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.
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- 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
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Staff
- Prof. Salim Bouzerdoum — Winner of 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prize
- Prof. Hugh Bradlow - Chief Technology Officer, Telstra (Retired)[1]
- Prof. Noel Cressie - Distinguished Professor of Spatial Statistics [2]
- Dr. Shady Cosgrove - Nominated for The Australian/Vogel Literary Award 2007
- Prof. Aditya Ghose - computer scientist
- Richard Harland - author
- Rob Hood - author
- Dr. Nadirsyah Hosen - internationally known for his expertise on Sharia law and Indonesian law [3]
- Dr. Zenobia Jacobs - SCOPUS Young Researcher of the year [4]
- A/Prof. Kwan-Wu Chin - wireless technologist[5]
- Dr. Paul Nulsen - astronomer
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- Jacky Redgate - artist
- Prof. Bert Roberts — Australian Laureate Fellow and discoverer of 'Hobbit'
- 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 [6]
- Dr. Jason Wilson - digital communications theorist
- Prof. Zhengyi Jiang - Mechanical and computational mechanics scientist
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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.[7] 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..[8][9]
- Estelle Asmodelle - transsexual model, writer and activist
- Glenn Barkley - director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
- Kate Bell - actor, Blue Water High[10]
- Van Badham - writer
- The Bracket Creeps - poetry boyband[11]
- Mez Breeze - new media artist
- Clare Bowen - actor, The Combination
- Matt Brown - politician, academic and solicitor
- Building 25 - young and emerging theatre group
- Michael Byrne - Australian Poet
- Jay Caselberg - author
- The Common Cold Poetry Collective - Performance poets[12]
- Ben Creagh - rugby league player for the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL team
- Mark Cutifani - CEO, AngloAmerican
- Stef Dawson - actress, The Hunger Games (film series)[13]
- Bryan Doyle MP - NSW State Member for Campbelltown
- Drew Fairley - writer/performer
- Lee Furlong - television presenter, Fox Sports news reader and wife of Australian cricketer Shane Watson
- Dan Ginnane - Broadcaster on Triple M Radio and ESPN Television [14]
- Lisa Havilah - curator
- Stephen Jones - Member of the Australian Parliament
- Michael Jones - culture and technology commentator
- Mikelangelo - from Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen[15][16]
- "Dr Karl" Kruszelnicki - scientist, author and commentator
- Patrick Lenton - playwright
- Tashi Lhamo - Honorary Member of the National Council of Bhutan
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See also
References
- ↑ "Curtin Business School: Keynote Speakers, 2007". Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ↑ "Professor Noel Cressie". University of Wollongong.
- ↑ http://lha.uow.edu.au/law/acastaff/UOW126835.html
- ↑ "Dr Zenobia Jacobs". University of Wollongong.
- ↑ "A/Prof Kwan-Wu Chin". University of Wollongong.
- ↑ http://www.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@inf/documents/doc/uow085855.pdf
- ↑ "University of Wollongong Rankings". Quacquarelli Symonds Limited.
- ↑ "Global Connections at UOW". University of Wollongong.
- ↑ "Alumni at UOW". University of Wollongong.
- ↑ "Roller Coasters". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 May 2005. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
- ↑ "The Illawarra Mercury, 19 February 2008, 'Poetry Creeps Take To Opera House',". Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ↑ UOW News -Common Cold Poetry Collective holds debut reading
- ↑ Doherty, Megan (28 August 2013). "From the 'bush capital' to 'The Capitol'". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Video interview with Dan Ginnane". Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ↑ "Blog account of Mikel Simic at Wollongong University".
- ↑ "The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 April 2007, 'Gadgets and Mikelangelo and the Black sea Gentlemen',". 2007-04-04. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ↑ Fletcher, Paul (2008-04-25). "Peacock dares to dream". BBC. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ↑ - Omowunmi Sadik, Faculty Spotlight, research.binghamton.edu
- ↑ http://www.uow.edu.au/crearts/news/UOW054946.html
- ↑ Board of Directors, Seeing Machines Limited.
- ↑ UOW Council, www.uow.edu.au
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