Faculty Administration

The Dean's Unit 

General enquiries

Level 2, Dalton Building, UNSW
T: +61 2 9385 7916
F: +61 2 9385 7920

 

Professor Ian Dawes - Acting Dean

Professor Ian Dawes - Acting Dean
Scientia Professor

T: +61 2 9385 7916
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: Dana.Jones@unsw.edu.au

Ian Dawes research interests revolve around regulation of gene expression, functional genomics and systems biology. From 1994-2000 he was Deputy Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Food Innovation and leader of one of its research programs. From 1991-1997 he was Head of the then UNSW School of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and was Associate Dean for Research in the former UNSW Faculty of Life Sciences from 1998-2000. He is Chairman of the International Committee on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology and is President of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

 

 

Dana Jones

Dana Jones - Personal Assistant to the Dean

T: +61 2 9385 7916
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: Dana.Jones@unsw.edu.au

Dana provides high-level executive support, administrative assistance and secretarial services to the Dean of the Faculty of Science, UNSW.

 

 

Professor Peter Lovibond

Professor Peter Lovibond - Senior Associate Dean
BSc, MSc, PhD, FAPS, FASSA

T: +61 2 9385 3830
F: +61 2 9385 1193
E: p.lovibond@unsw.edu.au

Peter Lovibond is an experimental and clinical psychologist who studies human learning and anxiety, with a focus on high-level cognitive processes.  He also works on the nature and measurement of depression and anxiety.  From 2002-2008 he was Head of the School of Psychology at UNSW.  He is a past President of the Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, serves on the Editorial Boards of several international journals in behavioural neuroscience and psychopathology, and is currently a member of the Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences panel of the Australian Research Council.

 

David Cohen

Associate Professor Paul Adam - Presiding Member of Faculty
MA, PhD Cambridge

T: +61 2 9385 2076
F: +61 2 9385 3327
E: p.adam@unsw.edu.au

Paul is the chair principal for Faculty committees and formally represents the Faculty on the Academic Board. Paul is responsible for managing special projects relating to academic planning and development of the Faculty of Science and UNSW.

 

 

Professor Mark Hoffman

Professor Mark Hoffman - Associate Dean (Research)
BE, PhD USyd, MBT UNSW

T: +61 2 9385 4432
F: +61 2 9385 5956
E: mark.hoffman@unsw.edu.au

Mark Hoffman is responsible for the strategic management of research in the Faculty. He is a material scientist and engineer, specialising in the design of materials for structural and functional reliability and integrity. His research is linked with a range of industries including construction, automotive and biomedical devices. He is a program leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals and a Director of the International Fracture Congress. He has twice received the UNSW Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award; for team undergraduate teaching and postgraduate supervision. He has held visiting positions in the USA, Japan, Germany and India. He is currently also Head of the School of Materials Science & Engineering.

 

 

Dr Scott Mooney

Dr Scott Mooney - Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs)
BSc. (Hons) UNSW, PhD UNSW

T: +61 2 9385 6125
F: +61 2 9385 6127 / 9385 7920
E: s.mooney@unsw.edu.au

Scott is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs) in the Faculty of Science at UNSW. Educated with undergraduate (BSc(Hons), 1988 in Applied Physical Geography) and postgraduate (PhD, 1996 in Palaeoecology, human impact and palaeoclimatology) degrees from UNSW, Scott is responsible for all academic matters relating to student recruitment, admissions and progression.

 

 

Associate Professor Julian CoxAssociate Professor Julian CoxAssociate Dean (Education)

BSc, PhD Qld, MAIFST, MIFT

T: +61 2 9385 8574
F: +61 2 9385 8219
E: julian.cox@unsw.edu.au

Julian Cox joins the faculty from a background of microbiology and food science, with extensive and award-winning teaching experience in food microbiology, quality assurance, rapid methods, and graduate attributes. His research activities focus on rapid methods, for the detection and characterisation of microorganisms associated with foods, the biology, ecology and management of foodborne pathogens and food safety systems. He is also involved in the development and application of technology, especially computers, in teaching, and study of higher education.

 

 

Professor Mike GalProfessor Mike Gal - Associate Dean (Research Training)

MSc, PhD, FAIP

T: +61 2 9385 4549
F: +61 2 9385 6060
E: m.gal@unsw.edu.au

Mike is responsible for postgraduate training and matters related to research students in the Faculty.

 

 

Professor  Veena Sahajwalla Professor Veena Sahajwalla - Associate Dean (Strategic Industry Relations)

BTech IIT Kanpur,  MASc UBC, PhD Mich, CPEng FIEAust FTSE

T: +61 2 9385 4426
F: +61 2 9385 4471
E: veena@unsw.edu.au

Veena leads research in Sustainable Materials Processing at UNSW and is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology. She has received many awards and recognition for her innovations in the use of recycled waste plastics in steel making, including the 2006 Environmental Technology Award from the US Association of Iron and Steel Technology, and is passionate about science and engineering as a career path. Veena actively communicates her ideas to the public, especially through her position as a judge on the ABC TV "The New Inventors". She has been stunningly successful in research commercialisation and is responsible for strategic relations with industry for the Faculty.

 

 

Carl Leung

Carl Leung - Manager International Development
BStatistics Macquarie

T: +61 2 9385 7917
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: carl.leung@unsw.edu.au

Carl is responsible for strategic planning, implementing and managing international operations in the faculty, including international undergraduate and postgraduate student recruitment and marketing,  institutional development, international funding and scholarships and student welfare.

