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Department staff

Department staff

The Department currently comprises ten full-time teaching staff, many from overseas, supported by several research staff, part-time teaching staff, administrative and technical staff.

Full-time teaching staff

Part-time teaching staff

Research staff

Adjunct staff

Administration staff

 

 

 

Full-time teaching staff  
Veenendaal, Bert (Dr) Associate Professor, Head of Department, Coordinator of Undergraduate GIScience programs, Tel: +618 9266 7565, biography
Awange, Joseph (Dr) Curtin Research Fellow, Tel: +618 9266 7600, biography
Bae, Kwang-Ho (Dr) Lecturer, Tel: +618 9266 7604, biography
Claessens, Sten (Dr) Lecturer, Tel: +618 9266 3178, biography
Corner, Robert (Dr) Senior Lecturer, Coordinator of Undergraduate Cartography program and Graduate programs, Tel: +618 9266 7605, biography
El-Mowafy, Ahmed (Dr) Senior Lecturer, Tel: +618 9266
Featherstone, Will (Dr) Professor of Geodesy, Tel: +618 9266 2734, biography
Kirby, Jon (Dr) Senior Lecturer, Coordinator of Postgraduate Research Programs, Tel: +618 9266 7701, biography
Kuhn, Michael (Dr) Senior Lecturer, Tel: +618 9266 7603, biography
Schut, Tom (Dr) Lecturer, Tel: +618 9266 2691, biography
Snow, Tony (Mr) Senior Lecturer, Coordinator of Undergraduate Surveying programs Tel: (618) 9266 4127, biography
Xia, Cecilia (Dr) Lecturer, Tel: +618 9266 7563, biography
Part-time teaching staff  
Mr Bob Atkinson, BAppSc (Curtin) LS, MMSIA, MISAust Surveying, computer programming, photo
Mr Michael Tassell, BA (UWA), DipCart, DipEngSurv, DipAppLang (PTC), MSIA Thematic cartography, map production, photo
Mr John Walker, BAppSc, PGradDip(Surv&Mapp) (Curtin) Surveying, photo
Research staff  
Mr David Belton, BCSc, BSc (Hons 1) (Curtin) Photogrammetry, terrestrial laser scanning, combinatory optimisation, numerical analysis, photo
Ms Elizabeth-Kate (E-K) Gulland, BCSc (Hons) (Curtin) Web-based GIS, interactive GIS, photo
Dr Grit Schuster, Dipl. Env. Sci (Vechta), PhD (Freiburg) Application of remote sensing, image processing, GIS and spatial modelling technologies, photo
Adjunct staff  
Dr Graciela Metternicht, Adjunct Professor Professor of Geospatial Science
Dr Louis Moresi, Adjunct Professor
BA (Hons 1) MSc (Cantab), DPhil (Oxford)
Mantle convection, high-performance computing, applied mathematics
Dr Nigel Penna, Adjunct
BEng (Hons 1), MSc, PhD (Nott)
High precision GPS, GPS meteorology, deformation monitoring
Dr Chris Swain, Adjunct A/Professor
BSc (Hons) (Bristol), MSc (Birmingham), PhD (Leicester)
Isostasy, exploration geophysics
Administration staff  
Mrs Pam Kapica Administrative assistant, photo
Mrs Meredith Mulcahy, BA (UWA), GradDipLibStud (WAIT) Project officer, photo
Mrs Lori Patterson, DipEd (ECU), BEd (Curtin) Project officer, photo
Mrs Caroline Rockliff Secretary, photo
Mr John Walker Technical officer, photo