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 100 members, our cross-disciplinary team takes pride in the effective partnerships we develop with end-users of our research.
Leadership Team
Administration team
Research Groups
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Building and Urban Informatics
Building and Urban Informatics Members
Leader
- Professor Ning Gu - Professor in Architecture
Academic Staff
- Dr Andrew Allan - Senior Lecturer
- Professor Erik Champion - Enterprise Fellow
- Dr Aaron Davis - Research Associate
- Dr Robert Doe - Lecturer: Architecture
- Mr Darren Fong - Lecturer: Digital, Construction and Professional Practice
- Dr Sadasivam Karuppannan - Senior Lecturer
- Dr Julie Nichols - Lecturer: Architecture
- Dr Jorge Ochoa Paniagua - Senior Lecturer
- Dr Alpana Sivam - Research Degree Coordinator
- Dr Rongrong Yu - Enterprise Fellow
Adjunct Members
- Ms Sahar Soltani - Adjunct Research Associate
Affiliate Members
- Dr Rhoda Abadia - Program Facilitator
- Dr Ben Stubbs - Senior Lecturer
External Members
- Professor Ali Soltani
Postgraduate Students
- Arsham Bassiri Abyaneh
- Bashar Almosuli
- Victor Calixto
- Gabriela Dias Guimaraes
- Ayaz Khan
- Pan Liao
- Shaila Maheshwari
- Elita Nuraeny
- Madeleine Parkyn
- Rasoul Rafat
- dulini Rathnayake Mudiyanselage
- Lipon Saha
- Reshma Shrestha
- Zhaohong Sun
- Raziyeh Teimouri
- Chathuri Widanalage
- Trevor White
- Natale Zappia
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Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
Cognitive Neuroscience Members
Leader
- Professor Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky - Professor: Cognitive Neuroscience
Academic Staff
- Dr Alex Chatburn - Research Assistant
- Dr Zachariah Cross - Research Assistant
- Professor Matthias Schlesewsky - Professor
Postgraduate Students
- Hayley Caldwell
- Chloe Dziego
- Matthew Hendrickx
- Sophie Jano
- Ashley Platt
- Kate Riggall
- Daniel Rogers
- Isabella Sharrad
- Thinvina Thanabalan
- Li Zou
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Creative Computing Studio
Creative Computing Studio Members
Leader
- Professor Simon Biggs - Professor of Art
- Dr Deirdre Feeney - Lecturer: Contemporary Art
Academic Staff
- Mr David Blaiklock - Program Director: Bachelor of Design (Illustration and Animation)
- Mr Steve Kelly - Lecturer: Interior Construction/Digital
- Dr Josh McCarthy - Program Director: Media Arts
- Dr Sean Pickersgill - Senior Lecturer: Architecture
Adjunct Staff
- Mr Greg Donovan - Adjunct Senior Lecturer
- Professor Tim Gruchy - Adjunct Research Professor
Affiliate Staff
- Dr Kim Munro - Lecturer
- Dr Ash Tower - Academic Researcher
Postgraduate Students
- Alexander Degaris-Boot
- Thomas Folber
- Andrew Lymn-Penning
- Leslie Matthews
- Adisti Regar
- Tara Rowhani-Farid
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Design for Health and Wellbeing
Design for Health and Wellbeing Members
Leader
- Professor Ian Gwilt - Research Professor: Design
Academic Staff
- Dr Aaron Davis - Research Associate
- Ms Susannah Emery - Lecturer
- Dr Katherine Hepworth - Senior Lecturer
- Associate Professor Fanke Peng - Enterprise Fellow
Affiliate Members
- Dr Kath Dooley - Associate Professor
Postgraduate Students
- Jia Qi Chua
- Nikou Javadi
- Lorraine Marchioro
- Darren Talijaard
- Rui Zhang
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Empathic Computing
Empathic Computing Members
Leader
- Professor Mark Billinghurst - Professor of Human Computer Interaction
Academic Staff
- Dr Gun Lee - Senior Lecturer
Affiliate Staff
- Dr Ancret Szpak - Research Associate
- Dr Tobias Loetscher - Senior Lecturer: Psychology
Postgraduate Students
- Hyunwoo Cho
- Jonathon Hart
- Ashkan Hayati
- Allison Jing
- Louise Lawrence
- Urich Sanjeev Nandagopal
- Mitchell Norman
- Dmitry Resnyansky
- Hugo Tian
- Bowen Yuan
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Human Centred Design
Human Centred Design Members
Leader
- Dr Peter Schumacher - Senior Lecturer
Postgraduate Students
- Simon Modra
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Sensor Systems
Sensor Systems Members
Leader
- Professor Javaan Chahl - Professor of Sensor Systems
Academic Staff
- Dr Romeo Marian - Senior Lecturer
Postgraduate Students
- Ziyue Jin
- Nicholas Kaliszewski
- Fatema-Tuz-Zohra Khanam
- Yong Lee
- Alex Lefik
- John McGuire
- Blake McIvor
- Tran Xuan Bach Nguyen
- Titilayo Ogunwa
- Ioan Porumb
- Samuel Teague
- Yiting Tao
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Wearable Computing
Wearable Computing Members
Leader
- Associate Professor Ross Smith - Associate Professor in Computer Science
Academic Staff
- Miss Cathlyn Aston - Research Assistant
- Mr Nicolas Barbotin - Research Assistant
- Dr Oliver Bartdorff - Project Officer: IMCRC
- Dr Andrew Cunningham - Lecturer
- Mr Jack Fraser - Research Assistant
- Mr Nick Ireland - Research Assistant
- Mr Jeremy McDade - Research Assistant
- Mr Brandon McKay - Research Assistant
- Mr Antoine Odi - Research Assistant
- Mr Kadek Satriadi - Research Associate
- Professor Bruce Thomas - Professor
- Associate Professor Stewart Von Itzstein - Program Director
- Dr James Walsh - Enterprise Fellow
- Dr Jo Zucco - Program Director
Adjunct Staff
- Associate Professor Tomasz Bednarz
- Dr Daniel Harvie
- Dr Rudi Vernik
Affiliate Members
- Associate Professor Tom Raimondo - Associate Professor in Geology and Geochemistry
External Members
- Dr Henry Gardner
- Dr Jacob Ross
Postgraduate Students
- Daniel Ablett
- Thomas Clarke
- Adam Drogemuller
- Jamie Gower
- Radhika Jain
- Corey Martin
- Naomi Mathes
- Brandon Matthews
- Kieran May
- Jasmine Nguyen
- Spencer O'Keeffe
- Benjamin Volmer
- Chenkai Zhang
