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
Samantha Harris-Wetherbee, Communications Manager, harris.s@unimelb.edu.au
Emma Byers, Communications Officer, emma.byers@unimelb.edu.au

Chair, Mr Euan Ferguson
Director

Euan Ferguson Pty Ltd.

Former Chief Officer

Country Fire Authority, Vic.
Professor Abbas Rajabifard
Director

Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety
Mr Greg Scott
Inter-Regional Advisor

United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management
Mr Robert Jensen
US Disaster Management Expert

Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs

US Dept. of Homeland Security
Mark Crosweller AFSM
Head

National Resilience Taskforce, Australian Government Department of Home Affairs
Professor Tom Kvan

Pro Vice-Chancellor

Campus and Global Development

The University of Melbourne

Director

Aurin
Assistant Commissioner Debra Abbott
Victoria Police
Mr Steve Tsikaris
Executive Manager

Department of Treasure and Finance, Victoria
Ms Leanne Simpson
Director Emergency Management

VicRoads
Ms Shonal Dessmann
Principal Emergency Advisor

Australian Energy Market Operator
Associate Professor Alan March
Director, Bachelor of Environments

Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning

The University of Melbourne
Mr Nick Demetrios
Central Gippsland Essential Industries Group
Mr James Smart
Partner

Maddocks Commercial Law Firm
Dr Rory Nathan
Department of Infrastructure Engineering

Melbourne School of Engineering

The University of Melbourne
Mr Paul Barnard
Consultant Emergency Management

The University of Melbourne

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
Ms Maryam Rabiee
Research Associate

Mitko Aleksandrov

Supervisors: Prof. Abbas Rajabifard & Dr. Mohsen Kalantari
Abdullah Alhawsawi

Supervisors: Prof. Majid Sarvi & Prof. Abbas Rajabifard
Cheng Cheng

Supervisors: A/Prof. Russell G. Thompson, Dr. Alysson M. Costa & Dr. Sam Yuen
Azadeh Emami

Supervisors: Prof. Majid Sarvi & A/Prof. Russell G. Thompson
Ged Griffin

Supervisors: Prof. Abbas Rajabifard & Dr. Allison Keally
Siddesh Godbole

Supervisors: Prof. Nelson Lam & Dr. Elisa Luamantarna
Jasmine (Chaojie) Guo

Supervisors: A/Prof. Russell Thompson & Prof. Greg Foliente
Roozbeh Hasanzadeh Nafari

Supervisors: A/Prof. Tuan Ngo & Prof. Priyan Mendis
James (Kuo-Chih) Hung

Supervisors: Mr. Mohsen Kalantari & Prof. Abbas Rajabifard
Alireza Kashian

Supervisors: Prof. Abbas Rajabifard & Dr. Kai-Florian Richter
Arash Kaviani

Supervisors: A/Prof. Russell Thompson, Prof. Abbas Rajabifard & Prof. Majid Sarvi
Yan Li

Supervisors: Prof. Majid Sarvi & Dr. Kourosh Khoshelham
Mohamed Mafas

Supervisors: Prof. Nelson Lam & Dr. Elisa Lumantarna
Katitza Marinkovic

Supervisors: A/Prof. Lisa Gibbs & Dr. Karen Block
Mahil Tharindu Pathirana

Supervisors: Prof. Nelson Lam & Dr. Lihai Zhang
Kate (Suyoung) Park

Supervisors: A/Prof. Dongryeol Ryu & Dr. Hoam Chung
Jude Shalitha Perera

Supervisors: Prof. Nelson Lam & Dr. Mahdi Disfani
Shihara Thimanthi Perera

Supervisors: Prof. Nelson Lam & Dr. Lihai Zhang
Jing Ren

Supervisors: A/Prof Russell Thompson & Dr. Lihai Zhang
Zahra Shahhoseini

Supervisors: Prof. Majid Sarvi & Prof. Abbas Rajabifard
Mehair Yacoubian

Supervisors: Prof. Nelson Lam & Dr. Elisa Lumantarna

Graduates

Dr. Farzad Alamdar – 2018

Supervisors: Dr. Mohsen Kalantari & Prof. Abbas Rajabifard
Dr. Saeed Asadi Bagloee – 2017

Supervisors: Prof. Majid Sarvi & A/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