Award recipients 2018

The Vice-Chancellor's OCTAL Award

Academic Integrity Program Team

• Dr Ann Rogerson and Dr Lynnaire Sheridan, Faculty of Business
• Dr Ruth Walker, Learning, Teaching & Curriculum
• Emma Purdy, Academic Quality & Standards
• Kristy Newton, Library

Faculty OCTAL Awards

• Dr Sanja Pupovac, Faculty of Business
• Dr Brad Stappenbelt, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Dr Sasha Nikolic, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Dr Peter Andersen, Faculty of Social Sciences
• Dr Xiaoping Gao, Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts
• Dr Pranit Anand, UOW College

Sessional Staff OCTAL Award

• Mara Davis, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
• Michelle Gaddes, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts

Program OCTAL Award

Recovery Camp Program

• Prof Lorna Moxham, Chris Patterson and Dr Renee Brighton, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
• Dr Dana Perlman, Faculty of Social Sciences
• Ellie Taylor, Research & Innovation Division

Vice-Chancellor's Research Excellence Award for Researcher of the Year

• Distinguished Prof Antoine van Oijen, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
• Senior Prof Kathy Eagar (Highly Commended), Faculty of Business

Vice-Chancellor's Research Excellence Awards for Emerging Researcher

• Dr Steven Howard, Faculty of Social Sciences

Vice-Chanecellor's Interdisciplinary Research Excellence Award

Project: Blue Carbon Futures: Mangrove Regeneration in Vietnam, Brazil and Australia

• Assoc Prof Kerrylee Rogers and Prof Colin Woodroffe, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
• Dr Jennifer Atchison, Faculty of Social Sciences
• Dr Mary Kaidonis, Faculty of Business
• Prof Robin Warner, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
• Dr Olivia Dun, Thang Nguyen, Yubing Shi, Chris Owers and Rafaela Salum

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Partnership & Impact

Project: Air Strategy for Personality Disorders (Joint Award). A collaboration between UOW and NSW Ministry of Health.

Senior Prof Brin Grenyer, Dr Michelle Townsend, Dr Ely Marceau, Elizabeth Huxley, Kate Lewis, Stefanie Hasleton, Patruschka Frencham, Liesl Radloff, Fiona Ng, Annaleise Gray, Nicholas Day, Caitlin Miller, Nicole Camilleri, Emily Matthews, Kayla Steele, Dr Samantha Reis, Judy Pickard, Jane Cutts and Arina Baharin, Karlen Barr and Talia Hashmani

Project: Antarctic Ecosystems research: Monitoring and limiting the impacts of climate change and pollution on Antarctic biodiversity (Joint Award). A collaboration between UOW and the Australian Antarctic Division, ANSTO and the CSIRO

Senior Prof Sharon Robinson, Prof Dianne Jolley, Prof Andy Davis, Dr Melinda Waterman and Dr Johanna Turnbull, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health.

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Supervision

• Senior Prof Vera Mackie, Faculty of Law, Humanties and the Arts
• Assoc Prof Charles Harvie (Highly Commended), Faculty of Business
• Senior Prof Gursel Alici (Highly Commended), Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Dr Rose Dixon (Highly Commended), Faculty of Social Sciences

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Global Strategy

• Assoc Prof Stuart Johnstone, Faculty of Social Sciences

Vice-Chancellor's Special Award

• Dominic Riordan and Jan Sullivan, Academic Quality & Standards

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Service for Professional Services Staff

• Alan Champion, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
• Sanja Sreckovic, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Nathan Riggir, Library Services
• Tracey Todd, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students)

Vice-Chancellor's Team Award for Outstanding Service for Professional Services Staff

• UOWx Team: Kylie Austin, Amy Thompson, Jenna Thorn, Ruby Walsh, Jade Andrews and Samantha Stiff
  Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students)

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Community Engagement

• John Littrich (individual award), Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
• Mogo & Mudji Team (team award) Jaimey Facchin, Adam Gowen, Nicola Bath, Saskia Ebejer and Jade Andrews
  UOW Batemans Bay

Workplace Health and Safety Award

• Roza Dimeska, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health

Rosemary Cooper Diversity and Inclusion Award

• Assoc Prof Trish Mundy, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts

• Mark Aikman, Facilities Management Division
• David Anderson, Facilities Management Division
• Prof Robert Barry, Faculty of Social Sciences
• Margaret Bond, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
• Dr Stephen Brown, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
• Dr Charles Chew, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
• Paola Ciccarelli, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
• Gregor Cullen, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
• Roza Dimeska, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
• Bernard Doyle, Facilities Management Division
• Fernando Escribano, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
• Amanda Fanning, Human Resources Division
• Prof Kristine French, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
• Jose Gonzalez, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
• Dr Janys Hayes, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
• Terry Hutchison, Facilities Management Division
• Louisa Willdin, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health

• Margie Jantti, Library Services
• Distinguished Prof Hua Kun Liu, ISEM
• Christine McComb, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
• Prof Gregory Melleuish, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
• Assoc Prof David Mercer, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
• Suzanne Middleton, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
• Prof Colin Murray-Wallace, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
• Sonya Ollerenshaw, Library
• Nigel Pennington, Accommodation Services Division
• Prof Stephen Ralph, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
• Distinguished Prof Anatoly Rozenfeld, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
• Aden Steinke, Institutional Research & Government Reporting
• Prof Wilma Vialle, Faculty of Social Sciences
• Anthony Wardle, Facilities Management Division
• Senior Prof Chao Zhang, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences