Our people
We’re known for our high-calibre researchers, postgraduate students, adjunct members and support staff. Find out more about the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science team and get in touch to discuss how we can work together.
Our organisational structure
Partnership structure
Discover how the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science and Forensicare function as a partnership.
Academic staff
| Name |
Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Michael Daffern | Director, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science; Professor, Clinical Forensic Psychology | |
| Distinguished Professor James Ogloff AM | University Distinguished Professor | |
| Associate Professor Rachael Fullam |
Deputy Director and Consultation and Evaluation Lead |
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| Dr Ashley Batastini | Associate Professor, Forensic Psychology | abatastini@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Ashley Dunne | Senior Lecturer, Clinical Forensic Psychology | adunne@swinburne.edu.au |
| Associate Professor Trentham Furness | Adjunct Associate Professor and Research Manager – Forensicare | trentham.furness@forensicare.vic.gov.au |
| Professor Nathan Kolla | Professor, Forensic Psychiatry | nkolla@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Caleb Lloyd |
Senior Lecturer |
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| Dr Tessa Maguire |
Senior Lecturer, Forensic Mental Health Nursing |
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| Professor Troy McEwan |
Professor, Clinical and Forensic Psychology |
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| Dr Margaret Nixon |
Professional Development and Training Lead; Senior Lecturer |
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| Dr Nina Papalia | DECRA Research Fellow | npapalia@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Janet Ruffles | Assistant Lead, Consultation and Evaluation | jruffles@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Benjamin Spivak |
Senior Lecturer |
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| Dr Nicola Tyler | Senior Lecturer, Forensic Psychology | ntyler@swinburne.edu.au |
Support staff
| Name |
Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Brett McIvor | Operations Manager | |
| Ms Maree Stanford | Executive Assistant | |
| Ms Katie Richardson | Project Officer | krichardson@swinburne.edu.au |
Research fellows
| Name |
Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Marie Henshaw | Research Fellow | mhenshaw@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Sophie Mattingley | Forensicare Research Fellow | smattingley@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Stacey Politis | Research Fellow | spolitis@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Abigail Sheed | Research Fellow | asheed@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Reneta Slikboer | Research Fellow | rslikboer@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Ariel Stone | Research Fellow | astone@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Michael Trood | Research Fellow | mtrood@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Maicee Young | Forensicare Research Fellow | maiceeyoung@swinburne.edu.au |
Higher Degree by Research candidates
Doctor of Psychology students
| Name |
Title of research project | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Han-Mari Cronje | Assessment and treatment of neurocognitive impairments among forensic mental health inpatients | Margaret Nixon, Susan Rossell |
| Rose Tingate | The experience of reintegration from prison for women with cognitive disability | Margaret Nixon, Rachael Fullam |
| Nishant Krishnan | Identifying the malingering defendant: an examination of malingering in Australian evaluations of fitness to stand trial | Jim Ogloff, Janet Ruffles, Michael Trood, Grant Blake |
| Jessica Cornish | Do police responses to family violence incidents deter repeat family violence? | Benjamin Spivak, Troy McEwan, Michael Trood |
| Catie Bridgeman | The management of stalking risk | Troy McEwan, Margaret Nixon |
| Aleshia Nanev | Understanding types and trajectories of sexual homicide offenders | Margaret Nixon, Rajan Darjee |
| Alicia Yokoyama | Understanding why people stop patterns of problematic behaviour | Troy McEwan, Margaret Nixon |
| Rhiannon Morley | Intellectual disability among court involved children and families in cases of child maltreatment | Margaret Nixon, Abigail Sheed |
| Aimee Reed | Sparking change: understanding risk and protective factors for young people who set fires | Nichola Tyler, Margaret Nixon |
| Nathan Pham | Responsivity factors in young people who are exhibiting problematic behaviours | Margaret Nixon, Nichola Tyler, Michael Trood |
| Elia Gibbons | Communication difficulties in forensic mental health inpatients | Margaret Nixon, Nichola Tyler |
| Gabriela Robelado | Evaluating the use of EMDR in forensic mental health inpatients: a single case series study | Margaret Nixon, Ashley Batastini |
| Sinead Cloonan-Thomas | Risk and risk assessment of deliberate firesetting | Nichola Tyler, Troy McEwan |
| Emma Field | Development of an offence process model for stalking | Troy McEwan, Nichola Tyler |
| Mahmoud Ghamraoui | Investigating the quality and reliability of case formulations among Australian forensic practitioners | Troy McEwan, Nichola Tyler |
| April Goldring | Understanding Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women’s connection to their social and emotional wellbeing from early life to incarceration | Caleb Lloyd, Sadie Heckenberg, Justin Trounson |
| Jennifer Kirshenbaum | Forensic mental health recovery and strengths: eliciting patient and staff views to develop an inclusive practice framework | Caleb Lloyd, Rachael Fullam |
| Angelo Menezes | Prison culture in Timor-Leste and its effectiveness in rehabilitating violent offenders | Michael Daffern, Rachael Fullam |
| Yiota Zingirlis | A longitudinal study of the assessment and outcomes of forensic patients on conditional release within NSW | Michael Daffern, Caleb Lloyd, Janet Ruffles |
