People
Assoc Prof Iftekhar Ahmed
Associate Professor
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Policy and social aspects of disaster risk reduction, sustainable development goals, disaster resilience in the built environment, post-disaster housing.
- Ifte.Ahmed@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216011
Assoc Prof Graham Brewer
Associate Professor
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Project management, construction management, disaster preparedness, sustainable development, disaster risk reduction, disaster risk reduction.
- Graham.Brewer@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215794
Professor Thayaparan Gajendran
Head of School and Dean
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Resilience, cultural built heritage, adaptation and conservation, disaster preparedness, risk management, climate change.
- Thayaparan.Gajendran@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215781
Professor Temitope Egbelakin
Professor
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Disaster resilience, smart and resilient cities and informatics, maintenance and adaptive reuse of buildings.
- T.Egbelakin@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240553028
Dr Helen Giggins
Deputy Head of School
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Post-disaster reconstruction, information modelling, data security, resilient communities, cultural heritage, trust and privacy.
- Helen.Giggins@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216424
Dr Thomas Cooper-Johnson
Program Convenor
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Disaster resilience of internally displaced people and refugees, mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction in humanitarian projects, disaster waste management
- Thomas.Johnson@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240553430
Dr Sittimont Kanjanabootra
Senior Lecturer
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Digital display of bushfires, scenario-based computer game to safely teach undergraduate students lessons from the frontline.
- Sittimont.Kanjanabootra@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216396
Assoc Prof Jamie MacKee
Honorary Associate Professor
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Resilience, cultural built heritage, adaptation and conservation, disaster preparedness, risk management, climate change.
- Jamie.Mackee@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249217451
Assoc Prof Kim Maund
Associate Dean of Education
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Understand and map policy systems to assist communities build capacity, become resilient and ultimately reduce impacts from future disaster events.
- Kim.Maund@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216729
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