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
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials

Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Heads of Postgraduate Studies

School	Head of Postgraduate Studies	Email
The Arts, English and Media	Dr Margaret Hamilton	margaret_hamilton@uow.edu.au
Humanities and Social Inquiry	Associate Professor Alison Moore	hps-hsi@uow.edu.au
Liberal Arts	Associate Professor Glenda Satne (Acting)	glenda_satne@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
Geography and Sustainable Communities	Dr Nicole Cook	nicole_cook@uow.edu.au

Associate Dean (Higher Degree Research)

Position	Name	Email
Associate Dean (HDR)	Associate Professor Catherine Mac Phail	catherine_macphail@uow.edu.au

Faculty of Business and Law

Heads of Postgraduate Studies

School	Head of Postgraduate Studies	Email
Business	Associate Professor Xiaofei Pan and Associate Professor Amir Arjomandi	business-hps@uow.edu.au
Law	Professor Cassandra Sharp	cassandra_sharp@uow.edu.au
ANCORS	Dr Camille Goodman	camille_goodman@uow.edu.au

Associate Dean (Higher Degree Research)

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

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Heads of Postgraduate Studies

School	Head of Postgraduate Studies	Email
Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering	Associate 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	Senior Professor Chao Zhang (Acting)	chao_zhang@uow.edu.au
Mathematics & Applied Statistics	Associate Professor Adam Rennie	adam_rennie@uow.edu.au
Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic Biomedical Engineering	Professor Buyung Kosasih	buyung@uow.edu.au

Associate Dean (Higher Degree Research)

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

Faculty of Science Medicine and Health

Heads of Postgraduate Studies

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	Associate 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

Associate Dean (Higher Degree Research)

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

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials

Heads of Postgraduate Studies

Institute	Head of Postgraduate Studies	Email
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 (Research)

Position	Name	Email
Associate Dean (Research)	Professor Peter Innis	peter_innis@uow.edu.au