List of University of Wollongong people

This is a list of University of Wollongong, Australia, people including notable alumni and staff.

Administration

Chancellors The Chancellor of the University of Wollongong serves as the nominal head of the university. As with most other university chancellors, the role is now largely ceremonial, though still quite prestigious. 1975-1996 Mr. Robert Marsden Hope 1997-2009 Mr. Mike Codd 2009–present Ms. Jillian Broadbent

Vice Chancellors The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wollongong serves as the chief executive officer of the university, and oversees most of the university's day-to-day operations, with the Chancellor serving in a largely ceremonial role. 1975-1980 Professor Michael Birt 1981-1994 Professor Ken McKinnon 1995-2011 Professor Gerald Sutton 2012–present Professor Paul Wellings

Staff

Prof. Salim Bouzerdoum — winner of 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prize[1] Prof. Hugh Bradlow - Chief Technology Officer, Telstra (retired)[2] Dr. Shady Cosgrove - nominated for The Australian/Vogel Literary Award 2007 Prof. Noel Cressie - Distinguished Professor of Spatial Statistics [3] Andrew Ford - English-born Australian composer, writer and radio presenter Prof. Aditya Ghose - computer scientist Richard Harland - author Rob Hood - author Dr. Nadirsyah Hosen - known for expertise on Sharia law and Indonesian law [4] Dr. Zenobia Jacobs - SCOPUS Young Researcher of the year [5] A/Prof. Kwan-Wu Chin - wireless technologist[6]

Prof. Yi Mu - cryptographer Jacky Redgate - artist Prof. Bert Roberts — Australian Laureate Fellow; discoverer of 'Hobbit'[7] Prof. Anatoly Rosenfeld - Director, Center for Medical Radiation Physics Dr. Kathy Rudkin - accounting theorist A/Prof. Ken Russell - statistician Willy Susilo - cryptographer Prof. Gordon Wallace - electromaterials scientist Alan Wearne - poet Dr. Glen Wheeler — mathematician, DAAD and Humboldt fellowship recipient [8] Dr. Jason Wilson - digital communications theorist Prof. Zhengyi Jiang - mechanical and computational mechanics scientist

Alumni

Graduates of the University of Wollongong are considered to be some of the most employable in the world. In 2012, in a survey of over 5,000 employers, the QS World University Rankings placed UOW at 99th in the world for graduate employability.^[9] As of 2014, the University has turned out more than a hundred thousand graduates, and also has members all over the world in 143 countries. Although a large number of alumni live in Wollongong and Sydney, and a significant number also live in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, London, New York and Washington, D.C..^[10][11]

Estelle Asmodelle - transsexual model, writer and activist Van Badham - writer Glenn Barkley - director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Kate Bell - actor, Blue Water High[12] Clare Bowen - actor, The Combination The Bracket Creeps - poetry boy band[13] Mez Breeze - new media artist Matt Brown - politician, academic and solicitor Building 25 - young emerging theatre group Michael Byrne - poet Jay Caselberg - author The Common Cold Poetry Collective - performance poets[14] Ben Creagh - rugby league player for the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL team Mark Cutifani - CEO, AngloAmerican Stef Dawson - actress, The Hunger Games[15] Bryan Doyle MP - NSW State Member for Campbelltown Steven Duda - engineering technologist Rebecca Evans, Curator Drew Fairley - writer/performer Lee Furlong - television presenter; Fox Sports news reader; wife of Australian cricketer Shane Watson Dan Ginnane - broadcaster on Triple M Radio and ESPN Television [16] Lisa Havilah - curator David Hurley - Former Australian Chief of Defence Force, Governor of New South Wales Michael Jones - culture and technology commentator Stephen Jones - Member of the Australian Parliament "Dr Karl" Kruszelnicki - scientist, author and commentator Patrick Lenton - playwright Tashi Lhamo - Honorary Member of the National Council of Bhutan

Lenny Ann Low - journalist and performer Stephen Martin - former Federal Parliamentary Speaker George McHugh - Big 4 auditor Julian McMahon - actor; son of former Australian Prime Minister Sir William McMahon Clinton Mead - Mayor of Campbelltown City Council Mikelangelo - from Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen[17][18] Josh Morris- rugby league player for the Bulldogs NRL team Bill Neskovski - playwright Jamie Peacock - England and Great Britain rugby league captain[19] Wendy Richardson - playwright Prof. Dr. Omowunmi A. Sadik - Professor of Chemistry at State University of New York, Binghamton; Director of Center for Advanced Sensors & Environmental Systems[20] B. Sandhya - Additional Director General of Police of Kerala state in India and an author Prof. Dr. Roger Summons - Professor of Geobiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; participating scientist with the search for organics in NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission Melanie Tait - ABC broadcaster Victoria Thaine - actor, Caterpillar Wish John Tranter - poet Bundit Ungrangsee - orchestral conductor Julienne van Loon - novelist Gareth Ward - local councillor on Shoalhaven City Council; Graduate Member of University Council; politician Graham West - Vice President, St Vincent De Pauls Jessica White - novelist[21] Lynne Williams - CEO and Director of NIDA Roslyn Judith (Judy) Wilyman - well-known anti-vaccination activist[22] Dr. Alex Zelinsky - Chief Defence Scientist of Australia; co-founder Seeing Machines Limited;[23] serves on UOW Council[24]

See also

• University of Wollongong
• University of Wollongong alumni
• University of Wollongong faculty

References

1. http://media.uow.edu.au/news/UOW109976.html
2. "Curtin Business School: Keynote Speakers, 2007". Retrieved 2008-10-10.
3. "Professor Noel Cressie". University of Wollongong.
4. http://lha.uow.edu.au/law/acastaff/UOW126835.html
5. "Dr Zenobia Jacobs". University of Wollongong.
6. "A/Prof Kwan-Wu Chin". University of Wollongong.
7. http://media.uow.edu.au/news/UOW153090.html
8. http://www.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@inf/documents/doc/uow085855.pdf
9. "University of Wollongong Rankings". Quacquarelli Symonds Limited.
10. "Global Connections at UOW". University of Wollongong.
11. "Alumni at UOW". University of Wollongong.
12. "Roller Coasters". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 May 2005. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
13. "The Illawarra Mercury, 19 February 2008, 'Poetry Creeps Take To Opera House',". Retrieved 2008-03-05.
14. UOW News -Common Cold Poetry Collective holds debut reading
15. Doherty, Megan (28 August 2013). "From the 'bush capital' to 'The Capitol'". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 21 January 2015.
16. "Video interview with Dan Ginnane". Retrieved 2009-10-23.
17. "Blog account of Mikel Simic at Wollongong University".
18. "The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 April 2007, 'Gadgets and Mikelangelo and the Black sea Gentlemen',". 2007-04-04. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
19. Fletcher, Paul (2008-04-25). "Peacock dares to dream". BBC. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
20. - Omowunmi Sadik, Faculty Spotlight, research.binghamton.edu
21. http://www.uow.edu.au/crearts/news/UOW054946.html
22. "Wollongong uni slammed for accepting PhD thesis on 'anti-vax conspiracies'". 7 News. January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
23. Board of Directors, Seeing Machines Limited.
24. UOW Council, www.uow.edu.au

External links

• UOW Alumni
• UOW Alumni Magazine