Academic staff

	Name Sort descending	Positions
	Abd Al Salam, Mona Mona is a Lecturer at the School of the Built Environment, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. After completing the Master of Engineering…	Senior Lecturer, Construction
	Ahmadian Fard Fini, Alireza Alireza has over 23 years of experience in the construction industry encompassing various roles in professional practice, teaching and research. His main focus is to improve construction productivity…	Associate Professor, Construction
	Antoniades, Hera Hera Antoniades specialises in Forensic Trust Accounting and governance compliance for the property and legal professions. Her research includes white collar crime in trust accounting for property…	Associate Professor, Property
	Asquith, Lindsay Lindsay is a social and service designer and vernacular architect with an interest in using design to transform the life chances of marginalised people. Her current research is focused on designing…	Senior Lecturer, Design Studies Interdisciplinary
	Audisho, Endriana Endriana Audisho is a lecturer and electives course director in the School of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). She is currently completing a PhD which intersects the…	Lecturer, Architecture
	Bangura, Mustapha Mustapha is a lecturer and researcher with expertise in Property Economics. Before joining the University of Technology Sydney, he was teaching Property and Construction Economics at an undergraduate…	Senior Lecturer, Property
	Banihashemi, Saeed	Associate Professor, Construction
	Bentley, Belinda	Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Built Environment
	Biloria, Nimish Dr. Nimish Biloria is an Architect and Emergent technologies and design specialist, with over 15 years of experience in the emergent technologies and transdisciplinary innovation sectors across…	Associate Professor, Architecture
	Bongers, Bert Dr. Bert Bongers leads the Interactivation Studio in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building to support the design and research of interactivating objects and spaces. Bert has a mixed…	Associate Professor, Product Design
	Brejzek, Thea Dr Thea Brejzek is a Professor of Spatial Theory in the School of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research engages with the construction of performative spaces in and across…	Professor, Interior Architecture
	Brown, Christopher Christopher Brown is a PhD candidate currently researching how work integrated learning (WIL) can be improved in the Australian construction industry. Chris' research seeks to help improve…	Lecturer, Construction
	Brugman Alvarez, Johanna Dr Johanna Brugman is an urban planner, researcher and educator dedicated to developing more equal and resilient cities through inclusive planning practices. Johanna’s research interests are focused…	Adjunct Fellow, School of Built Environment
	Brydon-Miller, Mary	Visiting Professor, School of Built Environment
	Burke, Anthony Anthony Burke is a Professor of Architecture and Course Director for the Master of Architecture in the Faculty of Design Architecture and Building at the University of Technology Sydney. A graduate…	Professor, Architecture
	Burrell, Andrew Dr Andrew Burrell is a practice-based researcher and educator exploring virtual and digitally mediated environments as a site for the construction, experience and exploration of memory as narrative.…	Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication
	Carnemolla, Phillippa Dr Phillippa Carnemolla is a leading researcher in the design and evaluation of inclusive environments, products and information. Since completing her PhD in 2016, she has developed a substantial…	Associate Professor, School of Built Environment
	Cassar, Rachael Rachael Cassar is a designer, tutor and academic working at the intersection of fashion and sustainability, upcycling and slow practice, with 17 years professional experience in the international…	Lecturer, Fashion and Textiles
	Choat, Alyssa Alyssa’s draws on her practice-based research, professional experience and design expertise in her extensive teaching across many dimensions of the Fashion course. From theoretical to practical…	Lecturer, Fashion and Textiles
	Christensen, Pernille Dr. Pernille Christensen received her PhD in Planning, Design the Built Environment from Clemson University in South Carolina, USA. She also holds Master of City & Regional Planning and Master…	Associate Professor, Property
	Cilliers, Jua Jua Cilliers is the current Head of the School of Built Environment, and Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Technology Sydney. She is registered as a Professional Planner with both the…	Associate Dean (Research), Associate Dean Research Office
	Clark, Gabriel Gabriel Clark is a visual communication design practitioner and academic whose expertise is in motion design, digital photo media, comics and multiplatform storytelling. His focus is on design and…	Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication
