Faculty of Science & All Faculties
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
ACADEMIC PROCESSION
The Academic Procession proceeds to the dais, the Assembly standing. The University Mace is carried by Professor Peter White.
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 David Simar, BSc, MSc, PhD University of Montpellier, Deputy Dean Research & Operation of the Faculty of Medicine & Health requests the
Pro-Chancellor on behalf of the University Council, to admit candidates to awards
OCCASIONAL ADDRESS
Tom Caska, BAv(Hons), GradCert Management UNSW, ATPL (Airline Transport Pilot Licence) Affiliate board member, Tech Council of Australia. Co Founder and CEO, Aerologix
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Professor Marc Wilkins, PhD Macquarie, DSc, Deputy Dean Research & Enterprise of the Faculty of Science
Following the Concluding Remarks, the Assembly will stand while the Academic Procession retires.
FACULTY OF ARTS, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
The candidates will be presented by Professor David Simar, Deputy Dean Research & Operation of the Faculty of Medicine & Health
BACHELOR OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND PROPERTY BCMP
Ara Rahmani
BACHELOR OF WELFARE STUDIES
Intan Endah-Bonsu
UNSW BUSINESS SCHOOL
The candidates will be presented by Professor David Simar, Deputy Dean Research & Operation of the Faculty of Medicine & Health
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE BCom
David William Louey
Distinction
Yutong Jin
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS BCom BEc
Sabrina Wu
Distinction
Avon Saad Zhu
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
Distinction
BACHELOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS BCom BIS
Distinction
Richard Yixin Yao
BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS BEc
Shiqi Cang
Liam Bryan O'sullivan
Jingtong Su
Zhechi Yu
BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BEc BSc
Distinction
Jefferson Nguyen
BACHELOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS BIS
Qichang Yan
MASTER OF ANALYTICS MAnalytics
Moses Muluuta
Walter Schroeder
MASTER OF COMMERCE MCom
Jiaojiao Li
Yuxin Wang
Yuwenxin Zhu
MASTER OF COMMERCE (EXTENSION) MCom(Extn)
Suchanun Upathamphan
Keerthana Vedachalam
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
The candidates will be presented by Professor David Simar, Deputy Dean Research & Operation of the Faculty of Medicine & Health
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS) BE(Hons)
Mechanical Engineering
In Hak Baek
Software Engineering
Sarah Mirza
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BSc
Walten Jo
Distinction
Haoyang Ren
FACULTY OF MEDICINE & HEALTH
The candidates will be presented by Professor David Simar, Deputy Dean Research & Operation of the Faculty of Medicine & Health
BACHELOR OF EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY BExPhys
Bo Soedjadi
BACHELOR OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH BIPH
Maureen Marion Connell
BACHELOR OF VISION SCIENCE BVisSc
Lauren Nhi Huynh
Daniel To
Distinction
Jia Xi Ye
Jonathan Zhou
BACHELOR OF VISION SCIENCE
MASTER OF CLINICAL OPTOMETRY BVisSc MClinOptom
Shahd Al Kalil
Sophia Parry Chen
Sahana Kashyap
Yang Lin
Ahmed Arafa Hassan Yehia
BACHELOR OF VISION SCIENCE
Distinction
MASTER OF CLINICAL OPTOMETRY BVisSc MClinOptom
William Dao
Peter Joseph Kelleher
Parunithan Ranganathan
BACHELOR OF VISION SCIENCE
Distinction
MASTER OF CLINICAL OPTOMETRY BVisSc MClinOptom
Excellence
Sonia Chen
Ruilin Zhang
MASTER OF CLINICAL OPTOMETRY MClinOptom
Yuchan Park
MASTER OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH MFMH
Excellence
Jacob Jon Brightwell
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT MHLM
Divya Lakshmi Elango
Caitlin Rae Healy
Cindy May Mc Guire
Kiran Joshua Nair
Conan Purugganan
Excellence
Annika Rose Bowen
Katelyn Crean
Claire Elizabeth Atkinson Fotheringham
Hayley Marie Vasileff
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH MGH
Sital Sadhra
Excellence
Sarah Jane Holmes
MASTER OF OPTOMETRY MOptom
Excellence
Amanda Kimberley Lea
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MPH
Sayaka Akase
Suraj Ramesh Aswani
Pratima Herle
Excellence
Ellen Barbara Higgon
Excellence
International Health
Anastasia Dominique Latin
MASTER OF SCIENCE MSc
Health Data Science
Kaveh Sarraf
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Excellence
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MHLM MPH
Excellence
Public Security
Emma Louise Emanuel
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MGH MPH
Jeanne Laura Kamanda
