Faculty of Science
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
ACADEMIC PROCESSION
The Academic Procession proceeds to the dais, the Assembly standing. The University Mace is carried by Emeritus Professor Ian Dawes, BSc UNSW, DPhil Oxon, FAA, FRSN
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Advance Australia Fair
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are one and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history’s page, let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.
WELCOME
Pro-Chancellor Dr Jennifer Alexander, MBBS(Hons) MHP MCom UNSW, FRACMA, FAFPHM, FAICD
ADMISSION TO AWARDS
Professor Scott Kable, BSc(Hons) PhD Griffith, GradDipBusAdmin QUT, Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science requests the Pro-Chancellor, on behalf of the University Council, to admit candidates to awards
OCCASIONAL ADDRESS
Portia Cerny, BSc BA UNSW, Partner and Financial Services Risk Data & Analytics Leader, EY
CONCLUDING REMARDS
Professor Scott Kable, BSc(Hons) PhD Griffith, GradDipBusAdmin QUT, Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science
Following the Concluding Remarks, the Assembly will stand while the Academic Procession retires.
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
The candidate will be presented by Professor Scott Kable, Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) BSc(Hons)
Food Science and Technology
Honours Class 1
Vienetta Christina Tjeng
FACULTY OF ARTS, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
The candidate will be presented by Professor Scott Kable, Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science
MASTER OF EDUCATION MEd
Excellence
Gifted Education
Sappho Danica Dalziell
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
The candidate will be presented by Professor Scott Kable, Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS) BAdvSci(Hons)
Honours Class 1
Chemistry
Qinyu Li
Manatsu Nose
Ecology
Sebastian Malimmes Schwarz
Molecular and Cell Biology
Dylan McCarthy Fitzsimmons
Neuroscience
Jordyn Tyler Berger
Pure Mathematics
Daniel Adam Czapski
BACHELOR OF AVIATION BAv
Aviation (Flying)
Distinction
Tsz Him Anson Kwok
Management
Jamie Chai
Timothy David Gallagher
Oscar Liang Chen Huang
Nishant Kana Jayaram
Zihan Jin
Mei Wai Law
Yicong Li
Chenhui Lin
Sipeng Lin
Damien Luu
William Degen Martin
Kel Michael Mullins
Andrew Hoang Quang Nguyen
Nisarg Prasad
Emily Jane Parkes Tojo
Yixin Xie
Hoi Yan Yuen
Junxin Zhang
Distinction
Joanna Flevaris
BACHELOR OF BIOTECHNOLOGY (HONOURS) BBiotech(Hons)
Honours Class 1
Jeremiah Carbonell Delos Santos
BACHELOR OF DATA SCIENCE AND DECISIONS BDataSci
Ahnaf Aaqif
Ashleigh Yue Feng
Ritwhik Gupta
Clementius Darrell Iskandar
Ayra Amena Islam
Divya Rao
Nina Ning Tang
Lorenz Anthony Ragos Uy
Distinction
Alex Yu Hui Li
Kai Joshua Rouse
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS) BE(Hons)
Materials Engineering
Lionel Lie
Honours Class 2 Division 2
Bailey Mark Wilmot
Ying Zhang
Honours Class 2 Division 1
Sharon Sasmita
BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BEnvMgmt
Cloe Li
Janice Setiadi
Nethania Valerie
Wenhao Xue
Yichao Yu
Distinction
Julia Joanna Chabros
BACHELOR OF LIFE SCIENCES BLS
Sharon Joseph
Nicholas John Klug
Ashley Audrey Leong
Jason Louis Tanzil
Benjamin Anthony Templeman
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE BMedSc
Hiba Muskan Baig
Distinction
Tracy Fang
BACHELOR OF NANOSCIENCE (HONOURS) BNano(Hons)
Honours Class 1
Nanodevices
Liam Barrera
BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE BPsychSc
Katrina Wei-Chin Chan
Sarah Helen Findlay
Izak Francis Nicholas Xiberras
Distinction
Jessica Lauren Hoare
Ruozhou Jin
Ruby Alice King
