Faculty contacts - University of Wollongong

Heads of Postgraduate Studies and Associate Deans (Higher Degree Research)

At UOW each faculty has an Associate Dean (HDR) and each School has a Head of Postgraduate Studies. Each Head of Postgraduate Studies is responsible for managing probation, annual progress reports and research proposal reviews, as well as overseeing the administration and governance of higher degree research studies in their school. You may from time to time require their approval for candidature changes or other matters.

Head of Postgraduate Studies - Outline of Duties

Select your faculty/institute from the list below to find their name and contact details.

Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Faculty of Business and Law
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
Faculty of Science Medicine and Health

School	Head of Postgraduate Studies	Email
The Arts, English and Media	Associate Professor Guy Davidson	guy_davidson@uow.edu.au
Humanities and Social Inquiry	Dr Anu Bissoonauth-Bedford (Acting)	anu_bissoonauth_bedford@uow.edu.au
Liberal Arts	Dr Ronald Planer	ronald_planer@uow.edu.au
Education	Associate Professor Rachel Jones Dr Tiffani Apps	education-hps@uow.edu.au
Health and Society	Associate Professor Chris Degeling Dr Alankaar Sharma	has-hps@uow.edu.au
Psychology	Dr Briony Larance	briony_larance@uow.edu.au

Associate Dean (Higher Degree Research)

Position	Name	Email
Associate Dean (HDR)	Dr Nicole Cook (Acting)	nicole_cook@uow.edu.au

School	Head of Postgraduate Studies	Email
Business	Dr Searat Ali	business-hps@uow.edu.au
Law	Associate Professor Gabriel Garcia	gabriel_garcia@uow.edu.au
ANCORS	Associate Professor Camille Goodman	camille_goodman@uow.edu.au

Associate Dean (Higher Degree Research)

Position	Name	Email
Associate Dean (HDR)	Professor Corinne Cortese	corinne_cortese@uow.edu.au

School	Head of Postgraduate Studies	Email
Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering	Professor Neaz Sheikh	neaz_sheikh@uow.edu.au
Computing & Information Technology Engineering	Professor Hoa Dam	hoa_khanh_dam@uow.edu.au
Electrical, Computer & Telecommunications Engineering	Associate Professor Kwan-Wu Chin	kwan-wu_chin@uow.edu.au
Physics	Professor Marco Petasecca (Acting)	marco_petasecca@uow.edu.au
Mathematics & Applied Statistics	Dr Chayne Planiden (Acting)	chayne_planiden@uow.edu.au
Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic Biomedical Engineering	Professor Buyung Kosasih	buyung@uow.edu.au
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute	Senior Professor Jun Chen	jun_chen@uow.edu.au
Institute for Superconducting Electromaterials	Professor Konstantin Konstantinov	konstantin_konstantinov@uow.edu.au

Associate Dean (Higher Degree Research)

Position	Name	Email
Associate Dean (HDR)	Senior Professor Huijun Li	huijun_li@uow.edu.au

School	Head of Postgraduate Studies	Email
Chemistry & Molecular Bioscience	Professor Ronald Sluyter	ronald_sluyter@uow.edu.au
Earth, Atmospheric & Life Sciences	Professor Bo Li	bo_li@uow.edu.au
Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences	Professor Todd Mitchell	todd_mitchell@uow.edu.au
Nursing	Professor Elizabeth Halcomb	elizabeth_halcomb@uow.edu.au
Graduate School of Medicine	Dr Greg Peoples	greg_peoples@uow.edu.au

Position	Name	Email
Associate Dean (HDR)	Professor Danielle Skropeta	smah-hdr@uow.edu.au