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General enquiries

For all general enquiries, please contact the teams below via email.

HDR Candidature Operations Research Education and Development Faculty/Institute administration teams

Current Candidature
For enquiries relating to:

  • Confirmation of Candidature
  • Annual Reviews
  • Progress Support Panels
  • Candidature variations such as complex leave, intermissions, extensions, or change of study mode
  • Change of Supervision and Registration

Email: deakin-hdr-cc@deakin.edu.au

Admissions and Scholarships
For enquiries relating to:

  • Applications
  • Admissions
  • Enrolment (including coursework)
  • Scholarship payments & procedures

Email: deakin-hdr-as@deakin.edu.au

Examinations
For enquiries relating to:

  • Thesis examination processes, procedures, and status

Email: research-examinations@deakin.edu.au

International HDR Programs
For enquiries relating to:

  • International Research Partnership Development
  • In-Country programs
  • Joint PhD programs
  • Cotutelle programs
  • Residencies connected to Partnership programs

Email: international-partnerships@deakin.edu.au

For enquiries relating to:

For enquiries relating to:

  • Placements
  • Internships
  • Industry mentoring

Email: phdxtra@deakin.edu.au

For enquiries relating to:

  • Conference attendance and travel
  • Fieldwork
  • Faculty/institute funding support
  • Faculty provided resources (laptops, lab space etc)
  • Induction/Orientation

Contact the faculty/institute administration teams for your course:

For enquiries relating to areas not listed above Email: researcher-development-academy@deakin.edu.au;

Researcher Development Academy

PositionContactTelephoneCampus
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Researcher Development  Prof Jeanette Fyffe 
pvc-rd@deakin.edu.au
N/A Burwood
 
Researcher Education and Development 
Manager, Research Education and Development Danielle Borlovan (She/Her)
research-education-development@deakin.edu.au
N/A Waurn Ponds
 
Higher Degrees by Research Candidature Operations
Associate Director, HDR Candidature Operations John Janetzki
john.janetzki@deakin.edu.au
N/A Burwood
Senior Coordinator, Admissions and Scholarships Kirsty Richards
research-scholarships@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 924 45860 Burwood
Senior Coordinator, Current Candidature Jenny Andrews
deakin-hdr-cc@deakin.edu.au
N/A Burwood
Coordinator, Examinations Shane Raux
research-examinations@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 924 46253 Burwood
Senior Consultant, International HDR Programs Tracey Yarwood
international-partnerships@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 924 46782 Burwood

Faculty of Arts & Education

PositionContact

School/Department

Faculty HDR Director A/Prof Rea Dennis
rea.dennis@deakin.edu.au
HDR Coordinator Dr Trent Brown
trent.brown@deakin.edu.au
School of Education
HDR Coordinator Dr Alistair Welsh
alistair.welsh@deakin.edu.au
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
HDR Coordinator A/Prof Kristin Demetrious
kristin.demetrious@deakin.edu.au
School of Communication and Creative Arts

Faculty of Business & Law

PositionContactSchool/Department
Faculty HDR Director A/Prof Nichola Robertson
nichola.robertson@deakin.edu.au
Director of HDR Dr Li Liu
li.liu@deakin.edu.au
Department of Accounting
Director of HDR A/Prof Francesco Carli
francesco.carli@deakin.edu.au
Department of Economics
Director of HDR A/Prof Sagarika Mishra
sagarika.mishra@deakin.edu.au
Department of Finance
Director of HDR Dr Van-Hau Trieu
t.trieu@deakin.edu.au
Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics
Deputy HDR Director Dr Fannie Wu
fannie.wu@deakin.edu.au 
Department of Management
HDR Coordinator A/Prof Jeff Shao
jeff.shao@deakin.edu.au
Department of Management
Director of HDR Prof Chris Dubelaar
c.dubelaar@deakin.edu.au
Department of Marketing
Director of HDR A/Prof Ben Saunders
b.saunders@deakin.edu.au
Deakin Law School

