University of Western Australia

Leadership & Staff

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Katie Attwell Australian political scientist, sociologist and behavioural psychologist

• Senior lecturer and academic researcher at the UWA School of Social Sciences ('17→?)

Mitali Sarkar-Tyson Professor/Research Fellow at University of Western Australia

• Lead Researcher

Shayne Loft Professor at the University of Western Australia

• Professor

Troy Visser Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia

• Associate Professor

Peter Dean Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education)

• Professor & Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) (Jan '18→?)

Charitha Pattiaratchi Professor

• Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Oceans Graduate School

Amit Chakma President & Vice Chancellor, Western University

• Vice-Chancellor and President (Jul '20→?)

Josephine Wapakabulo Electrical engineer with a PhD in data standards and an executive MBA from INSEAD

• Teaching Fellow (past)

Hayley Winchcombe Economics and Policy @ Mandala | ASEAN-Australia ties

• Teaching Assistant, Global Challenges, Research & Leadership 1000 ('20)

Ben Goertzel CEO Singularity.Net

• Cognitive Science Research Fellowship ('95→?)*

Board Members

Deidre Willmott Non Executive Director

• Member Centre for Rock Research; Management Advisory Board ('13→?)

Robert French Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia

• Chancellor (Dec '17→?)

Michael A Chaney Chairman, Wesfarmers

• Chancellor (?→Dec '17)

Donors

Department of Defence (Australia) Australian government department charged with the responsibility to defend Australia and its national interests.

• Strategic Policy Grant · 1,300,000 USD (Jul '20)

Child Organizations

Perth USAsia Centre Think-tank for strengthening of relationships between Australia, the Indo-Pacific and the United States

• AUSTRALIA'S LEADING THINK-TANK FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA, THE INDO-PA

Memberships

Australian Plant Phenomics Network - APPN National network of plant phenotyping solutions and sensors, backed by specialist technical and data expertise.

• Host Organisation

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association Petroleum lobby group which includes state organisations

• Member

Students

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Vanessa Guthrie Retired managing director and CEO of Toro Energy Limited

• Undergraduate (Feb '07→Nov '10)

Tudor Harvey Barnett AKA Harvey Barnett | ASIO Director-General 1981-1985 | Code name 'Scorpion' | Joined ASIS in 1957

• Undergraduate (?→Feb '48)

Hayley Winchcombe Economics and Policy @ Mandala | ASEAN-Australia ties

• Bachelor's Degree, Philosophy (1st Class Honours) (past)*

Caroline Chan Executive | Board Director | Banking & Finance | Strategy | Risk | Australia-ASEAN Council

• Bachelor's Degree, Economics (Acc & Finance) (Jan '95→Dec '99)* [+1]

• LLB (Jan '95→Dec '99)*

Grant Walsh

• PhD, Costal Management ('04→'10)

Richard J B Goyder Chairman, Australian Football League | Chairman, Qantas | Chairman, Woodside Petroleum

• Bachelor's Degree, Commerce (past)

Greg Moriarty Secretary of the Department of Defence | DIO | Australian Army Reserve

• BA, Honours (past)

Andrew Forrest Australian mining billionaire

• Bachelor's Degree, Economics & Politics (past)

Christian Porter Australian Liberal Party politician and lawyer

• LLB (past) [+1]

• Bachelor's Degree, Economics & Politics (past)*

Ben Pronk Managing Partner, Mettle Global | Commanding Officer SASR

• MBA (Jan '17→Dec '17)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Re-Engineering Australia Foundation Foundation focused on promoting STEM among young Australians

• Affiliation

Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) DMTC works collaboratively with many innovative Australian industry, research and government partners.

• Project Partner

Defence Science Centre Western Australia

• Partner

Forrest Research Foundation

• partner

Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force

• Collaborator*

The Human Factors and Applied Cognition laboratory (HuFAC) Conducts a series of research projects with support from several key government and industry agencies

• Research Laboratory

Austal Austal is Australia's global shipbuilder, defence prime contractor and maritime technology partner of choice; designing, constructing and supporting revolutionary defence and commercial vessels

• Partner*

HUMAN PERFORMANCE RESEARCH NETWORK HPRnet was established through Army funding to help to address Human Performance research requirements, and expanded to address research priorities for Army, Navy and Air Force.

• Affiliation