| Nathan Akoka | The specificity, validity, and clinical utility of Criterion A of the alternative model of personality disorders for antisocial personality disorder | Michael Daffern |
| Karla Dubaniewicz | Best outcomes for young people who engage in harmful sexual behaviour | Michael Daffern, Rachael Fullam |
| Sam Crowley | Developing a measure of relational boundary management in forensic mental health | Michael Daffern |
| Bella Cook | Trauma-informed approaches to pre-sentence reports | Michael Daffern |
| Emma Norgate | An exploration of underlying psychological drivers of online child sexual exploitation offending | Marie Henshaw, James Ogloff, Rajan Darjee |
| Rick Burton | Understanding and responding effectively to online child sexual exploitation: a qualitative exploration of offending aetiology and processes | Marie Henshaw, James Ogloff, Joel McGregor |
| Rachel Binns | Assessing the efficacy of trauma-informed care in forensic pre-sentencing assessments: perceptions of examinees and examiners | Ashley Batastini, Michael Daffern |
PhD students
| Heshani De Silva | Experiences of family violence, risks and help-seeking behaviour among South-Asian Australians | Troy McEwan, Stephane Shepherd |
| Panayiota Zingirlis | A longitudinal study of the assessment and management of forensic patients on conditional release within NSW | Michael Daffern, Caleb Lloyd, Janet Ruffles |
| Lani Haddad | The association between pre-trial detention and mental health outcomes | Benjamin Spivak, Michael Daffern, Michael Trood |
| Liheng (Will) Xu | Evaluating the performance of risk assessment tools for recidivism across various demographic groups | Caleb Lloyd, Benjamin Spivak, Ariel Stone |
| Michael Birchall | Enhanced risk assessment in community corrections: investigating time-varying risk factors associated with violent offending | Caleb Lloyd, Benjamin Spivak, Ariel Stone |
| Gracie Tan | Examining aggression prevention interventions in acute mental health inpatient units | Michael Daffern, Tessa Maguire |
Associate members
| Name | Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Joel McGregor | Associate Member Lecturer in Criminology |
joelmcgregor@swinburne.edu.au |
| Associate Professor Jeffrey Pfeifer | Associate Member Associate Professor, Psychological Sciences |
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| Dr Jason Skues | Associate Member Senior Lecturer, Psychological Sciences |
Adjunct members
Adjunct Professors
| Name | Organisation |
|---|---|
| Professor Andy Day | University of Melbourne |
| Professor Brian McKenna | Auckland University and Mason Clinic, New Zealand |
| Emeritus Professor Paul E Mullen | Monash University |
| Professor Michele Pathé | |
| Professor Mark Rallings | |
| Emeritus Professor Rosemary Sheehan | Monash University |
| Professor Stephane Shepherd | Deakin University |
| Professor Tony Ward | University of Wellington |
| Professor Stephen Wong |
University of Saskatchewan and University of Nottingham |
| Professor Min Yang |
Sichuan University, China |
Adjunct Associate Professors
| Name | Organisation |
|---|---|
| Associate Professor Andrew Carroll | Forensicare |
| Associate Professor Stuart Lee | |
| Dr Stefan Luebbers | Court Services Victoria |
| Associate Professor Suzanne Strand | Örebro University, Sweden |
| Adjunct Associate Professor Danny Sullivan | Forensicare |
| Dr Rajan Darjee | Department of Health, Tasmania |
Adjunct Research Fellows
| Name | Organisation |
|---|---|
| Dr Svenja Senkans | Private practice |
| Dr David Thomas | Forensicare |
| Dr Lillian De Bortoli | Private practice |
| Dr Niki Loft | Forensicare |
| Dr Caroline Lambert | Forensicare |
| Dr Shelley Turner | Monash University |
| Dr Emma Alleyne | University of Kent |
| Dr Flora Gilbert | Forensicare |
| Dr Calvin Jutasi | Forensicare |
| Dr Melanie Simmons | Private practice |
| Dr Natasha Maharaj | Private practice |
| Ms Cleo Bandt | Private practice |
| Dr Kate McGregor | Forensicare |
| Dr Anne Sophie Pichler | Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria |
| Dr Armon Tamatera | University of Waikato |
| Dr Kylie Thomson |
Adjunct Clinical Associates
| Name | Position | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Aleksandra Belofastov | Manager and Principal Psychologist | Problem Behaviour Program, Forensicare |
| Dr Rachel Campbell | Senior Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Mr Chris Drake | Principal Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Ms Anthea Lemphers | Director of Psychological Services | Forensicare |
| Dr Rachel MacKenzie | Private practice | |
| Ms Lorrae Mynard | Occupational Therapy Educator | Forensicare |
| Dr Chris Quinn | Acting Director of Nursing | Forensicare |
| Dr Bonnie Albrecht | Senior Clinical Psychcologist | Forensicare |
| Ms Claudia Mulder | Lead Clinician, Personality Disorder Initiative | Forensicare |
| Dr Keerthana Rudhra | Senior Clinical Psychcologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Narda Arndt | Clinical Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Lisa Clarke | Senior Psychcologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Ahona Guha | Clinical and Forensic Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Ms Susie Hancox | Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Lauren Ducat | Clinical and Forensic Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Melisa Wood | Principal Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Matt Frize | Director, Forensic Disability & Secure Welfare Services. | Department of Health & Human Services |
| Dr Bianca Levis | Senior Psychologist | Monash Health |
| Dr Lisa Forrester | Director - Children's Court Clinic | Children’s Court Clinic, Court Services Victoria |
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Contact the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science
There are many ways to engage with us. Whether you’re a student, from the media or an organisation interested in our professional development and training programs or consulting services, contact us on +61 3 9214 3887 or via cfbs@swinburne.edu.au.