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

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

Dr Bruce Organ
Decarbonising freight transport, Victorian Hydrogen Hub and iMOVE CRC  
borgan@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

David Holder
Project thematic area: The role of hydrogen in decarbonising ports
dholder@swinburne.edu.au

Manashaa Madhavan
Project thematic area: Diversity in hydrogen
mmadhavan@swinburne.edu.au

Tharindu Siyambalapitiya
Project thematic area: Decarbonisation options for reheat furnaces
tsiyambalapitiya@swinburne.edu.au

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

Impact PhD scholarships

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

Gopal Pandey
Project thematic area: Use of Hydrogen in Steelmaking
gopalpandey@swinburne.edu.au

Rob Hamilton
Project thematic area: Understanding about hydrogen among the public
robhamilton@swinburne.edu.au

Salim Hijazeen
Project thematic area: Hydrogen Adoption in Aviation
shijazeen@swinburne.edu.au

Siripond Mullanu
Project thematic area: Advanced data analytics for integrated energy systems 
smullanu@swinburne.edu.au

Aaron Bourke
Project thematic area: Investigation into how organic ligands modulate the activity of metal oxides for water oxidation catalysis – Improving the efficiency of power to X
aaronbourke@swinburne.edu.au

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

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

Zizhao Peng
Project thematic area: 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 Hussein Dia
Department Chair, Civil & Construction Engineering
hdia@swinburne.edu.au

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

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

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

Professor Dong Ruan
Department Chair, 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 in the Department of 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 & Biotechnology
rhocking@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Ambarish Kullkarni
Senior Lecturer, Computer Aided Engineering
ambarishkulkarni@swinburne.edu.au

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

Associate Professor Mahnaz Shafiei
Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow, Women in STEM
mshafiei@swinburne.edu.au

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

Dr Melissa Wheeler
Senior Lecturer, Management
mwheeler@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

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

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