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Associate Professor Noam Peleg

Faculty: Law & Justice
Fields of Research (FoR): International humanitarian and human rights law, Family law, Legal theory, jurisprudence and legal interpretation
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Emeritus Professor Seán Cadogan

Faculty: UNSW Canberra
Fields of Research (FoR): Electronic and magnetic properties of condensed matter; superconductivity, Solid state chemistry, Mineralogy and crystallography

Research on the magnetism and crystallography of materials that contain rare-earth elements. Nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials. Meteorites.

Dr Ariella Meltzer

Faculty: Business
Fields of Research (FoR): Social policy, People with disability, Family care, Sociology of family and relationships, Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment, Social change, Social program evaluation
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Ability and Disability

Families and Family Services

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society

Youth/child development and welfare

Keywords:

disability

disability evaluation

young people

interpersonal relationships

mentoring

peer support

siblings

social impact measurement

I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Impact UNSW, working to help disability-focused social economy organisations (e.g.

Dr Edgar Hoe Hon Wong

Faculty: Engineering

Dr. Edgar Wong is an independent research group leader, ARC Future Fellow and UNSW Scientia Senior Lecturer at the School of Chemical Engineering.

Dr Theresa Caruana

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture

Theresa Caruana is a Research Associate/Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health.

Associate Professor Izzy Jayasinghe

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases), Biochemistry and cell biology, Molecular imaging (incl. electron microscopy and neutron diffraction), Human biophysics
Keywords:

cardiac & cardiovascular systems

cell biology

biophotonics

super-resolution fluorescence microscopy

single molecule imaging

3d printing

rapid prototyping

cellular biophysics

cell signalling pathways

Associate Professor Izzy Jayasinghe was recruited to UNSW Sydney in 2023 as Head of the Department of Molecular Medicine in the School of Biomedical Sciences.

Dr Maja Clare Cassidy

Faculty: Science
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Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences

Expanding Knowledge in Technology

Keywords:

condensed matter physics

quantum physics

quantum computing

topological superconductivity

machine learning

Dr Maja Cassidy is a Senior Lecturer, ARC DECRA Fellow and Scientia Fellow in the School of Physics.

Dr Joyce Wu

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture

Dr. Joyce Wu is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences.

Mr Shameer Saleh

Faculty: Operations Division
Fields of Research (FoR): Structural engineering, Construction materials, Structural Engineering, Construction Materials

Dr Tanya Kwee

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Keywords:

teacher efficacy

teacher identity

education for sustainability

online learning

english language teaching

professional development

emigrants and immigrants

Dr. Tanya Kwee is a Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She is a registered teacher in both Hong Kong and New South Wales, Australia.

Dr Alice Joo

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Korean Language, Language Studies, Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
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Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture

Educational Innovations in Teaching & Learning

Learner and Learning Processes

Teaching and Instruction

Keywords:

korean language education

heritage language

second language acquisition

L2 learner error analysis

I am a lecturer of Korean Studies in the School of Humanities and Languages, Faculty of Arts, Design and Archiecture, UNSW.

Professor Scott Eacott

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Specialist studies in education, Educational administration, management and leadership, Education systems, Housing markets, development and management, Housing policy, Urban analysis and development, Strategic, metropolitan and regional planning
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Management and Leadership of Schools/Institutions

Keywords:

educational leadership

educational administration

educational management

housing affordability

Scott Eacott, PhD is Professor of Education in the School of Education at UNSW Sydney and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Saskatchewan.

Dr Javier Andres Videla Mario

Faculty: Engineering

Javier Videla Mario is a PhD graduate from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW Sydney, specialising in computational mechanics and advanced numerical methods.

Professor Adrian Russell

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Civil Engineering, Civil Geotechnical Engineering

Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineerin

Associate Professor Eleanor Iris Margarete Hancock

Faculty: UNSW Canberra

Associate Professor Wengui Li

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Construction Materials, Structural Engineering
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Cement and Concrete Materials

Construction Materials Performance and Processes

Keywords:

construction material

civil engineering structure

structural composites

low-carbon technologies

fire resistance

intelligent systems

ARC Future Fellow, Scientia Associate Professor in Construction Materials and Structural Engineering

Dr Kate Brandis

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Freshwater Ecology, Wildlife and Habitat Management, Landscape Ecology, Forensic Biology
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Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments

Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales

Biography

Dr Andrew Clarke

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
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Andrew is a sociologist with expertise in the areas of housing studies, social policy, urban sociology, and social theory.

Mr Karen Alavi

Faculty: Engineering
Keywords:

analytical solution

timber structures

fracture mechanics

computational mechanics

I am a dual‐PhD engineer specializing in structural and mechanical engineering with a focus on applied design, advanced materials, computational modeling, and sustainable innovation.

Ms Alinta Maxine Furnell

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture

Alinta Furnell is an Adjunct Associate Lecturer in the School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences and is the co-founder of Synbiote.

Professor David Peiris

Faculty: Medicine & Health

David is the Chief Scientist for the George Institute for Global Health and plays a lead role in developing and implementing our research strategy.

Dr Adrian Chew

Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture

Ms Nellie Pollard-Wharton

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural determinants of health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health and wellbeing, Injury prevention, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-based research
Keywords:

aboriginal and torres strait islander knowledges

community development

injury prevention

co-design

Nellie Pollard-Wharton is a Kooma woman and Associate Lecturer in the School of Population Health. She has a background in social work, co-design and unintentional injury prevention program d