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The following people at The University of Western Australia have expertise in a broad range of areas.
To arrange an interview with an expert on this list or for other UWA media enquiries:
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Agriculture
Professor Kadambot Siddique
Hackett Professor of Agriculture, Chair and Director, The UWA Institute of Agriculture
Area of expertise: Agriculture, crop science, grains industry, sustainable farming systems and agronomy.
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Archaeology and heritage
Professor Jo McDonald
Rio Tinto Chair of Rock Art Studies/Director, UWA Centre for Rock Art Research and Management
Area of expertise: Archaeology, heritage and rock art.
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Archaeology and heritage
Professor Peter Veth
Kimberley Foundation Ian Potter Chair in Rock Art, UWA Centre for Rock Art Research and Management
Area of expertise: Indigenous archaeology, maritime archaeology and heritage.
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Business and finance
Professor Raymond da Silva Rosa
Professor of Finance, UWA Business School
Area of expertise: Financial markets, behavioural finance and mergers and acquisitions.
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Business and finance / Marketing
Doctor Paul Harrigan
Senior Lecturer in Marketing
Area of expertise: Social media and its use with marketers to engage with customers.
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Business and finance
Professor Richard Heaney
Associate Dean (Research and Research Training), UWA Business School Research Office
Area of expertise: Finance issues concerning resource firms, commodity pricing, investor behaviour, mutual fund performance, corporate finance and corporate governance.
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Earth and environment
Professor Mike Dentith
Professor, Geophysics, UWA School of Earth and Environment
Area of expertise: Minerals and petroleum exploration, earthquakes and earthquake related phenomena.
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Earth and environment
Professor Matthew Tonts
Head of School UWA Earth and Environment
Area of expertise: Regional development, rural communities, urban development and policy, economic development and population.
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Engineering
Professor Thomas Bräunl
Director WA Electric Vehicle Trial, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Area of expertise: Robotics and automation, electromobility, automotive systems and embedded systems.
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Health
Professor Daniel Fatovich
Professor/Head, UWA Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine
Area of expertise: Emergency medicine, aspects of toxicology and trauma and some evidence-based medicine.
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Health
Professor Colleen Fisher
Head of School, UWA School of Population Health
Area of expertise: Family and domestic violence, women’s experiences, health and social outcomes, interventions and responses to address the issues.
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Health
Professor Thomas Riley
Microbiology & Immunology, UWA School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Area of expertise: Infectious diseases and microbiology.
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Health
Professor Bruce Robinson
UWA National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD)
Area of expertise: Detection, immunotherapy and development of new treatments for cancers caused by asbestos, in particular mesothelioma.
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Health
Professor Andrew Whitehouse
Senior Principal Research Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute, Centre for Child Health Research
Area of expertise: Autism spectrum disorder, developmental disorders of childhood and child development.
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Health
Associate Professor Lisa Wood
UWA School of Population Health
Area of expertise: Social and environmental determinants of health and wellbeing, homelessness, smoking, sense of community and youth..
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History
Professor Mark Edele
Professor/Future Fellow, History
Area of expertise: Eastern European and Russian history, politics and society.
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History
Winthrop Professor Jenny Gregory
Head of school, Director, UWA Centre for Western Australian History
Area of expertise: Australian history, especially Western Australian history, the history of cities and their planning history and cultural heritage.
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History
Jo Hawkins
PHD student, ANZAC history
Area of expertise: ANZAC legend, the Great War and history.
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Information Technology
Doctor David Glance
Director, UWA Centre for Software Practice
Area of expertise: Internet, social media, cyber security, health technologies and mobile phones.
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Law
Doctor Renae Barker
Lecturer, UWA Law School
Area of expertise: Law and religion, interaction of Australia's Muslim community with the Australian legal system and the historical development of the legal relationship between the state and religion in Australia.
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Marine studies
Professor Jessica Meeuwig
Director/Professorial Fellow, UWA Centre for Marine Futures
Area of expertise: Marine ecology, conservation, fisheries management and the role of marine protected areas.
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Marketing
Assistant Professor Richard Gruner
UWA Business School
Area of expertise: Advertising, marketing (particularly digital marketing), sustainable supply chain management.
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Oceanography
Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi
Professor of Oceanography
Area of expertise: Ocean and coastal issues, climate change, sea level, tsunami and coastal flooding.
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Politics and international relations
William Bowe
PhD Student, Political Science and International Relations
Area of expertise: Election campaigns, electoral law, voting behaviour and political parties.
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Politics and international relations
Professor Graham Brown
Head of School, UWA School of Social Sciences
Area of expertise: Relationship between inequality, identity and political mobilisation and the changing architecture of global governance.
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Politics and international relations
Professor Gordon Flake
Chief Executive Officer, Perth USAsia Centre
Area of expertise: Politics, trade, international relations and foreign policy in the United States and Asia.
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Plant Biology
Professor Stephen Hopper
Professor of Biodiversity, UWA Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management and School of Plant Biology
Area of expertise: Biodiversity, plant evolution and conservation, systematics, vertebrate pollination ecology, botanic gardens, eucalypts, orchids, kangaroo paws, ethnobotany, granite outcrop plants.
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Politics and international relations
Professor Samina Yasmeen
Professor, Political Science and International Relations, UWA Centre for Muslim States and Societies
Area of expertise: Islam and world politics, radicalisation among Muslims and Pakistan foreign policy.
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Sports Science
Associate Professor Kay Cox
Research Associate Professor UWA School of Sport Science Exercise and Health
Area of expertise: Exercise physiology, health promotion including ageing, cardiovascular health, cognition, dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
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