Chair of Examiners nominees


The Thesis Examination System (TES) and other online forms for graduate research management, will ask supervisors to nominate a Chair of Examiners. This may be either the Head of Department or a delegate.

Please click on your faculty below to view the appropriate nominee for your department, school, discipline or course. In some cases, due to availability or Conflicts of Interest, an alternative Chair of Examiners may be nominated or appointed. The Chair of Examiners and the Chair of Viva cannot be the same person.

Graduate researchers must share their live iThenticate report of their submitted thesis with their Chair of Examiners. Supervisors must advise graduate researchers who their Chair of Examiners is, if it is not the nominee below.

  • Architecture, Building and Planning

    Professor Crystal Legacy (refer to iThenticate live report instructions above)

  • Asia Institute

    Dr David Tittensor


    School of Culture and Communication

    Art History/ Arts and Cultural Management

    A/Prof Susan Lowish

    Creative Writing

    A/Prof Eddie Paterson

    English and Theatre Studies

    Professor Ronan McDonald

    Indigenous Studies

    A/Prof Eddie Paterson

    Media and Communications

    Dr Wilfred Wang

    Screen and Cultural Studies

    Dr Janice Loreck


    School of Historical and Philosophical Studies

    Philosophical Studies

    Dr Holly Lawford-Smith

    All other disciplines

    Dr Gerhard Wiesenfeldt


    School of Languages and Linguistics

    Languages
    Professor Véronique Duché

    Linguistics

    Professor Carsten Roever


    School of Social and Political Sciences

    A/Prof Paul Muldoon

  • Accounting

    Professor Vic Naiker


    Actuarial

    Associate Professor Enrique Calderine


    Business Administration

    Professor Michael Smith

    Professor Isabel Metz


    Economics

    Associate Professor Ivan Balbuzanov


    Finance

    Associate Professor Patrick J Kelly

    Associate Professor Qi Zeng


    Decision, Risk and Financial Services

    Professor Carsten Murawski


    Marketing and Management

    Professor Michelle Brown


    Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

    Dr Tim Robinson

  • A/Prof Victoria Millar (refer to iThenticate live report instructions above)

  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    A/Prof Kevin (Gang) Li


    Computing and Information Systems

    Prof Rajkumar Buyya


    Electrical & Electronic Engineering

    Professor Iman Shames


    Infrastructure Engineering

    A/Prof Lihai Zhang


    Mechanical Engineering

    Prof Ying Tan

    Prof Nicholas Hutchins (where Prof Andrew Walter is unavailable)


    Biomedical Engineering

    A/Prof Daniel Heath (refer to iThenticate live report instructions above)

  • Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

    A/Prof Ken Murray

    Victorian College of the Arts

    Prof Carol Brown (all disciplines except Visual Arts)

    Visual Art

    A/Prof Kim Donaldson

  • Associate Professor Jennifer Beard

    Please contact the Office for Research for more information.

  • Biomedical Sciences

    Anatomy and Physiology

    Prof Erica Fletcher

    A/Prof Jenny Gunnersen (where Prof Erica Fletcher is unavailable)

    Biochemistry and Pharmacology

    A/Professor David Stroud

    Dr Christine Keenan (when A/Prof Stroud is unavailable)

    Microbiology and Immunology including Peter Doherty Institute

    Professor Andrew Brooks

    Pathology

    A/Prof Vicki Lawson

    Pharmacology and Therapeutics

    A/Prof James Ziogas


    Melbourne Dental School

    Professor Alastair Sloan

    Professor Michael McCullough (where Professor Alastair Sloan is unavailable)


    Melbourne Medical School

    Austin Health: Medicine

    Prof Mark Howard

    Austin Health: Surgery

    Professor Mauro Sandrin

    Baker Dept Cardiometabolic Health

    Prof Karlheinz Peter

    Prof Andrew Murphy (if Prof Peter is unavailable)

