HDR contacts

General enquiries

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

Higher Degrees by Research	Research Education and Development	Faculty/Institute administration teams
Current candidature and other general graduate research enquiries Email: research-hdr@deakin.edu.au Admissions and enrolments Email: deakin-int-hdr@deakin.edu.au Scholarships Email: research-scholarships@deakin.edu.au Examinations Email: research-examinations@deakin.edu.au International HDR Programs For enquiries relating to: International Research Training Partnership Development In-Country programs Joint PhD programs Cotutelle programs Email: international-partnerships@deakin.edu.au	For enquiries relating to: Researcher professional development and training Researcher programs Graduate Researcher Newsletter Individual Learning Plan (ILP) 3MT and VYT competitions Email: research-training@deakin.edu.au For enquiries relating to: Placements Internships Industry mentoring Email: phdxtra@deakin.edu.au	For enquiries relating to: Confirmation of Candidature Coursework Conference attendance Travel Contact the faculty/institute administration teams for your course: artsed-hdr@deakin.edu.au blresearch@deakin.edu.au health-hdr@deakin.edu.au sebe-phd@deakin.edu.au ifm-hdr-admin@deakin.edu.au a2i2_hdr@deakin.edu.au
For enquiries relating to areas not listed above	Email: gra@deakin.edu.au

Higher Degrees by Research

Research Education and Development

Faculty/Institute administration teams

Current candidature and other general graduate research enquiries
Email: research-hdr@deakin.edu.au

Admissions and enrolments
Email: deakin-int-hdr@deakin.edu.au

Scholarships
Email: research-scholarships@deakin.edu.au

Examinations
Email: research-examinations@deakin.edu.au

International HDR Programs
For enquiries relating to:

International Research Training Partnership Development
In-Country programs
Joint PhD programs
Cotutelle programs

Email: international-partnerships@deakin.edu.au

For enquiries relating to:

Researcher professional development and training
Researcher programs
Graduate Researcher Newsletter
Individual Learning Plan (ILP)
3MT and VYT competitions

Email: research-training@deakin.edu.au

For enquiries relating to:

Placements
Internships
Industry mentoring

Email: phdxtra@deakin.edu.au

For enquiries relating to:

Confirmation of Candidature
Coursework
Conference attendance
Travel

Contact the faculty/institute administration teams for your course:

For enquiries relating to areas not listed above

Email: gra@deakin.edu.au

Researcher Development Academy

Position	Contact	Telephone	Campus
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-training@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, Candidature	Bel Reuschenbach research-hdr@deakin.edu.au	+61 3 924 45734	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

Position	Contact	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

Position	Contact	School/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
Director of HDR	Dr Ambika Zutshi ambika.zutshi@deakin.edu.au	Department of Management
Deputy HDR Director	Dr Jane Menzies jane.menzies@deakin.edu.au	Department of Management
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

Position	Contact	School/Department
Faculty HDR Director	A/Prof Kathryn Aston-Mourney hdrdirectorhealth@deakin.edu.au
HDR Director	A/Prof David Scott d.scott@deakin.edu.au	School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
HDR Director	A/Prof Steve Fraser steve.fraser@deakin.edu.au	School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Deputy HDR Director	A/Prof Ewa Szymlek-Gay ewa.szymlekgay@deakin.edu.au	School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Deputy HDR Director	Dr Claire Margerison claire.margerison@deakin.edu.au	School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Deputy HDR Director	Dr Chris Shaw chris.shaw@deakin.edu.au	School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
HDR Director	A/Prof Genevieve Pepin genevieve.pepin@deakin.edu.au	School of Health and Social Development
Deputy HDR Director	Dr Kim Robinson kim.robinson@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 taniad@deakin.edu.au	School of Medicine
HDR Coordinator (Optom/Med Imaging)	Prof Craig Smith hdr-som@deakin.edu.au	School of Medicine
HDR Coordinators (HERB/Off-campus)	Dr Amanda Douglass hdr-som@deakin.edu.au	School of Medicine
HDR Coordinators MRU	A/Prof Veer Gupta hdr-som@deakin.edu.au	School of Medicine
HDR Associate Director (Off-Campus)	Dr Kara Kew hdrassocsom@deakin.edu.au	School of Medicine
HDR Associate Director	A/Prof Amardeep Dillon hdrassocsom@deakin.edu.au	School of Medicine
HDR Associate Director (International in-country)	Dr Clifford Liongue hdrassocsom@deakin.edu.au	School of Medicine
HDR Director (Clinical)	A/Prof Nicki Dowling nicki.dowling@deakin.edu.au	School of Psychology
HDR Director	A/Prof Christian Hyde c.hyde@deakin.edu.au	School of Psychology
Deputy HDR Director	A/Prof Jacqui Macdonald jacqui.macdonald@deakin.edu.au	School of Psychology
Course Director (Clinical)	A/Prof Melissa O'Shea psychhdr@deakin.edu.au	School of Psychology

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment

Position	Contact	School/Department
Faculty HDR Director	Dr Mahbube Subhani mahbube.subhani@deakin.edu.au
HDR Coordinator (Architecture)	Dr Sanja Rodes sanja.rodes@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 Coordinator (Administration and Governance)	Dr Kaja Antlej kaja.antlej@deakin.edu.au	School of Engineering
HDR Administrator	Kasey Lanyon k.lanyon@deakin.edu.au	School of Engineering
HDR Director	Dr Asef Nazari asef.nazari@deakin.edu.au	School of Information Technology
HDR Coordinator (International)	Prof Jemal Abawajy jemal.abawajy@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

Position	Contact	Institute
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)