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 90 members, our cross-disciplinary team takes pride in the effective partnerships we develop with end-users of our research.
Leadership Team
Administration team
- Mrs Amanda Johnston
Project Coordinator
- Ms Hannah Webber
Project Administrator
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
- Dr Aaron Davis - Academic Researcher
- Dr Robert Doe - Lecturer: Architecture
- Dr Aida Eslami Afrooz - Research Assistant
- Mr Darren Fong - Lecturer: Digital, construction and Professional Practice
- Dr Sadasivam Karuppannan - Senior Lecturer
- Dr Julie Nichols - Lecturer: Architecture
- Dr Alpana Sivam - Research Degree Coordinator
Affiliate Members
- Dr Ben Stubbs - Senior Lecturer
External Members
- Professor Ali Soltani
Postgraduate Students
- Arsham Bassiri Abyaneh
- Victor Calixto
- Gabriela Dias Guimaraes
- Pan Liao
- Stephen Nova
- Rasoul Rafat
- Sahar Soltani
- Natale Zappia
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Creative Computing Studio
Creative Computing Studio Members
Leader
- Professor Simon Biggs - Professor of 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
- Dr Andrew Welch - Lecturer
Adjunct Staff
- Mr Greg Donovan - Adjunct Senior Lecturer
- Professor Tim Gruchy - Adjunct Research Professor
Affiliate Staff
- Dr Ash Tower - Academic Researcher
Postgraduate Students
- Alexander Degaris-Boot
- Thomas Folber
- Leslie Matthews
- Adisti Regar
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Design for Health and Wellbeing
Design for Health and Wellbeing Members
Leader
- Professor Ian Gwilt - Research Professor: Design
Academic Staff
- Ms Susannah Emery - Lecturer
Postgraduate Students
- Jia Qi Chua
- Nikou javadi
- Lorraine Marchioro
- Darren Talijaard
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Empathic Computing
Empathic Computing Members
Leader
- Professor Mark Billinghurst - Professor of Human Computer Interaction
Academic Staff
- Dr Jun Ahn - Lecturer
- Dr Seungwon Kim - Research Associate
- Dr Gun Lee - Senior Lecturer
- Dr Tobias Loetscher - Senior Lecturer: Psychology
Affiliate Staff
- Dr Ancret Szpak - Research Associate
Postgraduate Students
- Jonathon Hart
- Ashkan Hayati
- Bradley Herbert
- Allison Jing
- Louise Lawrence
- Mitchell Norman
- Dmitry Resnyansky
- Theophilus Teo
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Human Centred Design
Human Centred Design Members
Leader
- Dr Peter Schumacher - Senior Lecturer
Academic Staff
- Mr John Nicoll - Academic Researcher
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
- Nasim Chitsaz
- Ziyue Jin
- Nicholas Kaliszewski
- Fatema-Tuz-Zohra Khanam
- Yong Lee
- Alex Lefik
- John McGuire
- Blake McIvor
- Titilayo Ogunwa
- Godagama Vidana Arachchilage Perera
- Ioan Porumb
- Kent Rosser
- Yiting Tao
- Samuel Teague
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Wearable Computing
Wearable Computing Members
Leader
- Associate Professor Ross Smith - Associate Professor in Computer Science
Academic Staff
- Mr Nicolas Barbotin - Research Assistant
- Dr James Baumeister - Research Fellow
- Dr Andrew Cunningham - Lecturer
- Mr Jack Fraser - Research Assistant
- Mr Jeremy McDade - Research Assistant
- Dr Damien Rompapas - Research Associate
- Mr Swoyen Suwa - Research Assistant
- Professor Bruce Thomas - Professor
- Associate Professor Stewart Von Itzstein - Program Director
- Dr James Walsh - Research Fellow
- Dr Joanne Zucco - Program Director
Adjunct Staff
- Associate Professor Tomasz Bednarz
- Dr Daniel Harvie
- Dr Rudi Vernik
External Members
- Dr Henry Gardner
- Dr Jacob Ross
Postgraduate Students
- Daniel Ablett
- Ruochen Cao
- Thomas Clarke
- Adam Drogemuller
- Jamie Gower
- Brandon Matthews
- Kieran May
- Carolin Reichherzer
- Benjamin Volmer
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Advisory Board
Advisory Board Members
Chair
- Professor Caroline McMillen - Chief Scientist of South Australia
Members
- Dr Kristin Alford - Director, MOD.
- Mr Peter Barnard - Manager, Engineering Design and Technical Services, SA Power
- Associate Professor Tomasz Bednarz - Director of Visualisation at the Expanded Perception & Interaction Centre, UNSW
- Professor Mark Billinghurst - Deputy Director: IVE
- Professor Ning Gu - Deputy Director: IVE
- Dr Judy Halliday - Dirctor, Science, Technology and Commercialisaton at Department of Innovation and Skills
- Mrs Karen Hughes - Organisational Change Manager, Saab Australia
- Professor Blair MacIntyre - Professor School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Professor Bruce Thomas - Director: IVE
- Dr Dadong Wang - Research Team Leader, Quantitative Imaging, CSIRO Data61