Our people

Meet the people dedicated to advancing Australian space engineering research.

Satellite in space

Faculty staff

Director of ASCER Andrew Dempster
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Deputy Director (Space Resources) Serkan Saydam
Deputy Director (Space Resources)
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Deputy Director (Power) Gavin Conibeer
Deputy Director (Power)
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Research Staff

A/Professor Chris Rizos
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Lecturer Craig Roberts
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Professor Garth Pearce
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Professor Oliver Diessel
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Emeritus Professor Jeremy Bailey
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Professor of Environment and Society, Deputy Head of School (Research), Environment and Society Group Matthew Kearnes
Professor of Environment and Society, Deputy Head of School (Research), Environment and Society Group
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Aerospace Design Sonya Brown
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 Yi-ling Hwong
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 Xiaopeng Li
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 Jeff Coulton
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow Hamed Lamei Ramandi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Program Director - Undergraduate Mining Engineering Degree Simit Raval
Program Director - Undergraduate Mining Engineering Degree
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 Edward Obbard
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Associate Dean (Academic Programs) Con Doolan
Associate Dean (Academic Programs)
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Associate Professor Seher Ata
Associate Professor
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Scientia Senior Lecturer Shaghik Atakaramians
Scientia Senior Lecturer
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 Sami Kara
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Head of School Timothy Schmidt
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Deputy Head of School (Research) Bram Hoex
Deputy Head of School (Research)
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 Ziv Hameiri
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Professor, FTSE, FAIP Xiaojing Hao
Professor, FTSE, FAIP
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Research Students 

  • Nicholas Bennett (ELEC)
  • Damon Ellender (ELEC)
  • Elizabeth Smith (ELEC)
  • Ruida Xie (ELEC)
  • Sophia Casanova (MERE)
  • Michael Dello-Iacovo (MERE)
  • Jessia Dallas (MERE)
  • Tim Pelech (MERE)
  • James Bevington (CHEM ENG)
  • Kawsihen Elankumaran (ELEC)
  • Ian Stuart Bartlett (ELEC)
  • Ben McKeown (ELEC)
  • Nicholas Barnett (ELEC)