Our people
Committed to fostering science excellence
Our leadership team encompasses representatives from all areas of science, working collaboratively to improve and enhance the faculty’s teaching and research.
Dean, Faculty of Science
Professor Iain Young
Professor Young is a biophysicist who works at the interface of physics and biology, using soil as a model system to examine functionality in complex porous media over space and time.
Before joining the University of Sydney, as the inaugural head of the University’s School of Life and Environmental Sciences in 2016, Professor Young spent six years as a head of school at the University of New England, following extensive experience leading major research groups in his native country of Scotland.
Professor Young took a Bachelor of Science with honours and a PhD in soil physics at the University of Aberdeen before commencing his academic career at the Scottish Crop Research Institute.
His academic work crosses the boundaries of modelling and experimentation and he is known internationally in these areas, particularly in the functional quantification of the 3D architecture of soil and how the spatio-temporal processes of such complex structures impact on microbial and plant life and vice-versa.
- School of Chemistry
Professor Philip Gale - School of Geosciences
Professor Bill Pritchard - School of History and Philosophy of Science
Professor Dominic Murphy - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Professor Jennifer Potts - School of Mathematics and Statistics
Associate Professor Eduardo Altmann
- School of Physics
Professor Celine Boehm - School of Psychology
Professor Frans Verstraten - Sydney School of Veterinary Science
Professor Frazer Allan
- General Manager, Faculty of Science
Dr Emma Bowen
Associate Deans
- Associate Dean (Education)
Professor Pauline Ross - Associate Dean (Indigenous Strategy and Services)
Associate Professor Jaime Gongora - Associate Dean (Research)
Professor Stephen Bartlett - Associate Dean (Research Education)
Professor Louise Sharpe - Associate Dean (Student Affairs)
Associate Professor Helen Agus
- Associate Dean (Student Life)
Associate Professor John O'Byrne
- Educational Integrity Coordinator
Dr Caleb Owens - Chair, Examinations
Associate Professor Roslyn Bathgate
Nominated academics
Academic leaders
- Honours
Professor Bill Pritchard - Talented Students Showcase/Dalyell (TSP/DL)
Dr Toby Hudson - Work Integrated Learning
Dr Joy Becker
Undergraduate degree coordinators
- Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies stream: Agriculture, Agroecosystems
Associate Professor Tina Bell - Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies including advanced stream
Associate Professor Peter Rutledge - Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies stream: Animal Veterinary Bioscience and Bachelor of Veterinary Biology
Dr Gary Muscatello
- Bachelor of Psychology and Psychological Science
Associate Professor Ian Johnston - Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies stream: Food and Agribusiness
Dr Ali Khoddami - Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies stream: Health
Dr Rowena Forsyth - Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science
Professor Fiona White - Bachelor of Medical Science and Stream Coordinator (Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies stream: Medical Science)
Professor Philip Poronnik
Postgraduate program directors
- Agriculture and Environment
Associate Professor Daniel Tan - Clinical Psychology
Associate Professor Maree Abbott - Coaching Psychology
Dr Michael J. Cavanagh - Environmental Science
Associate Professor Jeffrey Neilson - Environmental Science and Law
Associate Professor Jeffrey Neilson - Medical Physics
Professor Annette Haworth - Nutrition and Dietetics
Professor Anna Rangan - Sustainability
Professor Manfred Lenzen - Veterinary Clinical Studies
Dr Peter Bennett - Veterinary Medicine
Associate Professor Jenny-Ann Toribio
Current students can find academic advisor contacts on Canvas.
- Education
Veronica Boulton - Executive Services
Marisa Cardoso - Partner Engagement and Outreach
Kristl Mauropoulos - Research and Research Training
Dr Sarah Brecknock - Technical Operations
Gemma Thompson and Jody Cutler
- Alumni and Development
Currently vacant - Finance
Tom Sapina
- Sydney Future Students
Louise Atkins - Human Resources
Brenda Rostron - Marketing and Communications
Laurie Guthrie
Please find a researcher (academic profiles) or refer to the staff directory for contact information.
To find out more about our research expertise or disciplines, please visit our research section.