MASTER OF SCIENCE (RESEARCH) MSc(Res)
Medicine
Bonita Gu
Paediatrics
Amy Wanaguru
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PhD
Children's Cancer
Alexis Zarahy Minchaca Acosta
Thesis: Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperones at the Cell Surface in High-Grade Gliomas
Medical Education
Thanwarat Chantanachai
Thesis: Understanding and addressing fall risk in older people with cognitive impairment
Medicine
Win Min Han
Thesis: Advancing HIV Treatment and Health Outcomes: Insights from Comprehensive Cohort Studies on Viral Suppression, Treatment Response, Immune Recovery, Metabolic Factors, and Long-Term Complications among People Living with HIV
Kathryn Joy Laloli
Thesis: A Novel Microglial Cannabinoid Receptor 2 Knockout Mouse Line: Relevance For Parkinson's Disease & L-DOPA Induced Dyskinesia
Jemma Rezitis
Thesis: A Novel Neuropeptide Y Network Regulating Hedonic Eating Behaviours
Gabriela Santos Rodriguez
Thesis: Evolutionary dynamics of post-transcriptional regulation mechanisms in vertebrates
Yuhuang Wu
Thesis: Mathematical and statistical modelling of HIV latency and reactivation
Medicine (The George Institute)
Jeffrey Tsun Kit Ha
Thesis: Cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease
Vikash Ranjan Keshri
Thesis: Investigating Health Policy and Systems Responses to Burn Care in India
Sikhumbuzo Advisor Mabunda
Thesis: The use of state-sponsored educational initiatives for Sustainable Health Workforce Solutions: Alignment of Policies and Practices in Selected Southern African Countries
Anthony Paulo Sunjaya
Thesis: Optimising Assessment and Management of Breathlessness with an electronic Clinical Decision Support System
Optometry
Chris Hong Long Lim
Thesis: A Study on Contact Lens-related Infectious Keratitis in Asia (Asia Cornea Society Infectious Keratitis Study)
Chieh-Lin Wu
Thesis: The Multifunctional Melanocortin System in the Human Choroid
Paediatrics
Lucinda Freeman
Thesis: Australian stakeholder views regarding the inclusion of genes associated with non-syndromic hearing loss in reproductive genetic carrier screening
Sonia Underwood
Thesis: Detection and characterisation of enteroviruses and the gut virome in islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes using novel molecular methods
Pathology
Stuart William Tomes Wade
Thesis: Undergraduate Medical Student Education in Radiology: The Role of eLearning
Psychiatry
Jessica Jasmeen Chandra
Thesis: Disentangling schizophrenia neuropathology from chronic antipsychotic treatment in regards to neuroinflammation, neurogenesis and neurotrophic support
Public Health and Community Medicine
Nicole Snowdon
Thesis: Optimising the delivery of substance use interventions for young people in communities
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
The candidates will be presented by Professor Marc Wilkins, Deputy Dean Research & Enterprise of the Faculty of Science
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS) BAdvSci(Hons)
Honours Class 1
Biotechnology
Dennie Xie
Molecular and Cell Biology
Claudia Erica Tiplady
BACHELOR OF AVIATION BAv
Aviation (Flying)
Luke Mark Marsden
Kwai Wo Alexander Pang
Aviation Management
Man Chun Chan
Natalie Heng
Sarah Khan
Dhruv Kumar
Kin Ying Mak
Ethan John Ellis Miller
Angelina Nguyen
Mwaura Weru
Jiawen Yao
Enhan Zeng
Distinction
Waleed Tariq Idrees
BACHELOR OF DATA SCIENCE AND DECISIONS BDataSci
Patrick Andrew Burke
Wai Ho Lee
Winston Lian
Fangyu Liu
Connor Robert Muir
Sairaag Satish
Distinction
Eliza Wen Ting Chew
Yimin Wang
Bill Jiahui Yang
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS) BE(Hons)
Functional Materials
Honours Class 2 Division 2
Jiaqi Su
BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BEnvMgmt
Distinction
Adele Gabrielle Gemmell
Fineas Samuel Tainsh
BACHELOR OF LIFE SCIENCES BLS
Anh Thu Dao
Cassandra Natalie Sos
Tianhan Zhou
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE BMedSc
Maliha Aynn Aslam Dossani
Rachel Victoria Nathania Wiweko
BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE BPsychSc
Hoi Ying Chu
Asha Hossain
Emily Qian-Qian Lawler
Sandesh Thapa
Distinction
Diya Jain
Aaron Peter Wilson
BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE (HONOURS) BPsychSc(Hons)
Honours Class 2 Division 1
Geneva Lorraine Chu
Bela Moore
Honours Class 1
Phaedra Camille Fuller
BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGY (HONOURS) BPsych(Hons)
Honours Class 2 Division 1
Anthony Christopher Dourambeis
Tairon Zhang
Honours Class 1
Yisha Gu
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BUSINESS BSc&Bus
Kunjita Pankaj Bajaj
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BSc