    Clinical Pathology

    Professor Frederic Hollande

    Critical Care

    Professor David Story

    General Practice

    Professor Kelsey Hegarty

    Infectious Diseases

    Professor Jason Trubiano

    Medical Education

    Professor Anna Ryan

    Rural Health

    Professor Julian Wright

    Medicine: Northern Health

    Professor Elif Ekinci

    Professor Rachel Davey

    Medicine: Western Precinct

    Professor Elif Ekinci

    Professor Rachel Davey

    Ophthalmology

    Associate Professor Carla Abbott

    Professor Robyn Guymer

    Paediatrics

    Professor Amy Gray

    Royal Melbourne Hospital: Medicine

    Associate Professor Charles Malpas

    Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy: Obstetrics and Gynaecology

    Professor Eva Dimitriadis

    Professor Tu’uhe Kalt-u-Lino (when Prof Dimitriadis is not appropriate or available)

    Professor Sue Walker (when Prof Dimitriadis or Prof Kalt-u-Lino is not appropriate or available)

    Royal Melbourne Hospital: Psychiatry

    Professor Christopher Davey

    Royal Melbourne Hospital: Radiology

    Professor Patricia Desmond

    Royal Melbourne Hospital: Surgery

    Professor Christobel Saunders

    St Vincent's Hospital: Medicine

    Professor Mark Cook or Dr Amanda Edgley – Note: Two records exist. Please select the name with the department name (Medicine – St Vincent's Hospital).

    St Vincent's Hospital: Otolaryngology

    Professor Peter Choong

    St Vincent's Hospital: Surgery

    Professor Peter Choong


    Health Sciences

    Audiology and Speech Pathology

    Professor Julia Sarant (Audiology)

    A/Prof Kelly A Weir (Speech Pathology)

    Professor Dani Tomlin (If either is unavailable)

    Nursing

    Professor Denise Harrison

    Professor Snezana Kusljic

    Optometry and Vision Sciences

    A/Prof Andrew Metha

    Physiotherapy

    A/Prof Rana Hinman

    Social Work

    Professor Milena Heinsch – Note: Please select the name Professor Lilian Heinsch

    Population and Global Health

    Professor Richard Chenhall (Centre for Health Equity)

    Professor Adam Elshaug (Centre for Health Policy)

    Professor Freya Fowkes (Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics)

    Professor Adrian Lowe (Onemda: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing)

    Professor Jane Pirkis (Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing)

    Professor Prof Catherine (Cathy) Vaughan (Nossal Institute for Global Health)

    Psychological Sciences

    Professor Yoshihisa Kashima

    Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

    Professor Anne-Louise Ponsonby

    Professor Akhter Hossain

    Medical Biology (WEHI)

    Prof Ken (Kenneth George Campbell) Smith – Note: Similar name records may exist. Please select the name 'Prof Kenneth George Campbell Smith'.

    Medical Bionics

    Professor James Fallon

    Professor Colette McKay (if Professor James Fallon is unavailable)

    Professor Hugh McDermott (if Professor James Fallon is unavailable)

    The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

    Professor Ricky Johnstone

    Professor Benjamin Hogan (where Prof Johnstone is unavailable)

    Centre for Youth Mental Health

    Professor Eoin Killackey

  • BioSciences

    Prof Devi  Stuart-Fox


    Chemistry

    A/Prof Guy Jameson


    Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

    Dr Dorin Gupta


    Geography, Earth and  Atmospheric Sciences

    Professor Rachel Popelka-Filcoff
    Dr Ashleigh Hood (if Rachel Popelka-Filcoff is unavailable)


    Mathematics and Statistics

    Associate Professor Marcy Robertson


    Physics

    Professor Harry Quiney


    Veterinary Biosciences

    Professor Peter Mansell


    Veterinary Clinical Sciences

    Professor Peter Mansell

Please email gr-exams@unimelb.edu.au if the lists above require updating.