Our people

Professor Alex Babanin
Director

a.babanin@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Greg Foliente
Deputy Director

greg.foliente@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Elisa Lumantarna
Associate Director, Early Career Researchers and Research Students
Franca Tomaras
Administrator

franca.tomaras@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

Prof Alan March, Professor, Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Dr Jagannath Aryal, Senior Lecturer, Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Alysson M Costa, Senior Lecturer, Operations Research, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science
Dr Jennifer Day, Senior Lecturer, Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Dr Behzad Rismanchi, Senior Lecturer in Building Energy, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Elisa Lumantarna, Lecturer, Infrastructure Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Saeed Bagloee, Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Benny Chen, Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Katie Potts, Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Farhad Laylavi , Research Engineer, Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Robyn Molyneaux, Research Associate, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Dr Massoud Sofi, Research Associate, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Raneem AlAzem
Supervisors: Dr Elisa Lumantarna, Prof Nelson Lam
Abdullah Alhawsawi
Supervisors: Prof Majid Sarvi, Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Zahra Assarkhaniki
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Ricardo Camacho Castilla
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard, Dr Jagannath Aryal
Cheng Cheng
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Russell Thompson, Dr Alysson M. Costa, Dr Sam Yuen
Yiwen Cui
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Lihai Zhang, Prof Nelson Lam
Azadeh Emami
Supervisors: Prof Majid Sarvi, Assoc Prof Russell Thompson
Ged Griffin
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard, Dr Allison Keally
Jasmine (Chaojie) Guo
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Russell Thompson, Prof Greg Foliente
Yao Hu
Supervisors:
Yiwei Hu
Supervisors: Dr Elisa Lumantarna, Prof Nelson Lam
Masoud Kahalimoghadam
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Alireza Kashian
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard, Dr Kai-Florian Richter
Joshua Kousal
Supervisors: Prof. Alexander Babanin, Ian Young, Joanna Staneva (University of Hamburg), Corinna Schrum (University of Hamburg), Jean-Raymond Bidlot (European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecast, UK)
Saroj Kumar Sharma
Supervisors: Prof Abbas Rajabifard, Dr Jagannath Aryal
Sheng Li
Supervisors: Prof Nelson Lam, Dr Elisa Lumantarna
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 Miri Disfani
Shihara Thimanthi Perera
Supervisors: Prof Nelson Lam, Dr Lihai Zhang
Safiqur Rahman
Supervisors: Assoc Prof Russell Thompson, Prof Greg Foliente, Dr Jennifer Day
Chinglen Meetei Tensubam
Supervisors: Prof. Alexander Babanin, Ian Young, Mihir Kumar Dash (IIT Kharagpur, India)
Rohit Tiwari
Supervisors: Prof Nelson Lam, Dr Elisa Lumantarna
Bin Xing
Supervisors: Dr Elisa Lumantarna, Prof Nelson Lam
Xingkun Xu
Supervisors: Prof. Alexander Babanin, Ian Young, Changlong Guan (Ocean University of China)
Muhammad Yasrab
Supervisors: Prof. Alexander Babanin, Ian Young