People
Leadership Team
Scientia Professor Del Favero
Executive Director
- Scientia Prof. Dennis Del Favero, ARC Laureate Fellow, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
Technical Systems Director
- Alex Ong, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
Research Director
- Dr Susanne Thurow, ARC Laureate Postdoctoral Fellow Digital Aesthetics, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
Engagement and Impact Director
- Dr Carlos Tirado, ARC Laureate Postdoctoral Fellow Intelligent Visualisation
Deputy-Directors
- Prof. Maurice Pagnucco, Deputy Dean (Education), School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Engineering
- Prof. Jason John Sharples, School of Science, UNSW Canberra @ ADFA
Centre Fellows
Professoriate
- Emeritus Prof. Neil Brown, iCinema Centre, UNSW Arts, Architecture and Design
- Prof. Claude Sammut, UNSW Computer Science & Engineering
- Prof. Michael Scott-Mitchell, Professor of Practice, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- Prof. Michael Thielscher, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Computer Science & Engineering
Adjunct Professors
- Arul Baskaran Manager, ABC
- Matthew Connell, Director, Curatorial, Collections & Exhibitions, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
- Kip Williams, Artistic Director, Sydney Theatre Company
- Lyndon Terracini, Artistic Director, Opera Australia
Visiting Professorial Research Fellows
- Prof. Malvina Borgherini, Professor of Theater and Performing Arts, IUAV University, Venice
- Prof. George Legrady, Distinguished Professor, Digital Media Art, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Prof. Wolfgang Tschapeller, Director, Institute for Art and Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
- Prof. Peter Weibel, CEO, ZKM Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
Visiting Research Fellows
- Dr Timothy Barker, Lecturer, Digital Media, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Robin Chow, Lead Software Architect, Trazepp
- Lara Clemente, Architectural 3D Modeller, Binyan Studios, Australia
- Ardrian Hardjono, Founder, FollowApp Care
- A/Prof. Mohammad Obaid, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
- Dr Stephen Sewell, Head, Writing for Performance, NIDA
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Dr Ian McArthur, ARC DECRA Fellow
- Dr Prue Gibson, Postdoctoral Fellow UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- Dr Susanne Thurow, ARC Laureate Postdoctoral Fellow Digital Aesthetics
- Dr Carlos Tirado, ARC Laureate Postdoctoral Fellow Intelligent Visualisation
- Dr Baylee Britts, Office of Intelligence Post-Doctoral Fellow
iCinema Fellows
- Dr Prudence Gibson, Postdoctoral Fellow UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- A/Prof. Alison Gwilt, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- Dr Bianca Hester, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Research and Engagement, School of Art & Design
- Dr Minerva Inwald, Postdoctoral Fellow UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- Dr Trent Jansen, Lecturer, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- Dr Kasia Jezowska, Postdoctoral Fellow UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- Dr Mark Ian Jones, Senior Lecturer, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- Dr Ian McArthur, ARC DECRA Fellow
- Dr Livia Rezende, Lecturer, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- Dr Grant Stevens, Senior Lecturer, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- Dr Carlos Tirado Cortes, Postdoctoral Fellow UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- Dr Susanne Thurow, Postdoctoral Fellow UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
- Dr Andrew Yip, Lecturer, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
Immersive Systems Engineers
- Navin Brohier, ARC Programmer
- Scott Cotterell, ARC 3D Modeller
- Evelyn Dang, ARC Programmer
- Mario Flores, ARC Laureate Interaction Designer
- Rafael Formoso, ARC Programmer
- Finn Perry, ARC Programmer
- Dylan Shorten, ARC Programmer
Curator
Centre Manager
Facilities
Scientia (Kensington)
- AVIE Lab – Managers: Alex Ong and Simo Jurisic
- Immersive Systems Lab – Manager: Dylan Shorten
- Multi-Platform Lab – Manager: Evelyn Dang
- 3D Prototyping Lab – Manager: Finn Perry
- 3D Flatscreen Lab – Manager: Rafael Formoso
- 3D Scanning Lab – Managers: Alex Ong and Scott Cotterell
Centre Commercial Arm
Immersive Realisation Pty Ltd: Damian Leonard (Director) (email: damian@immersive-realisation.com)
iCinema Email: d.delfavero@unsw.edu.au