 

 

Janice Latham

Janice Latham - Administrative Officer (Research and International)

T: +61 2 9385 7309
M: 0414 243 386
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: j.latham@unsw.edu.au

Janice provides administrative support to the Associate Dean (Research and International Development) and the Manager International and Research Operations.

 

Bob Beale

Bob Beale - Public Affairs Manager
BA (Communications), Charles Sturt

T: +61 2 9385 7916
M: 0411 705 435
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: bbeale@unsw.edu.au

Bob's professional background is in mass media, mainly as a writer specialising in science, medicine, environment and technology. He graduated in Communications from Mitchell CAE (now Charles Sturt University) in 1979. He is the author of five non-fiction books on science and environmental themes.

Bob is responsible for strategic advice and planning on all matters relating to the faculty's public profile and media relations.

 

 

Emma Bowen

Emma Bowen - Acting General Manager
BA(Hons), LLB

T: +61 2 9385 7911
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: e.bowen@unsw.edu.au

Emma was born in Poole, Dorset, England and migrated to Australia in 1973. She has dual nationality (British/Australian) and an incurable desire to travel to places she has not been to before. This desire is usually increased with each period of annual leave. Emma's most recent professional experience is academic segment manager in legal publishing.
Emma is the manager of the marketing team and is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate marketing strategies and implementation.

 

 

Prem Kumar

Prem Lata Kumar JP - Manager, Administration (Marketing)

T: +61 2 9385 7311
F: +61 2 9385 6127
E: prem.kumar@unsw.edu.au

Prem is a member of the marketing team and is responsible for managing several major Faculty Outreach commitments such as SunSprint Model Solar Car Challenge, Undergraduate Faculty Scholarships, Science and Engineering Challenge, Siemens Science Experience, Science Without Borders Exchange Program and Undergraduate Enrolment Advisory Day as well as assisting with selected UNSW events. She works collaboratively with the rest of the marketing team and cross-Faculty Marketing Group to integrate Outreach projects into our overall high school liaison program. Prem also provides administrative and financial advice to marketing and centre staff and other staff/student assistants in the Science Student Centre. As the Manager, Administration (Marketing), Prem recruits and trains casual staff to work in Marketing and the Student Centre as well as present science shows to primary and high schools and the community in general.

 

 

Trichelle Massy-Greene

Trichelle Massy-Greene - Manager - Undergraduate Programs
BComm UNSW

T: +61 2 9385 6575
F: +61 2 9385 6127
E: trichelle@unsw.edu.au

Trichelle has had a long association with UNSW both as a student and within student administration at a school, central, and now faculty level. She manages the Student Centre and is responsible for academic and policy issues including Admissions, Enrolment and Graduation of students in the faculty. She also works closely with the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs). Apart from a passion for helping students, she loves travelling, enjoying good food and wine with friends, reading, movies, and learning foreign languages.

 

 

Rachelle Carritt

Rachelle Carritt - Marketing Officer
BSc Macquarie, GradCert in Marketing Syd

T: +61 2 9385 7307
F: +61 2 9385 6127
E: r.carritt@unsw.edu.au

Rachelle is a member of the marketing team and is responsible for the recruitment of undergraduate students at domestic level, with an emphasis on secondary school marketing, alumni and stakeholder relations. She is the project manager for faculty's collaboration with the Science Teachers Association of NSW. Rachelle also manages selected UNSW events and coordinates the production of faculty publications and other marketing material.

Rachelle is on maternity leave until May 2010.  Please contact Renee Falvey on r.falvey@unsw.edu.au or phone 93857307.

 

 

Catrine Larsson

Catrine Larsson - Policy and Project Officer

T: +61 2 9385 7957
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: C.Larsson@unsw.edu.au

Catrine is responsible for managing projects generated from within the portfolio of the Dean of Science and UNSW central administration, policy review and development, and providing administrative support to the Faculty Business Manager.

 

 

Xanthe Chapman

Xanthe Chapman - Development Officer

T: +61 2 9385 7919
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: x.chapman@unsw.edu.a

UNSW Foundation (located in Faculty Office).

 

 

Julie Buckley

Julie Buckley - Administrative Officer

T: +61 2 9385 4981
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: j.buckley@unsw.edu.au

Julie is responsible for the general administrative duties for the Office of the Dean.

 

 

Kirstin Stewart

Kirstin Stewart - Reception/Administrative Officer

T: +61 2 9385 7924
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: kirstin.stewart@unsw.edu.au

 

 

Lance Islip

Lance Islip - OH & S Coordinator, OHS and Workers Compensation Unit

T: +61 2 9385 8225
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: l.islip@unsw.edu.au

 

 

Dan Gaffney

Dan Gaffney - Faculty Journalist
BA MA MPH Sydney Grad Cert Comm Charles Sturt Dip Ed SCAE MPRIA

T: 0411 156 015
E: headlines.news@gmail.com

Dan is a former columnist and contributor to The Australian newspaper, ABC Radio National and Australian Doctor. He has held media, marketing and communications roles in Federal Parliament, NSW Police, UNSW, NSW Health, the National Breast Cancer Centre, and NSW Dept of Information Technology & Management. His passions include bush walking, ocean swimming, kayaking, crime fiction and bonsai.

 

 

Alan Flinders

Alan Flinders

T: +612 9385 7922
F: +61 2 9385 7920
E: a.flinders@unsw.edu.au

Alan is responsible for the management of the workshops and store and overall planning for accommodation and space issues within the Faculty of Science, together with other projects generated within the Dean's unit.

 

 

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