	Clark, Treena Treena Clark is an Aboriginal Kokatha and Wirangu woman based in Adelaide/Kaurna Country. She is a current UTS 2022 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Indigenous Research Fellow and is undertaking a four…	Chancellor's Postdoctoral Indigenous Research Fellow, Fashion and Textiles
	Crosby, Alexandra Alexandra is an internationally recognised scholar and visual communicator with an interest in expanding design practice. Her current body of research is focused on more-than-human design and…	Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), Associate Dean Teaching and Learning Office
	Debnath, Kumar Biswajit	Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Architecture
	Deluchi, Christina Christina Deluchi is Course Director of the Interior Architecture Program and Lecturer in the School of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Her research addresses theories of…	Lecturer, Interior Architecture
	Donnelly, Samantha Samantha Donnelly is a lecturer in the School of Interior Architecture, leading studios on sustainable and climate responsive practices for real-life projects that deliver social impact for…	Lecturer, Interior Architecture
	Drake, Campbell Educated in Australia and the UK, Campbell Drake is an architect, researcher and senior lecturer in the School of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney. Registered as an architect in…	Senior Lecturer, Interior Architecture
	Ekanayake, Biyanka Dr. Biyanka Ekanayake is a lecturer in Construction Management and Property Technology at UTS. As a researcher and educator, Biyanka is interested in avenues to improve automation through artificial…	Lecturer, Construction
	Er, Michael Michael Er is a former Senior Lecturer and Director of Higher Degree Research Programs in the Faculty of Design Architecture and Building at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Michael has…	Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Built Environment
	Etherington, Nathan Nathan Etherington is a Lecturer in the School of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He is a practicing architect, registered in New South Wales and South Australia and the…	Lecturer, Architecture
	Fahd, Cherine Cherine Fahd is an academic and artist working across the fields of visual art and design. Her practice-based research employs photography, video, drawing and performance to examine the connection…	Associate Professor, Visual Communication
	Forsythe, Perry Perry has a strong mix of research, teaching, academic, managerial and practical experience obtained in the construction industry over a 38 year period. His experience stems from initiation at trade…	Emeritus Professor, School of Built Environment
	Foster, Meg	Chancellor's Research Fellow, Associate Dean Research Office
	Ge, Janet Dr. Janet Ge is an Associate Professor in the School of Built Environment (SBE), Faculty of Architecture and Buildings (DAB). Janet leads Postgraduate Property Development and Real Estate Investment…	Associate Professor, Property
	Ghosh, Sumita Sumita Ghosh is an academic who focuses on responsive urban design and spatial planning in the School of Built Environment, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Buliding, UTS. As an architect and…	Associate Professor, Planning
	Gothe, Jacqueline Jacqueline Gothe is a design researcher in visual communication design and the Director of Visual Communication Design in the School of Design at UTS. Her research approach emphasizes research…	Associate Professor, Visual Communication
	Grant, Bligh Bligh Grant is Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney. Bligh is a leading scholar of interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research in Australian…	Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Built Environment
	Grau, Urtzi Urtzi Grau is an architect, academic and senior lecturer at the School of Architecture at UTS. His research explores the role of architecture in responding to critical challenges impacting the Indo-…	Senior Lecturer, Architecture
	Heffer, Cecilia Cecilia Heffer is a practice-based researcher specialising in contemporary lace. Her practice explores ephemeral spatial qualities unique to lace as a form of contemporary (p)lace marking. Agency is…	Senior Lecturer, Fashion and Textiles
	Herath, Shanaka Shanaka Herath is a senior lecturer and researcher with expertise in housing economics, urban economics and urban policy. His research explores social issues such as housing affordability, urban…	Senior Lecturer, Planning
	Jackson, Brooke	Lecturer, Architecture
	Jones, Sarah Jane	Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication
	Kaplan, Jonathan	Adjunct Fellow, School of Design
