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Portrait of Professor Iain Young, Dean of Faculty of Science

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.

Heads of School

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

Key faculty staff

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 coordinators

Educational Integrity Coordinator
Dr Caleb Owens
Chair, Examinations
Associate Professor Roslyn Bathgate

Nominated academics

Academic leaders and degree coordinators

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