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Our people

Innovative and engaged researchers

Meet the IVE team

IVE brings together some of the brightest minds in AR and VR research from across the University to address societal challenges and transform industry in sectors such as housing, defence and healthcare.

With more than 130 members, our cross-disciplinary team takes pride in the effective partnerships we develop with end-users of our research.

Leadership Team

Professor Mark Billinghurst
Professor Mark Billinghurst
Director: IVE, Empathic Computing
Associate Professor Fanke Peng
Associate Professor Fanke Peng
Deputy Director: IVE, Enterprise Fellow, Design for Health and Wellbeing
Dr James Walsh
Dr James Walsh
Deputy Director, Enterprise Fellow, Wearable Computing
Professor Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky
Professor Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky
Professor: Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience
Associate Professor Erik Champion
Associate Professor Erik Champion
Enterprise Fellow, Playful Cultures
Dr Andrew Cunningham
Dr Andrew Cunningham
Senior Lecturer, Wearable Computing
Dr Deirdre Feeney
Dr Deirdre Feeney
Senior Lecturer: Contemporary Art, Creative Computing Studio
Professor Ian Gwilt
Professor Ian Gwilt
Research Professor: Design, Design for Health and Wellbeing
Dr Gun Lee
Dr Gun Lee
Senior Lecturer, Empathic Computing
Dr Julie Nichols
Dr Julie Nichols
Senior Lecturer, Building & Urban Informatics
Dr Jorge Ochoa Paniagua
Dr Jorge Ochoa Paniagua
Senior Lecturer, Building and Urban Informatics
Dr Peter Schumacher
Dr Peter Schumacher
Senior Lecturer, Studio for Complex Human Environment Design
Professor Bruce Thomas
Professor Bruce Thomas
Professor, Wearable Computing
Dr Rongrong Yu
Dr Rongrong Yu
Enterprise Fellow, Senior Lecturer (Architecture), Building and Urban Informatics
Dr Jo Zucco
Dr Jo Zucco
MCR Representative, Wearable Computing
Dr Ben Stubbs
Dr Ben Stubbs
MCR Representative, Building and Urban Informatics
Dr James Baumeister
Dr James Baumeister
ECR Representative, Wearable Computing

Full members

Associate Professor Rhodora (Rhoda) Abadia
Dean Academic, College of Engineering and IT, University of South Australia Online
(08) 8302 9326
Rhoda.Abadia@unisa.edu.au
Dr M. Shokry Abdelaal
Program Facilitator, University of South Australia Online
(08) 8302 9321
Shokry.Abdelaal@unisa.edu.au
Dr Andrew Allan
Senior Lecturer, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 1476
Andrew.Allan@unisa.edu.au
Dr Mehdi Amirkhani
Online Course Facilitator , University of South Australia Online
(08) 8302 2652
Mehdi.Amirkhani@unisa.edu.au
Mr Nic Barbotin
Research Associate, UniSA STEM
(08) 8302 3739
Nic.Barbotin@unisa.edu.au
Mr David Blaiklock
Program Director: Bachelor of Design (Illustration and Animation), UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 0676
David.Blaiklock@unisa.edu.au
Dr James Calvert
Senior Lecturer in Animation, UniSA Creative
Not Available
James.Calvert@unisa.edu.au
Dr Alex Chatburn
Lecturer, UniSA Justice & Society
(08) 8302 4919
Alex.Chatburn@unisa.edu.au
Dr Aaron Davis
Senior Lecturer, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 0672
Aaron.Davis@unisa.edu.au
Dr Robert Doe
Lecturer: Architecture, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 0519
Robert.Doe@unisa.edu.au
Mr Gregory Donovan
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UniSA Creative
Not Available
Gregory.Donovan@unisa.edu.au
Associate Professor Kath Dooley
Associate Professor, UniSA Creative
Not Available
Kath.Dooley@unisa.edu.au
Dr Adam Drogemuller
Lecturer: Information Technology, UniSA STEM
Not Available
Adam.Drogemuller@unisa.edu.au
Dr Susannah Emery
Lecturer, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 5929
Susannah.Emery@unisa.edu.au
Dr Nick Fewster-Young
Program Director, UniSA STEM
(08) 8302 7383
Nick.Fewster-Young@unisa.edu.au
Mr Darren Fong
Lecturer: Digital, Construction and Professional Practice, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 0039
Darren.Fong@unisa.edu.au
Jack Fraser
Research Assistant, UniSA STEM
Not Available
Jack.Fraser@unisa.edu.au
Professor Ning Gu
Professor in Architecture, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 0349
Ning.Gu@unisa.edu.au
Dr KJ Hepworth
Senior Research Fellow, UniSA Creative
Not Available
KJ.Hepworth@unisa.edu.au
Dr Ruchini Jayasinghe
Online Course Facilitator, University of South Australia Online
Not Available
Ruchini.Jayasinghe@unisa.edu.au
Dr Thilini Jayawickrama
Program Director, UniSA STEM
(08) 8302 7427
Thilini.Jayawickrama@unisa.edu.au
Dr Sadasivam Karuppannan
Senior Lecturer, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 1066
Sadasivam.Karuppannan@unisa.edu.au
Mr Steve Kelly
Lecturer: Interior Construction/Digital, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 0364
Steve.Kelly@unisa.edu.au
Associate Professor Paul Lee
Program Director, UniSA STEM
(08) 8302 3757
Paul.Lee2@unisa.edu.au
Dr Kate Little
Lecturer / Research Fellow, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 0235
Kate.Little@unisa.edu.au
Professor Tobias Loetscher
Professor in Cognitive Psychology, UniSA Justice & Society
(08) 8302 9956
Tobias.Loetscher@unisa.edu.au
Dr Madhavee Mahinkanda
Lecturer: Construction Management, UniSA STEM
Not Available
Madhavee.Mahinkanda@unisa.edu.au
Dr Josh McCarthy
Program Director: Visual Effects, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 4512
Josh.McCarthy@unisa.edu.au
Dr Kim Munro
Program Director: Film and Television, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 9409
Kim.Munro@unisa.edu.au
Dr Sarah Neville
Casual teaching activities, UniSA Education Futures
Not Available
Sarah.Neville@unisa.edu.au
Mr Alex Pepicelli
Research Assistant, UniSA STEM
Not Available
Alex.Pepicelli@unisa.edu.au
Dr Sean Pickersgill
Senior Lecturer: Architecture, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 0653
Robert.Pickersgill@unisa.edu.au
Professor Tom Raimondo
Dean Academic, College of Science, UniSA STEM
(08) 8302 6661
Tom.Raimondo@unisa.edu.au
Professor Matthias Schlesewsky
Professor, UniSA Justice & Society
Not Available
Matthias.Schlesewsky@unisa.edu.au
Dr Ghazaleh Sepahpour
Lecturer: Product and Industrial Design, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 3840
Ghazaleh.Sepahpour@unisa.edu.au
Dr Alpana Sivam
Senior Lecturer, UniSA Creative
(08) 8302 1850
Alpana.Sivam@unisa.edu.au
Dr Rosa Teimouri
Lecturer, UniSA Creative
Not Available
Rosa.Teimouri@unisa.edu.au
Dr Theo Teo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UniSA STEM
(08) 8302 3330
Theo.Teo@unisa.edu.au
Dr Ben Volmer
Lecturer, UniSA STEM
Not Available
Ben.Volmer@unisa.edu.au
Associate Professor Stewart Von Itzstein
Associate Professor in Computer Science, UniSA STEM
(08) 8302 3056
Stewart.VonItzstein@unisa.edu.au
Dr Kevin Zheng Wang
Lecturer, UniSA STEM
Not Available
KevinZheng.Wang@unisa.edu.au
Dr Zahra Yousefi
Research Associate, UniSA STEM
Not Available
Zahra.Yousefi@unisa.edu.au

