Our people

Ms Mira van der Ley

Technical Officer & Associate Lecturer

Phone: +61 400 719 861
Email: m.vanderley@unsw.edu.au

Office: 
Room G23A,
Biological Sciences Building (D26)
UNSW, Kensington 2052

Ms Hayley Bates

Technical Officer & Associate Lecturer

Field of research: Conservation, species limitations, adaptation, 

Contact details:
Phone: +61 2 9385 0377
Email: h.bates@unsw.edu.au

Office: 
Room G23A
Biological Sciences Building (D26)
UNSW, Kensington 2052

Ms Elizabeth Dowding

Seminar Convener, Casual Academic/Research Assistant

Phone:  +61 2 9385 2008
Email: e.dowding@unsw.edu.au

Office: 
Room 664
Biological Sciences Building (D26)
UNSW, Kensington 205

Elizabeth is a PhD candidate studying Devonian Biogeography under the supervision of Malte Ebach and Shawn Laffan. 

Elizabeth undertakes a number of support roles in ESSRC, including maintainance of the fossil collection catalogue and as seminar convener for the research centre. 

Ms Anna Gillespie

Field of research: Vertebrate palaeontology, marsupial lions

Phone: +61 2 9385 2069
Email: a.gillespie@unsw.edu.au

Office: 
Room LG20, D26 Building
UNSW, Kensington 2052

Mr William Hiscock

Role: Technical Officer

Email: w.hiscock@unsw.edu.au

Jessica McConkey

Administrator

Phone: +61 2 9385 8865
Email: j.mcconkey@unsw.edu.au

Office: 
School Office | Room 520
Biological Sciences North (D26)
UNSW, Kensington 2052

Dr Troy Myers

Technical Officer; Casual Academic

Field of research: Vertebrate palaeontology, palaeoecology, marsupial phylogenetics, Vombatiform evolution

Phone: +61 (2) 93852069
Email: t.myers@unsw.edu.au

Office: 
LG20 & Room 558
D26 Building

Kim Nguyen

Administrator

Phone: 9385 2015
Email: knga.nguyen@unsw.edu.au

Office: 
Room 533
Biological Sciences Building (D26)
UNSW, Kensington 2052

Hugh Bannister

Role: MPhil candidate

Georgia Soares

Role: ESSRC Executive | Student Representative | PhD Candidate

Erica Barlow

Role: PhD candidate

Field of research: The diversification of life post Great Oxidation Event, as preserved in the Paleoproterozoic Turee Creek Group, Western Australia

Email: e.barlow@student.unsw.edu.au

Brett Biddlington

Role: PhD candidate

Email: brett.biddington@student.unsw.edu.au

Richard Blake

Role: MPhil candidate

Field of research: Early Life

Email: r.blake@student.unsw.edu.au

Geoffrey Brown

Role: PhD candidate

Field of research: Urban geography; neoliberalism; welfare state; youth culture

Email: g.brown@unsw.edu.au

Eric Chen

Role: PhD Candidate

Field of research: Geochemistry

Email: qian.chen@student.unsw.edu.au

Mark Constantine

Field of research: Fire, paleoenvironment

Email: mark.constantine@unsw.edu.au

Kerrie Dougherty

Role: PhD candidate

Field of research: History of Australian space activities

Email: kerrie.dougherty@gmail.com

Elizabeth Dowding

Role: PhD Candidate, Event Coordinator

Field of research: Devonian Biogeography

Email: e.dowding@unsw.edu.au

Phone: +61 29385 2008

Chad Gardner

Role: MPhil candidate

Email: chad.gardner@student.unsw.edu.au

Sophia German

Role: PhD Candidate

Email: sophia.german@unsw.edu.au

Mark Healey

Role: MPhil candidate

Email: mark.healey@student.unsw.edu.au

Phone: +61 418 273 400

Chao Huang

Role: PhD candidate

Field of research: Systematics and biogeograpghy of freshwater crabs

Email: chao.huang3@student.unsw.edu.au

Jingyi Huang

Role: PhD candidate

Email: jing.y.huang@student.unsw.edu.au

Phone: +61 2 9385 3645

Yi-Ling Hwong

Role: PhD Candidate

Field of research: Science Communication & Machine Learning

Email: y.hwong@unsw.edu.au

Alexsandra Kalinowski

Email: a.kalinowski@student.unsw.edu.au

Bok Khoo

Role: MPhil candidate

Email: bok.khoo@student.unsw.edu.au

Phone: +61 2 9385 2125

Isabelle Kingsley

Role: PhD Candidate

Field of research: Science communication and informal science education

Email: Isabelle.Kingsley@student.unsw.edu.au

Phone: 02 9217 0349

Angela Lay

Role: PhD candidate

Email: angela.lay@student.unsw.edu.au

Camilo Lopez-Aguirre

Role: MSc candidate

Field of research: Palaeoecology and palaeobiology of mammals

Email: c.lopez-aguirre@unsw.edu.au

Len Martin

Role: PhD Candidate

Field of research: Palaeoenvironment

Email: lennard@student.unsw.edu.au

Phone: +61 411 574 330

Campbell McKay

Role: PhD Candidate

Field of research: Human Geography

Email: campbell.mckay@unsw.edu.au

Phone: +61 411 574 330

Muddassar Muzzamal

Role: MPhil candidate

Brendan Nomchong

Role: PhD Candidate

Field of research: Geology, geobiology, paleoenvironment

Email: b.nomchong@unsw.edu.au

Chen (Eric) Qian

Role: PhD Candidate

Veronica Ritchie

Role: PhD candidate

Field of research: Geography

Email: v.ritchie@student.unsw.edu.au

Phone: +61 (0)412 133 172

Joe Schifano

Role: PhD Candidate

Field of research: Biogeochemistry

Email: j.schifano@student.unsw.edu.au

Phone: +61 403 008 987

Rachel Smale

Role: MSc candidate

Field of research: Human Geography

Email: Rachel_Smale@outlook.com.au

Phone: 0419496149

Michael Stein

Role: PhD candidate

Field of research: Paleontology, Paleoecology

Email: michael.stein@student.unsw.edu.au

Phone: +61 2 9385 5125

Luke Steller

Role: PhD candidate

Field of research: Astrobiology, Geochemistry, Hot Springs, Early life, Archean

Email: l.steller@unsw.edu.au

Phone: +61 2 9385 5125

Mathew Stewart

Role: PhD candidate

James Strong

Role: PhD candidate

Email: j.strong@student.unsw.edu.au

Sahand Tadbiri

Role: MPhil candidate

Juee Vohra

Role: MPhil candidate

Kandy Wang

Role: PhD candidate

Email: kandy.wang@student.unsw.edu.au

Ehsan Zare

Role: MPhil candidate