	Ke, Yongjian Yongjian is an associate professor in the School of Built Environment and a highly acclaimed project management researcher. His research spans a range of challenges in the delivery of infrastructure…	Associate Professor, Project Management
	Kelly, Jack Jack Kelly is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Built of Built Environment at UTS. Jack is working on a range of projects about design, inclusion and remembering disability institutions.…	Industry Fellow, School of Built Environment
	Khamis, Susie Dr Susie Khamis is Senior Lecturer in Public Communication. Her doctoral thesis ‘Bushells and the Cultural Logic of Branding’ won the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Heritage Prize in 2007, and in 2011 she…	Associate Dean (International), Associate Dean International and Engagement Office
	Killen, Catherine Professor Catherine Killen is the Director of the Postgraduate Project Management Program at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. Catherine conducts research on the management of…	Professor, Project Management
	Kinniburgh, Joanne My research operates between architecture, performance and inter-medial studies, with a focus on possible futures for small contemporary live music performance venues. In my doctoral practice-based…	Lecturer, Architecture
	Lee, Thomas Thomas Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Design Studies in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building. He is research is concerned with the way large-scale imaginative representations, or storyworlds…	Senior Lecturer, Design Studies Interdisciplinary
	Li, Doris Dr Nga Wun (Doris) Li is a fashion and textiles researcher and Seamless Knitting Research lead. She investigates the potential of knitted material, design, and advanced technology to enhance product…	Senior Lecturer, Fashion and Textiles
	Lie, Stefan Stefan Lie is a product designer and design academic working at the intersection of product interaction and sustainable design. His research emphasises the relationship between humans and materials…	Associate Professor, Product Design
	Liu, Tingting	Adjunct Fellow, School of Design
	Loosemore, Martin Martin Loosemore is Distinguished Professor of Construction Management at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He is internationally acclaimed for his research in the fields of social…	Distinguished Professor, Construction
	Lorber-Kasunic, Jacquie Jacqueline Lorber Kasunic is an Associate Professor in Design at UTS. Her expertise spans various domains, including visualisation, interaction, systems, service design, disability, ageing, and…	Associate Professor, Visual Communication
	Ludewig, Jasper	Senior Lecturer, Architecture
	Luna Zelaya, Rafael Rafael Luna is the co-founder of the architecture firm PRAUD, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney, and the director of the Infra-Architecture Lab. He received a Master of…	Senior Lecturer, Architecture
	Mahalingam, Ashwin	Adjunct Professor, School of Built Environment
	Makki, Mohammed Mohammed is an architect, urban designer and Course Director of the School of Architecture undergraduate program with expertise in the application of evolutionary computation in design. His research…	Senior Lecturer, Architecture
	Malcolm, Bridget I am a strategic designer, facilitator, educator and researcher working to evolve creative practices to address increasingly complex problems. My work draws on leading design methodologies including…	Senior Lecturer, Design Studies Interdisciplinary
	Matthews, Linda Linda Matthews is the Co-Director of the UTS Visualisation Institute and Associate Head of the School of Architecture at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her research is concerned with…	Associate Professor, Architecture
	McLean, Nahum	Lecturer, Fashion and Textiles
	McNeil, Peter Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil FAHA is an award-winning design historian internationally known for his work on the visual culture of fashion. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the…	Distinguished Professor in Design History, Design Studies Interdisciplinary
	Mellick Lopes, Abby Associate Professor Abby Mellick Lopes is a design studies scholar engaged in interdisciplinary, design-led social research and the Director of Postgraduate Design Studies at UTS. An award-winning…	Professor, Design Studies Interdisciplinary
	Monin, Monica Monica Monin explores design and creative practice within an overabundant and heterogenous media ecology. Specifically her research addresses the effects, possibilities and role of computation, code…	Lecturer, Visual Communication
	Moslemi Naeni, Leila Leila Moslemi Naeni is a senior lecturer of Project Management at the School of Built Environment, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at UTS. After completing Master of Industrial…	Senior Lecturer, Project Management