Faculty of Health

PositionContactSchool/Department
Faculty HDR Director A/Prof Kathryn Aston-Mourney
k.astonmourney@deakin.edu.au
HDR Director A/Prof David Scott
hdr-ens@deakin.edu.au
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Deputy HDR Director Dr Claire Margerison
hdr-ens@deakin.edu.au
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Deputy HDR Director Dr Chris Shaw
hdr-ens@deakin.edu.au
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Deputy HDR Director A/Prof Ewa Szymlek-Gay
hdr-ens@deakin.edu.au
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Deputy HDR Director A/Prof Steve Fraser
hdr-ens@deakin.edu.au
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
HDR Director A/Prof Genevieve Pepin
hdrc@deakin.edu.au
School of Health and Social Development
Deputy HDR Director Dr Kim Robinson
hdrc@deakin.edu.au
School of Health and Social Development
HDR Director A/Prof Pat Nicholson
p.nicholson@deakin.edu.au
School of Nursing and Midwifery
HDR Director Prof Tania De Koning-Ward
hdr-som@deakin.edu.au
School of Medicine
Course director (MPhil/MSurg)Prof Sean McGee
hdr-som@deakin.edu.au
School of Medicine
HDR Director
(Optom/Med Imaging)
Prof Craig Smith
hdr-som@deakin.edu.au
School of Medicine
HDR Director
(HERB/Off-campus)
Dr Rasika Samarasinghe
hdr-som@deakin.edu.au
School of Medicine
HDR Director MRU A/Prof Veer Gupta
hdr-som@deakin.edu.au
School of Medicine
HDR Associate Director
(Off-Campus)
Dr Kara Kew
hdr-som@deakin.edu.au
School of Medicine
HDR Associate Director A/Prof Amardeep Dillon
hdr-som@deakin.edu.au
School of Medicine
HDR Associate Director
(International in-country)
Dr Clifford Liongue
hdr-som@deakin.edu.au
School of Medicine
HDR Director (Clinical) A/Prof Nicki Dowling
psychhdr@deakin.edu.au
School of Psychology
HDR Director A/Prof Christian Hyde
psychhdr@deakin.edu.au
School of Psychology
Deputy HDR Director  A/Prof Jacqui Macdonald
psychhdr@deakin.edu.au
School of Psychology
Professional Programs Officerpsych-prof-programs@deakin.edu.au School of Psychology

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment

PositionContactSchool/Department
Faculty HDR Director Dr Mahbube Subhani
mahbube.subhani@deakin.edu.au
HDR Coordinator
(Architecture)
A/Prof Beau B Beza
beau.beza@deakin.edu.au
School of Architecture and Built  Environment
HDR Coordinator
(Construction)
Dr Abid Hasan
abid.hasan@deakin.edu.au
School of Architecture and Built  Environment
Senior HDR Coordinator Dr Aaron Schultz
aaron.schultz@deakin.edu.au
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
HDR Coordinator A/Prof Sharon La Fontaine
sharon.lafontaine@deakin.edu.au
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
HDR Coordinator A/Prof Mark Guthridge
m.guthridge@deakin.edu.au
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
HDR Coordinator Dr Motilal Mathesh Shanmugam
m.matheshshanmugam@deakin.edu.au
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
HDR Coordinator A/Prof Beata Ujvari
beata.ujvari@deakin.edu.au
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
HDR Coordinator
(Research Culture and Quality)
A/Prof Wei Xu
wei.xu@deakin.edu.au
School of Engineering
HDR Director Dr Asef Nazari
asef.nazari@deakin.edu.au
School of Information Technology
HDR Student Support Coordinator
(CSRI)
Dr Frank Jiang
frank.jiang@deakin.edu.au 
School of Information Technology
HDR Student Support Coordinator (CITECORE) Dr Shiva Pokhrel
shiva.pokhrel@deakin.edu.au 
School of Information Technology
HDR Student Support Coordinator
(D2I)
Dr Ye Zhu
ye.zhu@deakin.edu.au
School of Information Technology
HDR Student Support Coordinator
(D2I)
Dr Thuong Hoang
thuong.hoang@deakin.edu.au
School of Information Technology

Research Institutes

PositionContactInstitute
Director Prof Sally McArthur
sally.mcarthur@deakin.edu.au
Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)
HDR Coordinator A/Prof Jingliang Li
jingliang.li@deakin.edu.au
Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)
HDR Coordinator A/Prof Dan Liu
dan.liu@deakin.edu.au
Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)
HDR Coordinator Dr Faezeh Makhlooghi Azad
f.makhlooghiazad@deakin.edu.au
Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)
HDR Coordinator Dr Anthony Somers
anthony.somers@deakin.edu.au 
Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)
HDR Coordinator Dr Claudia Creighton
claudia.creighton@deakin.edu.au
Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)
HDR Coordinator A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa
rangam.rajkhowa@deakin.edu.au
Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)
HDR Coordinator Dr Thomas Dorin
thomas.dorin@deakin.edu.au
Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM)
HDR Coordinator A/Prof Shady Mohammed
shady.mohamed@deakin.edu.au
Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI)
Executive HDR Coordinator A/Prof. Santu Rana
santu.rana@deakin.edu.au
Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A2I2)
HDR Coordinator A/Prof. Sunil Gupta
sunil.gupta@deakin.edu.au
Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A2I2)
HDR Coordinator A/Prof. Truyen Tran
truyen.tran@deakin.edu.au
Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A2I2)
HDR Coordinator Prof Mohamed Abdelrazek
mohamed.abdelrazek@deakin.edu.au
Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A2I2)
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