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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 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.
- 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 Kate Jolliffe
- Associate Dean (Student Affairs)
Associate Professor Helen Agus
- Associate Dean (Student Life)
Associate Professor John O'Byrne
- 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
- Honours
Associate Professor James Parkinson
- 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 Timothy Newsome - 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
Associate Professor Thomas Roberts - 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
- Education
Veronica Boulton - Executive Services
Marisa Cardoso - Partner Engagement and Outreach
Kristin Anderson
- Research and Research Training
Dr Sarah Brecknock - Technical Operations
Jody Cutler
Our researchers
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To find out more about our research expertise or disciplines, please visit our research section.
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