	Mrdjenovic, Nevena Dr Nevena Mrdjenovic is a lecturer in Interior Architecture at University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Nevena is a theorist and designer with expertise in spatial design and scenography. Her research…	Lecturer, Interior Architecture
	Muller, Ralf	Adjunct Professor, School of Built Environment
	Nemme, Anton Anton Nemme is an Industrial Designer and graduate of UTS. He began his carreer in the field of product visualisation producing 3D models and renderings for some of Sydney’s leading Product Design…	Lecturer, Product Design
	Nugapitiya, Mano Mano Nugapitiya, is a senior level industry practitioner specialising in large scale public infrastructure projects. Drawing from his 20+ years of experience in project management and asset operation…	Industry Fellow, School of Built Environment
	Oscar, Sara Sara Oscar works with the medium of photography. Her work reflects the diverse nature of photography as a way of investigating the mediums complex relationship to the past and its narration. Oscar…	Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication
	Pandolfo, Berto Berto Pandolfo is an industrial designer who trained and worked in Australia and Italy. His design research interests are influenced by non-traditional or practice-oriented investigations.…	Associate Professor, Product Design
	Pertierra, Anna Cristina	Professor, Design Studies Interdisciplinary
	Pigram, David Dave Pigram invents new design and material systems to produce memorable experiences and climate-positive outcomes. He is a computational designer, educator, advanced fabrication researcher, and co-…	Associate Professor, Architecture
	Quintana Vigiola, Gabriela Gabriela Quintana Vigiola is an academic and private consultant in the urban design and planning sectors. Her academic research ranges from urban design to cultural and psychosocial studies. She…	Senior Lecturer, Planning
	Ray, Mukesh	Lecturer, Planning
	Reinmuth, Gerard Gerard Reinmuth is the inaugural Professor of Practice in the School of Architecture at UTS and director of TERROIR, an award-winning Australian architectural practice with offices in Sydney, Hobart…	Practice Professor, Architecture
	Rice, Charles Charles Rice is a professor of architecture in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at UTS. He studies formations of the interior in architecture and design, looking at the spaces we…	Professor, Architecture
	Rissanen, Timo Associate Professor Timo Rissanen is a fashion and textiles researcher with an interest in the interconnection between sustainability and social justice as they relate to the contemporary fashion…	Associate Professor, Fashion and Textiles
	Robertson, Hamish Dr Hamish Robertson is a health and medical geographer with 25 years’ experience in health, ageing and disability work. He conducts research and writes in several areas including health, ageing,…	Adjunct Fellow, School of Architecture
	Robinson, Todd Todd Robinson is a practitioner and researcher with an internationally recognised practice traversing fashion and sculpture. His practice is located alongside practices and strategies that have…	Senior Lecturer, Fashion and Textiles
	Rousset, Isabel Isabel Rousset is an architectural historian and a 2023 Chancellor’s Research Fellow in the UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building. She completed a PhD from the University of Western…	Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Architecture
	Sadokierski, Zoe Dr Zoë Sadokierski is a Senior Lecturer in visual communication design, with a background in commercial book design. Her research investigates: book culture and publishing in the digital age; visual…	Associate Professor, Visual Communication
	Sanchez Velasco, Amaia Amaia Sánchez-Velasco a is Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building. Founding member of Grandeza Studio a collective that studies late-capitalist…	Adjunct Fellow, School of Architecture
	Sankaran, Shankar Dr Shankar Sankaran is the Professor of Organizational Project Management at the School of the Built Environment, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building at UTS. He is a lead researcher in the…	Professor, Project Management
	Scardifield, Katherine Kate Scardifield is an artist and design researcher with an interest in public collections and civic archives. Her research sits at the intersection of museology, and studies in material culture,…	Associate Professor, School of Design
	Seymour, Aaron Aaron Seymour is a designer and academic with a particular interest in the affective capacities of design. He has designed numerous audience experiences for museums and cultural institutions,…	Lecturer, Visual Communication
	Sgro, Donna Dr Donna Sgro is a Lecturer in fashion and textiles design, with a background as an independent fashion designer. Her research investigates creative pattern cutting in fashion and textile design…	Lecturer, Fashion and Textiles