Adam Dean Aaron
Selin Ayer
Joshua Bo Man Chan
Dexter Daniel
Nivedh Dwaraknath
Kelvin Gunawan Huang
Olivia Kathleen Hinteregger
Johannes Max Lilischkis
Yiwei Liu
Chi Ngai Ming
Angelica Moustakis
Phoebe Li Peng
Matthew Hugh Williams Perriman
Siyu Ren
Tanya
Mackenzie Vanessa Travers
Victoria Truong
Distinction
Natalie Angela Casha
Karina Delphi Williams
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) BSc(Hons)
Ecology
Honours Class 1
Charlotte Amelia Jane Hogan
Statistics
Honours Class 1
Zetian Lyu
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF ARTS BSc BA
Distinction
Victoria Naomi Richards
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS)
Chemistry
Honours Class 1
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS) BAdvSci(Hons) BE(Hons)
Photovoltaics and Solar Energy
Honours Class 1
Benjamin Dai Tran
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (ADVANCED MATHEMATICS) (HONOURS) BSc(AdvMath)(Hons)
Applied Mathematics
Honours Class 2 Division 2
Billy Jet Lim
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT GCChildDev
Siok Wun Yap
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN PHYSICS FOR TEACHERS GCertPhysTeach
Liang-Yu Chen
Alison Beth Dilley
Brandon Paul Veselinovic
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PSYCHOLOGY GDPsych
Patricia Mary-Anne Busuttil
Kieran Gamble
Ryan Leonard McMillan
Michelle Therese Munro
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS)
Functional Materials
Honours Class 2 Division 1
MASTER OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING BE(Hons) MBiomedE
Nathan Nhan Ai Trinh
MASTER OF DATA SCIENCE MDS
Noraima Coromoto Castillo Leal
Beverley Phillips
Excellence
Francisco Sergio Rodrigues De Almeida Junior
Xi Chen
Rachel Kate Kimber
James Whitney O'Rourke
Sidrah Qureshi
Biswajit Saha
MASTER OF DATA SCIENCE AND DECISIONS MDataSci
Junyan Li
MASTER OF MATHEMATICS MMath
Blair John Butler
MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGY (FORENSIC) MPsychol(For)
Amanda Gabriella Fernandopulle
Mary-Ann Jessica Griffiths
Devmi Senara Gunathilake
Alison May Hills
Excellence
Sarah Marie Davis
MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY MPhil
Biological Science
Rebecca Jane Stolper
Chemistry
Weicong Huang
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PhD
Aviation
Matthew Joseph Dunn
Thesis: Remotely Piloted Aircraft: The impact of audiovisual feedback and workload on operator performance
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Ashton Curry-Hyde
Thesis: investigating the complexity of the human transcriptome using next-generation sequencing technologies
Lydia Qian
Thesis: The E3 ubiquitin ligase, MARCHF6, and its circular RNA are important post-translational regulators of cholesterol biosynthesis
Biological Science
Arlee McMah
Thesis: systematics and myrmecomorphic traits of australian plant bugs of the subfamily orthotylinae (heteroptera: miridae)
Claire Louise Sives
Thesis: Water, Heat, Earth, and Wind: Zooplankton in dryland lakes and the potential impacts of climate change on their persistence
Chemistry
Ray DiNardi
Thesis: controlling metallosupramolecular assemblies using light
Hoai Son Doan
Thesis: Sustainable Synthesis of Organoboronates and Nitrogen-Containing Compounds
Md Habibur Rahaman
Thesis: Interface controlled donor acceptors bulk heterojunctions molecular conformation for improved power conversion efficiency in the Organic solar cells
Anh Tuong To
Thesis: Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis
Nu Hong Nhan Ton
Thesis: Development of Novel Organocatalytic Boration Methods and the Employment of Cycloheptatriene as a Versatile Building Block
Climate Science
Annette Maree Stellema
Thesis: Future Changes of Tropical Pacific Circulation and Biogeochemistry
Geography
William Anton Koon
Thesis: Expanding the evidence base for the prevention of coastal drowning
Materials Science and Engineering
Hao Zhang
Thesis: Enhancement of Antibacterial Activity for Nanoceria by Doping and/or Polymer Functionalisation
Mathematics and Statistics
Zhi Yee Chng
Thesis: On the Ramsey results of tree graphs versus generalised wheel graphs
Microbiology
Emma Harding
Thesis: Expanding the global virome: utilising bioinformatics to discover new exogenous and endogenous viruses in vertebrates
Microbiology and Immunology
Yun Luo
Thesis: Genomic epidemiology and evolution of Vibrio cholerae
Physics
Jing Qian
Thesis: Electron spin shuttling in donor-based quantum dots
Psychology
David Daniel Johan Cooper
Thesis: Using Technology and Imagery to Enhance Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder