Our people

Dean, Faculty of Science

Professor Marcel Dinger

Marcel Dinger is Professor of Genome Biology and Dean of Science at the University of Sydney. He has 22 years' experience in genomics as both an academic and entrepreneur.

In addition to his research career, Marcel is co-founder of four start-ups in biotechnology and IT. He is a board director of Pryzm Health, a digital health enterprise focused on optimising patient care by empowering physicians with AI-based clinical decision support technology, and GenieUs, a genomics and machine-learning technology start-up dedicated to finding new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. He is President and Executive Committee Chair of the Australasian Genomics Technologies Association (AGTA), the principal body for the promotion of genomics research and technologies in Australasia.

Marcel served as Head of School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences at UNSW Sydney from 2019 to 2022 and is a former Director of the governance board of National Centre for Indigenous Genomics (NCIG), an ANU-based centre focused on using genomics to improve the health and well-being of Australia's First Peoples, and former Director of Scientia Clinical Research, a world-class clinical trials facility with a focus on early stage clinical research.

Key faculty staff

General Manager, Faculty of Science
Dr Emma Bowen

Associate Deans

Associate Dean (Education)
Professor Michael Wheatland
Associate Dean (Indigenous Strategy and Services)
Associate Professor Jaime Gongora
Associate Dean (Research)
Professor Kate Jolliffe
Associate Dean (Research Education)
Professor Bill Pritchard
Associate Dean (Student Affairs)
Associate Professor Sanaa Zaki
Associate Dean (Strategic Partnerships and External Engagement, SPEE)
Associate Professor Girish Lakhwani

Heads of School

School of Chemistry
Professor Peter Rutledge
School of Geosciences
Professor Neil Coe
School of History and Philosophy of Science
Professor Dominic Murphy
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Professor Jennifer Potts
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Professor Dingxuan Zhou
School of Physics
Professor Tara Murphy
School of Psychology
Professor Ben Colagiuri
Sydney School of Veterinary Science
Professor Jacqui Norris

Academic leaders and degree coordinators

Academic Leads

Honours
Associate Professor James Parkinson
Dalyell
Dr Toby Hudson
Work Integrated Learning
Dr Sabrina Lomax

Undergraduate Degree and Stream Coordinators

Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Agriculture)
Associate Professor Tina Bell
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies, and Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Advanced)
Associate Professor Timothy Newsome
Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Animal and Veterinary Bioscience)
Associate Professor Cameron Clark
Bachelor of Psychology and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
Associate Professor Ian Johnston
Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Food and Agribusiness)
Associate Professor Thomas Roberts
Bachelor of Science (Health) and Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Health)
Dr Maree Milross
Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science
Dr Daniela Helbig (Science major) and Dr Benjamin Miller (Arts major)
Bachelor of Science (Medical Science) and Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Medical Science)
Professor Philip Poronnik
Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Taronga Wildlife Conservation)
Associate Professor Catherine Herbert