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BUSINESS BSc&Bus
Ruei-Wun Jheng
Julian Krishnan Narayan
Chung Man Wong
Distinction
Caitlyn Tan
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (INTERNATIONAL) BSc(International)
Pallavi Suri
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BSc
Athirah Syafikah Ahmad Tajuddin
Kithmini Maheesha Alahakoon
Abbey May Bayliss
Chih-Wei Chang
Stephen L Chen
Chit Yune Thidar Kyaw
Laura Kathleen Cunial
Sarah Dadgostar
Arshdeep Singh Dhillon
Cathelia Elisabeth
Bernice Pui Nie Hiew
Thomas William Hood
Nguyen Anh Khoa Huynh
Brian William Iskandardinata
Luke Peter Edward Mallia
Bianca Marie Mendes
Thomas James Ramage
Ryan Rajal Saxena
Ewaldo Isidorus Setiobudi
Ivana Adrienne Singh
James Ethan Kang Shen Soh
Danica Huei Ye Yong
Distinction
Monica Li
Zhiqi Liang
Natalie Wan Yee Sham
Christopher Wijaya
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) BSc(Hons)
Biology
Honours Class 1
Chung Ling Tsering Chan
Ecology
Honours Class 1
Laura Siobhan Watts
Geology
Honours Class 1
Christopher Standard
Microbiology
Honours Class 1
Thomas David Liavas Laird
Neuroscience
Honours Class 1
Asena Nur Bingul
Sarah Jane Pongrass
Statistics
Honours Class 1
James Cohen Gabor
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF ARTS BSc BA
Wentao Jin
Tia Courtney Ngawhika
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF ARTS BSc BA
Distinction
Ninger Lyu
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Distinction
BACHELOR OF ARTS BSc BA
Distinction
David Bee Olmedo
Wan Yi Co
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS)
Honours Class 1
Materials Science
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS) BAdvSci(Hons) BE(Hons)
Civil Engineering
Honours Class 1
Alexis Joel Schteinman
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS)
Honours Class 1
Ecology
BACHELOR OF ARTS BAdvSci(Hons) BA
Distinction
Michi Sano
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (ADVANCED MATHEMATICS) (HONOURS)
Honours Class 1
Applied Mathematics
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS) BSc(AdvMath)(Hons) BE(Hons)
Aerospace Engineering
Honours Class 1
Kevin Tian
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (ADVANCED MATHEMATICS) (HONOURS)
Honours Class 2 Division 1
Pure Mathematics
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BSc(AdvMath)(Hons) BSc
Distinction
Madhav Padmakumar
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN DATA SCIENCE GCDS
Shane Benjamin Leviton
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN AVIATION MANAGEMENT GradDipAvMgmt
Andrew Thomas Chown
Ilija Marjanovic
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PSYCHOLOGY GDPsych
Jeong Yeon Jenny Im
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS)
Ceramic Engineering
MASTER OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING BE(Hons) MBiomedE
Excellence
Matthew Christopher Huang
MASTER OF AVIATION MANAGEMENT MAvMgmt
Yewen Chen
Philip Silva Dias
Guben Li
Martin Watson
Excellence
Rebekah Clare Hannaford
MASTER OF DATA SCIENCE MDS
Marie Patrice Santiago
Excellence
James David Cleaver
Lany Villanueva Cochon
Benjamin Luke Costello
Shubhankar Dutta
Tarik Dzekman
Abdourrahman El-Hamawi
Jun Li
Peter Morian
Raphael Muema
Jessica Navarro
Amy Jane Raggatt
Md Ruhul Amin Sarker
Mathew Traini
Jittinun Trairattanasirikul
James Spencer Twiss
MASTER OF FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS MFinMath
Jiaxin Yu
MASTER OF MATHEMATICS MMath
Excellence
Joyce Xinyue Yu
MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGY (FORENSIC) MPsychol(For)
Alison Ren-Yi Schofield
MASTER OF STATISTICS MStats
Sarah Akari
Rachel Chii Jiun Ha
Ben Stitz
Ziqi Yang
MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY by research MPhil
Environmental Management
Clare Margaret Fletcher
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PhD
Aviation
Rainer Michael Zeller
Thesis: Driver fatigue and performance decrements over time-on-task: Effects and mitigation
Biological Science
Hamza Anwer
Thesis: Obesogenic diets as a novel evolutionary stressor: their effects on phenotypes and implications
Giulia Ferretto
Thesis: Solutions for restoring and protecting the threatened seagrass Posidonia australis
Fonti Shuk Ming Kar
Thesis: The Role of Developmental Temperature on Phenotypic Development and Evolution: Metabolism to Life History
Alexander Tomas Sentinella
Thesis: Gradients in global germination and geographical genomics
Chemistry
Susannah Louise Brown
Thesis: Formation and dissociation of highly charged protein ions
Dongfei Chen
Thesis: Applying Dispersible Electrodes Sensing System to Early Cancer Diagnostics
Jeremy Dobrowolski
Thesis: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Nitrogen Heterocycles as Therapeutic Agents
Chelsea Renae Forest
Thesis: Controlling Ligand Density and Position on Polymersomes for Selective Tumour Targeting
Munkhshur Myekhlai
Thesis: Bimetallic branched nanoparticles with a tunable branch number, surface facets and composition for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts
Duyen Nguyen
Thesis: Bio-tuneable RAFT polymeric hydrogels for 3D printable cell cultures
Glen Adrian Surjadinata
Thesis: Here, there, everywhere: exploring diverse roles of fluorine in drug design and development
Sandy Wong
Thesis: Carbohydrate Induced Self-Assembly of Curcumin Nanocapsules as Drug Carriers for Breast Cancer Therapy
Environmental Management
Maryem Arshad
Thesis: Digital soil mapping of soil physical and chemical properties in sugarcane growing fields of Australia
Dongxue Zhao
Thesis: Digital soil mapping of soil physical and chemical properties using proximal and remote sensed data in Australian cotton growing areas
Geology
Isabelle Kingsley
Thesis: Effective measurement: Improving the measurement of science communication effectiveness
Brendan James Nomchong
Thesis: Depositional and diagenetic environment of a c. 2.4 Ga microbialite reef complex from the Turee Creek Group, Western Australia
Bronwyn Louise Teece
Thesis: Organic biosignatures through the geological record: challenges and progress
Materials Science and Engineering
Smitirupa Biswal
Thesis: Spent coffee grounds (SCGs): Thermal transformation and application in sustainable iron production
Wilson Handoko
Thesis: Enhancing Corrosion Resistance and Hardness Properties of High-Carbon Steel and Aluminium Bronze Alloy Through Novel Surface Modification Technique
Junjie Shi
Thesis: Process engineering of two-dimensional semiconductor field-effect transistors for post-silicon electronics
Chi Ho Jackson Wong
Thesis: Experimental study of LaNiO3 and its oxygen-deficient phases in thin films and superlattices
JI Zhang
Thesis: Interfacial Magnetism and Exchange Bias in Metal Oxide Thin Films
Mathematics
Yi-Lung Chen
Thesis: Advances in Monte Carlo methods: Exponentially tilted sequential proposal distributions and regenerative Markov chain samplers
Farah El Rafei
Thesis: Existence, uniqueness and approximation of solutions to the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation on the real line
Kevin Mandira Limanta
Thesis: Super Catalan Numbers and Fourier Summations over Finite Fields
Physics
Lachlan William Russell
Thesis: Optical trapping and nanoscale sensing using NV centres in diamond
Psychology
Emma Jane Kornfeld
Thesis: Of mirrors and men: A methodological examination of the psychophysiological indices of the human mirror neuron system