	Shi, Song Song received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree in 1991 from Southeast University, China and completed his PhD in Property Studies in 2009 from Massey University, New Zealand. His PhD thesis…	Associate Professor, Property
	Shirazi, Arezoo Arezoo is a lecturer in the School of Built Environment, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, at UTS. She has earned her PhD in Building Construction, with a minor in City and Regional…	Senior Lecturer, Construction
	Skinner, Vivienne	Industry Fellow, School of Built Environment
	Slade, Toby Toby Slade is a fashion researcher in the UTS Imagining Fashion Futures Lab and an authority on Japanese fashion and popular culture. His current research focuses on the history, contemporary forms…	Associate Professor, Fashion and Textiles
	Smith, Peter Peter Smith specialises in international research into Project Cost Management practices and the implementation of leading edge digital technologies such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) in…	Associate Professor, Construction
	Stein, Jesse Adams Dr Jesse Adams Stein is an interdisciplinary design researcher specialising in the relationship between technology, work and material culture. Her research shifts between historical and contemporary…	Senior Lecturer, Design Studies Interdisciplinary
	Stewart, Susan Dr Susan Stewart is a specialist in practice theory, phenomenology, philosophies of technology, design history, sustainability and social innovation. As a senior lecturer, Susan teaches within both…	Adjunct Fellow, School of Design
	Sunstrum, Frederique	Lecturer, Product Design
	Sweetapple, Kate Kate Sweetapple is a visual communication design academic with special interest in data sense-making and information aesthetics. Her focus is on text visualisation, using practice-led research to…	Head of School, Design, School of Design
	Teale, Allan	Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Built Environment
	Thomas, Leena Professor Leena Thomas is a sustainable architecture academic and research expert with an interest in transformational design practices that respond to climate change and promote health and wellbeing…	Head of School, Architecture, School of Architecture
	Tipene, Luke Luke Tipene is an architecture academic in the School of Architecture at UTS. His research is centred on the history, theory and practice of architectural drawing and questions how accuracy and…	Lecturer, Interior Architecture
	Titmarsh, Mark Mark Titmarsh is a visual artist working in painting, video and writing. He has an international reputation as an experimental and award-winning filmmaker in Europe and the Americas, while in…	Lecturer, Design Studies Interdisciplinary
	Tomkin, Douglas	Adjunct Fellow, School of Design
	Tonkinwise, Cameron Professor Cameron Tonkinwise is an international expert in Design Studies and Transition Design and the head of the Design Innovation Research Centre at UTS. He writes and speaks extensively on the…	Professor, Design Studies Interdisciplinary
	Tough, Leisa	Lecturer, Interior Architecture
	Towart, Lois Lois Towart is a property academic, qualified valuer and specialist in property finance at the School of the Built Environment at UTS. Her research focuses on housing for older people, aged care and…	Adjunct Fellow, School of Built Environment
	Valiente Oriol, Jorge Jorge Valiente is an architect, academic and co-founding member of Grandeza Estudio. Master of Architecture from the Madrid Polytechnic School of Architecture in 2013. His final thesis project ‘…	Adjunct Fellow, School of Architecture
	Walden, Roderick Roderick Walden undertakes research into the contemporary methods and practice of professional industrial design. His principal areas of research interest lie in professional practice, practice-based…	Senior Lecturer, Product Design
	Wallen, Lawrence Lawrence Wallen is a trained Architect and Artist currently Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney and co-director of the IKEAxUTS future living lab. From 2009…	Professor, Interior Architecture
	Wei, Lin	Lecturer, Design Studies Interdisciplinary
	Wilkinson, Sara Professor Sara Wilkinson is a chartered building surveyor and Australia’s first female Professor of Property. Her transdisciplinary research program sits at the intersection of sustainability, urban…	Professor, Property
	Wong, Johnny Johnny Kwok-Wai Wong is an Associate Professor in the School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He is a chartered Quantity Surveyor, and previously held academic…	Associate Professor, Construction
	Young, Gregory Greg Young is a planner, writer and cultural theorist whose current research focuses on culture, governance and sustainability, while he lectures and conducts workshops nationally and worldwide. He…	Adjunct Professor, School of Built Environment
	Zaid Alkilani, Suhair	Senior Lecturer, Construction