Project Team

Mrs Tracy Goodchild
Project Officer, UniSA STEM
(08) 8302 3687
Tracy.Goodchild@unisa.edu.au

Research degree students

  • Adii Shtykov
  • Agarride Mahdi
  • Alaa Aljurais
  • Amanda Kelly
  • Andrew Lymn-Penning
  • Ashkan Farrokh Hayati
  • Ashley Platt
  • Bashar Almosuli
  • Bowen Yuan
  • Catherine Barnes
  • Chathuri Widanalage
  • Chenkai Zhang
  • Corey Martin
  • Daniel Rogers
  • Darren Taljaard
  • Dmitry Resnyansky
  • Dulini Rathnayake Mudiyanselage
  • Elita Nuraeny
  • Emma Sheffield
  • Fadilah Arief
  • George Martin
  • Hamidreza Sakhaei
  • Hanaa Ibrahim
  • Hayley Caldwell
  • Huayuan Tian
  • Hyunwoo Cho
  • Jamie Gower
  • Jasmine Nguyen
  • Jason Dow
  • Jiang Wu
  • Juan Pieschacon
  • Kaining Zhang
  • Katherine Bell
  • Kingsley Stephens
  • Lorraine Marchioro
  • Louise Lawrence
  • Madeleine Parkyn
  • Madeline Zabar
  • Mahsa Makki Alamdari
  • Megan Roodenrys
  • Natale Zappia
  • Nikou Javadi
  • Nurul Fakriah
  • Radhika Jain
  • Ran Zhou
  • Rasoul Rafat
  • Rebecca Stewart
  • Richie Koo
  • Rory Thoman
  • Rui Zhang
  • Shaila Maheshwari
  • Simon Modra
  • Songkai Jia
  • Sophia Booij
  • Soroush Masoumzadeh
  • Spencer O'Keefe
  • Tabitha McLoughney
  • Tara Rowhani-Farid
  • Thi Thanh Hoa Tran
  • Thinvina Thanabalan
  • Thomas Clarke
  • Tianye Miao
  • Trevor White
  • Urich Nandagopal
  • Venus St Germain
  • Xiaojiao Du
  • Xinyang Feng
  • Xuan Tien Pham
  • Yan Wang
  • Yue Dong

Affiliate Members

 

Adjunct Members

External Members

Contact us

Australian students

Phone: +61 8 8302 2376
Enquiry: unisa.edu.au/enquiry

International students

Phone: +61 8 9627 4854
Enquiry: unisa.edu.au/enquiry

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