Our people

Professor Abbas Rajabifard
Director

abbas.r@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Greg Foliente
Deputy Director

greg.foliente@unimelb.edu.au

Mr Geoff Spring
Senior Industry Adviser

Area of Expertise: Global Public Safety Communications and Information Management Sector
Mr David Williams
Senior Industry Advisor

Area of Expertise: Public Safety and Emergency Management
Mr Ged Griffin
Senior Industry Advisor

Area of Expertise: Public Safety and Emergency Management

Dr Katie Potts, Research Fellow, kepotts@unimelb.edu.au

Co-Chair, Mr Euan Ferguson
Director
Euan Ferguson Pty Ltd
Former Chief Officer
Country Fire Authority, Victoria
Co-Chair, Professor Mark Cassidy
Dean
Melbourne School Of Engineering
Mr Greg Scott
Inter-Regional Advisor
United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management
Mr Robert Jensen
US Disaster Management Expert, Director at Strat3 LLC
Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
US Department of Homeland Security
Mark Crosweller AFSM
Head
Director, Ethical Intelligence, former Head of National Resilience Taskforce
Australian Government Department of Home Affairs
Deputy Emergency Management Commissioner Debra Abbott
Emergency Management Victoria
Mr Steve Tsikaris
Executive Manager
Department of Treasure and Finance, Victoria
Ms Leanne Simpson
Consultant, Critical Connections
VicRoads
Associate Professor Alan March
Director, Bachelor of Environments
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
The University of Melbourne
Mr James Smart
Partner
Maddocks Commercial Law Firm
Mr Andrew Coghlan
National Manager of Emergency Services
Australian Red Cross
Mr Ben Hubbard
Principal
Creswell Advisory Pty Ltd.
Mr John Bates
Research Director
Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
Mr Karl Sullivan
Head of Risk and Operations
Insurance Council of Australia
Inspector Andrew Rowlands
Victoria Police
Inspector Richard Paterson
Victoria Police
Professor Abbas Rajabifard
Ex-officio
Prof Greg Foliente
Ex-officio

Dr Benny Chen
Research Fellow
Dr Behzad Rismanchi
Lecturer in Building Energy
Dr Katie Potts
Research Fellow
Dr Robyn Molyneaux
Research Associate
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Dr Saeed Bagloee
Research Fellow
Dr Massoud Sofi
Research Associate

Abdullah Alhawsawi
Supervisors: Prof Majid Sarvi, Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Zahra Assarkhaniki
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Cheng Cheng
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Russell Thompson, Dr Alysson M. Costa, Dr Sam Yuen
Azadeh Emami
Supervisors: Prof Majid Sarvi, Assoc Prof Russell Thompson
Ged Griffin
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard, Dr Allison Keally
Siddesh Godbole
Supervisors: Prof Nelson Lam, Dr Elisa Luamantarna
Jasmine (Chaojie) Guo
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Russell Thompson, Prof Greg Foliente
Masoud Kahalimoghadam
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Alireza Kashian
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard, Dr Kai-Florian Richter
Yan Li
Supervisors: Prof Majid Sarvi, Dr Kourosh Khoshelham
Mohamed Mafas
Supervisors: Prof Nelson Lam, Dr Elisa Lumantarna
Katitza Marinkovic
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Lisa Gibbs, Dr Karen Block
Mahil Tharindu Pathirana
Supervisors: Prof Nelson Lam, Dr Lihai Zhang
Jude Shalitha Perera
Supervisors: Prof Nelson Lam, Dr Mahdi Disfani
Shihara Thimanthi Perera
Supervisors: Prof Nelson Lam, Dr Lihai Zhang

Graduates

Mitko Aleksandrov – 2020
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard, Dr Mohsen Kalantari
Roozbeh Hasanzadeh Nafari – 2020
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Tuan Ngo, Prof Priyan Mendis
James (Kuo-Chih) Hung – 2020
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Mohsen Kalantari, Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Arash Kaviani – 2020
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Russell Thompson, Prof Abbas Rajabifard, Prof Majid Sarvi
Kate (Suyoung) Park – 2020
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Dongryeol Ryu, Dr Hoam Chung
Jing Ren – 2020
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Russell Thompson, Dr Lihai Zhang
Zahra Shahhoseini – 2020
Supervisors: Prof Majid Sarvi, Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Mehair Yacoubian – 2020
Supervisors: Prof Nelson Lam, Dr Elisa Lumantarna
Dr Farzad Alamdar – 2018
Supervisors: Dr Mohsen Kalantari, Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Dr Saeed Asadi Bagloee – 2017
Supervisors: Prof Majid Sarvi, Assoc Prof Russell George Thompson
Dr Milad Haghani – 2018
Supervisors: Prof Majid Sarvi, Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Dr Farhad Laylavi – 2017
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard, Dr Mohsen Kalantari
Dr Hosna Tashakkori Hashemi – 2017
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard, Dr Mohsen Kalantari