78229	G
Associate Head of School (Research)	Prof Alister Ward alister.ward@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72041	G
HDR Director	Prof John Stambas john.stambas@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72487	G
HDR Director	Prof. Craig Smith craig.smith@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 524 79473	G
HDR Director (In-Country)	A/Prof Veer Gupta veer.gupta@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73008	G
HDR Director (Off-Campus)	A/Prof Julia Pitcher julia.pitcher@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73661	Geelong (Barwon Health)
HDR Director (Master of Surgical Research)	Prof. Glenn Guest g.guest@deakin.edu.au	N/A	Geelong (Epworth Hospital)
HDR Director (Master of Philosophy)	Prof. Tania de Koning-Ward tania.dekoning-ward@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72923	G
Acting HDR Associate Director (Off-Campus)	Dr Amanda Douglas amanda.douglass@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78565	G
HDR Associate Director	A/Prof Amardeep Dillon amardeep.dhillon@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78828	G
HDR Associate Director (International)	Dr Clifford Liongue c.liongue@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73071	G

School of Psychology
Head of School	Prof Jane McGillivray jane.mcgillivray@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46426	B
Associate Head of School (Research)	Prof Peter Enticott peter.enticott@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45504	B
HDR Director (Doctor of Psychology)	A/Prof Nicki Dowling nicki.dowling@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45610	B
HDR Director	Professor Amanda Wood amanda.wood@deakin.edu.au psychhdr@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 9244 6740	B
Deputy HDR Director	Dr Christian Hyde psychhdr@deakin.edu.au c.hyde@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46505	B
Professional Programs Officer (DPsych Programs)	Ms Emma McPhee psych-prof-programs@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78429	G

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment

Position	Contact	Telephone	Campus
Faculty Staff
Associate Dean (Research)	Prof Bernard Rolfe bernard.rolfe@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72417	G
Faculty HDR Coordinator	A/Prof Luis Afonso luis.afonso@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 556 33461	G
Manager, Research and Innovation	Dr Lisa Dias l.dias@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45972	B
Coordinator, HDR Support	Ms Vicky Koo v.koo@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68464	B
Administrative Officer Research	Ms Barb McRitchie barb.mcritchie@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72080	G

School of Architecture and Built Environment
Head of School	Prof Sarah McGann s.mcgann@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72260	F
Associate Head of School (Research)	Dr Dominic Doe Ahiaga-Dagbui dominic.ahiagadagbui@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78074	F
HDR Coordinator	Dr Sanja Rodes sanja.rodes@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78442	F

School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Head of School	Prof Marnie Campbell marnie.campbell@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73712	B
Deputy Head of School	Prof John Donald john.donald@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72097	G
Deputy Head of School	A/Prof Lambert Brau lambert.brau@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 925 17055	B
Associate Head of School (Research)	A/Prof Xavier Conlan xavier.conlan@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 71416	G
HDR Coordinator	A/Prof Beata Ujvari, beata.ujvari@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73275	G
HDR Coordinator (Burwood)	A/Prof Sharon La Fontaine sharon.lafontaine@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 925 17669	B
HDR Coordinator (Burwood)	A/Prof Mark Guthridge m.guthridge@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45796	B
HDR Coordinator (Warrnambool)	Dr Adam Miller a.miller@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 556 33171	W
HDR Coordinator (Waurn Ponds)	A/Prof Beata Ujvari beata.ujvari@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73275	G
HDR Coordinator (International)	Dr Aaron Schultz aaron.schultz@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45433	G

School of Engineering
Head of School	A/Prof Ben Horan ben.horan@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72907	G
Associate Head of School (Research)	A/Prof Mahmud Ashraf mahmud.ashraf@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78450	G
Director, Research Training	Dr Mahbube Subhani mahbube.subhani@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 71358	G
HDR Coordinator (Research Culture and Quality)	A/Prof Wei Xu wei.xu@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73064	G
HDR Coordinator (Administration and Governance)	Dr Jorg Schluter jorg.schluter@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73382	G
HDR Administrator	Kasey Lanyon k.lanyon@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46774	G

School of Information Technology
Head of School	Prof John Yearwood john.yearwood@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68727	B
Associate Head of School (Research)	A/Prof Richard Dazeley richard.dazeley@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78950	G
Academic Director, Research Training	A/Prof Gang Li gang.li@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 925 17434	B
HDR Coordinator (International)	Prof Jemal Abawajy jemal.abawajy@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 71376	G
HDR Student Support Coordinator (CSRI)	Dr Frank Jiang frank.jiang@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46677	B
HDR Student Support Coordinator (CITECORE)	Dr Shiva Pokhrel shiva.pokhrel@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 46281	B
HDR Student Support Coordinator (D2I)	Dr Ye Zhu ye.zhu@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68039	B
HDR Student Support Coordinator (D2I)	Dr Thuong Hoang thuong.hoang@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68610	B

Research Institutes

Position	Contact	Telephone	Campus
Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)
Director	Dr Sally McArthur sally.mcarthur@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78175	G
HDR Coordinator	Dr Anthony Somers anthony.somers@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 9246 8728	B
HDR Coordinator	Dr Ben Allardyce ben.allardyce@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 2436	G
HDR Coordinator	A/Prof Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo cristina.pozo@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 9244 6634	B
HDR Coordinator	Dr Marzieh Parhizkar marzieh.parhizkar@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5247 9321	G
HDR Coordinator	Dr Christopher Hurren christopher.hurren@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 2374	G
HDR Coordinator	A/Prof Alessandra Sutti alessandra.sutti@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 1156	G
HDR Coordinator	Dr Claudia Creighton claudia.creighton@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 2392	G
HDR Coordinator	A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa rangam.rajkhowa@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 3427	G
HDR Coordinator	Dr Thomas Dorin thomas.dorin@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 1481	G
Senior HDR Support Coordinator	Ms Zoe Smith z.smith@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 5227 8993	G

Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI)
Director, Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation	Prof Saeid Nahavandi saeid.nahavandi@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 71231	G
Associate Professor (Research)	Prof Douglas Creighton douglas.creighton@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72179	G
Research Director	Prof Chee Peng Lim chee.lim@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73307	G
HDR Coordinator	A/Prof Shady Mohammed shady.mohamed@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72599	G

Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A²I²)
Co-Director	Prof. Svetha Venkatesh svetha.venkatesh@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 72905	G
Co-Director	Prof. Kon Mouzakis kon.mouzakis@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68041	B
Executive HDR Coordinator	A/Prof. Santu Rana santu.rana@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 71253	G
HDR Coordinator	A/Prof. Sunil Gupta sunil.gupta@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 73109	G
HDR Coordinator	A/Prof. Truyen Tran truyen.tran@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 522 78744	G
HDR Coordinator	Prof Rajesh Vasa rajesh.vasa@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 68060	B
HDR Support Coordinator	Dr Trang Tran trang.tran@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 524 79383	G

NIKERI Institute

Position	Contact	Telephone	Campus
Director	Prof Liz Cameron l.cameron@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 524 79358	G
HDR Coordinator	N/A	N/A	N/A