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

Beatrice Haselroither
VH2 Administrator
bhaselroither@swinburne.edu.au

Kerrin Pryor
Project Manager
kjpryor@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Anita Kocsis
Director
akocsis@swinburne.edu.au

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

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

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

Aaron Bourke
Scaling Catalyst Production for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
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

Dharathi Venkatesh
Intelligence based sustainable air mobility
dvenkatesh@swin.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

Jan Wadowski
Improvements to the productivity of the hydrogen direct reduction of iron through the application of CFD
jwadowski@swinburne.edu.au

Manashaa Madhavan
Design and optimization of hybrid hydrogen battery energy systems for community microgrids
mmadhavan@swinburne.edu.au

Analiese Barr PhD (Supervisor: Dr Julian Oldmeadow)  
Exploring social license in the hydrogen industry
anibarr@swinburne.edu.au

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

Pasangi Premadasa 
Photocatalysts for wastewater remediations using hydrogen manufacture
ppremadasa@swinburne.edu.au

Salim Hijazeen
The integration of vertiports into an existing commercial airport. Assessment framework and impact analysis 
shijazeen@swinburne.edu.au

Siripond Mullanu
Advanced data analytics framework for hydrogen-based integrated energy system to support green transportation 
smullanu@swinburne.edu.au

Tharindu Siyambalapitiya
Decarbonisation options for reheat furnaces
tsiyambalapitiya@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

Sumudu Upatissa PhD (Supervisor: Professor Zheng Lei)  
Hydrogen adoption in aviation
supatissa@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Virginia Kilborn
Chief Scientist
vkilborn@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

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

Dr Sarah McLean
Lecturer, Public and Environmental Health 
smclean@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Hussein Dia
Professor of Urban Mobility  
hdia@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Jamal Naser
School of Engineering  
jnaser@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian
Director, Siemens Swinburne Energy Transition Hub  
mseyedmahmoudian@swinburne.edu.au

Distinguished Professor Saad Mekhilef
School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies  
smekhilef@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Yvonne Durandet
School of Engineering  
ydurandet@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Boris Eisenbart
Research Director, Industry 4.0 Testlab 
beisenbart@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Daniel Eldridge
Senior Lecturer, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies 
deldridge@swinburne.edu.au

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