Our team

Administration

Beatrice Haselroither
VH2 Administrator
bhaselroither@swinburne.edu.au

Kate Hutcheson
Communications and Outreach Advisor 
khutcheson@swinburne.edu.au

Skills Roadmap

Kerrin Pryor
Project Manager
kjpryor@swinburne.edu.au

Engagement – Design Factory Melbourne

Professor Anita Kocsis
Director
akocsis@swinburne.edu.au

Stefan Lodewyckx
Hydrogen Futures Researcher
slodewyckx@swinburne.edu.au

Research Fellows

Dr Steven Percy
Senior Research Fellow
Hydrogen Modelling
spercy@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Kim Beasy
Adjunct Research Fellow
Social impacts of Hydrogen Technology
kbeasy@swinburne.edu.au

Madeline Van Dongen
VH2/AIR Hub Hydrogen Storage Technologies
mvandongen@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Mahtab Jahantab
Hydrogen and renewable supply chain
mjahantab@swinburne.edu.au

Readiness – Factory of the Future

Professor Prem Prakash Jayaraman
Director, Factory of the Future
pjayaraman@swinburne.edu.au

Impact Masters scholarships

Jan Wadowski
Improvements to the productivity of the hydrogen direct reduction of iron through the application of CFD
jwadowski@swinburne.edu.au

Tharindu Siyambalapitiya
Decarbonisation options for reheat furnaces
tsiyambalapitiya@swinburne.edu.au

Impact PhD scholarships

Aaron Bourke
Scaling catalyst production for electrochemical CO2 reduction and diversified electrolyser applications via thermal spray coatings
aaronbourke@swinburne.edu.au

Ankit Jadhav
Hydrogen generator efficiency for performance enhancements for reducing ecological impacts  
ajadhav@swinburne.edu.au

Bima Satritama
Silicon production using hydrogen
bsatritama@swinburne.edu.au

David Holder
The role of hydrogen in decarbonising (sea) ports
dholder@swinburne.edu.au

Dorsa Alipour
Energy model focusing on planning green urban freight transport networks using hydrogen as an alternative fuel
dalipour@swinburne.edu.au

Gopal Pandey
Use of hydrogen in steelmaking
gopalpandey@swinburne.edu.au

Manashaa Madhavan
Hybrid hydrogen battery energy systems for community microgrids
mmadhavan@swinburne.edu.au

Md. Nasir Uddin
Techno-economic and life cycle assessment for renewable green fuels 
mdnasiruddin@swinburne.edu.au

Salim Hijazeen
The integration of vertiports into an existing commercial airport. Assessment framework and impact analysis 
shijazeen@swinburne.edu.au

Siripond Mullanu
Advanced data analytics framework for hydrogen-based integrated energy system to support green transportation 
smullanu@swinburne.edu.au

Qurat Ul Ain Yasin
Techno-economic analysis of liquid organic hydrogen carriers  
qyasin@swinburne.edu.au

Zizhao Peng
Additive manufacturing of lightweight structures for hydrogen powered vehicles
zpeng@swinburne.edu.au

Swinburne ecosystem

Professor Virginia Kilborn
Chief Scientist
vkilborn@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Alex Stojcevski
Dean of School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies
astojcevski@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Pat Rajeev
Chair, Department of Civil and Construction 
prajeev@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Adriano Di Pietro
Director, AIR Hub
adipietro@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Zheng Lei
Chair, Department of Aviation
zlei@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Akbar Rhamdhani
Director of Fluid and Process Dynamics (FPD) Group
arhamdhani@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Dong Ruan
Chair, Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering
druan@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Joshua Allwright
Research Associate
jallwright@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Carolyn Beasley
Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication
cbeasley@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Geoffrey Brooks
Professor, Engineering
gbrooks@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Tommy Cheung
Senior Lecturer, Aviation
tommycheung@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Kay Cook
Professor,  Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
kcook@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Hadi Ghaderi
Major Discipline Coordinator, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
hghaderi@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Rosalie Hocking
Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry anf Biotechnology
rhocking@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Ambarish Kulkarni
Senior Lecturer, Computer Aided Engineering
ambarishkulkarni@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Julian Oldmeadow
Senior Lecturer, Psychology
joldmeadow@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Mahnaz Shafiei
Lead, Sensing Technology Research
mshafiei@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Feng Wang
Professor, Chemistry
fwang@swinburne.edu.au

Dr James Williams
Course Director, Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Advanced)
jwilliams@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Sam Wilson
Associate Professor, Management
sgwilson@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Ali Yavari
Director of the 6G Research and Innovation Laboratory
ayavari@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Sarah McLean
Lecturer, Public and Environmental Health 
smclean@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Hussein Dia
Professor of Urban Mobility  
hdia@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Jamal Naser
School of Engineering  
jnaser@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian
Director, Siemens Swinburne Energy Transition Hub  
mseyedmahmoudian@swinburne.edu.au

Distinguished Professor Saad Mekhilef
School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies  
smekhilef@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Yvonne Durandet
School of Engineering  
ydurandet@swinburne.edu.au