The Victorian Hydrogen Hub team brings together expertise from across Swinburne University of Technology. Design Factory Melbourne engages an interdisciplinary team to lend their knowledge, skills and insights to diverse hydrogen challenges. The Factory of the Future responds to evolving hydrogen needs in the industry, getting business ready for a hydrogen economy.

Leadership team

Administration

Beatrice Haselroither
VH2 Administrator
bhaselroither@swinburne.edu.au

Kate Hutcheson
Communications and Outreach Advisor 
khutcheson@swinburne.edu.au

Skills Roadmap

Kerrin Pryor
Project Manager
kjpryor@swinburne.edu.au

Engagement – Design Factory Melbourne

Professor Anita Kocsis
Director
akocsis@swinburne.edu.au

Stefan Lodewyckx
Hydrogen Futures Researcher
slodewyckx@swinburne.edu.au

Research Fellows

Dr Steven Percy
Senior Research Fellow
Hydrogen Modelling
spercy@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Kim Beasy
Adjunct Research Fellow
Social impacts of Hydrogen Technology
kbeasy@swinburne.edu.au

Madeline Van Dongen
VH2/AIR Hub Hydrogen Storage Technologies
mvandongen@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Mahtab Jahantab
Hydrogen and renewable supply chain
mjahantab@swinburne.edu.au

Readiness – Factory of the Future

Associate Professor Prem Prakash Jayaraman
Director, Factory of the Future
pjayaraman@swinburne.edu.au

Impact Masters scholarships

Jan Wadowski
Reduction of iron ore using hydrogen 
jwadowski@swinburne.edu.au

Tharindu Siyambalapitiya
Decarbonisation options for reheat furnaces
tsiyambalapitiya@swinburne.edu.au

Impact PhD scholarships

Aaron Bourke
Improving the efficiency of power to X
aaronbourke@swinburne.edu.au

Ankit Jadhav
Hydrogen generator efficiency for performance enhancements for reducing ecological impacts  
ajadhav@swinburne.edu.au

Bima Satritama
Silicon production using hydrogen
bsatritama@swinburne.edu.au

David Holder
The role of hydrogen in decarbonising (sea) ports
dholder@swinburne.edu.au

Dorsa Alipour
Energy model focusing on planning green urban freight transport networks using hydrogen as an alternative fuel
dalipour@swinburne.edu.au

Gopal Pandey
Use of Hydrogen in Steelmaking
gopalpandey@swinburne.edu.au

Manashaa Madhavan
Hybrid hydrogen battery energy systems for community microgrids
mmadhavan@swinburne.edu.au

Md. Nasir Uddin
Techno-economic and life cycle assessment for renewable green fuels 
mdnasiruddin@swinburne.edu.au

Salim Hijazeen
Hydrogen Adoption in Aviation
shijazeen@swinburne.edu.au

Siripond Mullanu
Advanced data analytics for integrated energy systems 
smullanu@swinburne.edu.au

Qurat Ul Ain Yasin
Techno-economic analysis of liquid organic hydrogen carriers  
qyasin@swinburne.edu.au

Zizhao Peng
Additive manufacturing of lightweight structures for hydrogen powered vehicles
zpeng@swinburne.edu.au

Swinburne ecosystem

Professor Virginia Kilborn
Chief Scientist
vkilborn@swinburne.edu.au

Fiona Knowles
Director Learning Design & Innovation
fknowles@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Alex Stojcevski
Dean of School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies
astojcevski@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Pat Rajeev
Chair, Department of Civil and Construction 
prajeev@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Adriano Di Pietro
Director, AIR Hub
adipietro@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Zheng Lei
Chair, Department of Aviation
zlei@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Akbar Rhamdhani
Director of Fluid and Process Dynamics (FPD) Group
arhamdhani@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Dong Ruan
Chair, Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering
druan@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Joshua Allwright
Research Associate
jallwright@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Carolyn Beasley
Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication
cbeasley@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Geoffrey Brooks
Professor, Engineering
gbrooks@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Tommy Cheung
Senior Lecturer, Aviation
tommycheung@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Kay Cook
Professor,  Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
kcook@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Hadi Ghaderi
Major Discipline Coordinator, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
hghaderi@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Rosalie Hocking
Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry anf Biotechnology
rhocking@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Ambarish Kulkarni
Senior Lecturer, Computer Aided Engineering
ambarishkulkarni@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Julian Oldmeadow
Senior Lecturer, Psychology
joldmeadow@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Mahnaz Shafiei
Lead, Sensing Technology Research
mshafiei@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Feng Wang
Professor, Chemistry
fwang@swinburne.edu.au

Dr James Williams
Course Director, Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Advanced)
jwilliams@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Sam Wilson
Associate Professor, Management
sgwilson@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Ali Yavari
Director of the 6G Research and Innovation Laboratory
ayavari@swinburne.edu.au

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