Meet the Lab staff
The Live+Smart Research Lab’s core team includes the Director, research fellows, associate research fellows, postdoctoral fellows, a project coordinator, and research assistant. Our research lab staff are committed fulltime and casual staff members responsible for research, coordination, modelling, computing and analysis, and the day to day activities of the Lab.
Phillip B. Roös
Director: Live+Smart Research Lab / Lead
Biophilic Design & Regenerative-Adaptive Design
Lana Van Galen
Deputy Director: Live+Smart Research Lab
Architecture and Biophilic Design
Emma Duncan
Project Coordinator
Paras Sidiqui
Research Fellow: Urban Analytics, Remote Sensing & GIS
Murray Herron
Senior Research Fellow: GIS Dynamic Scenario Modelling
Ali Jalali
Senior Research Fellow: GIS Ecological Systems
Researchers, Research Associates and Affiliates
Unconstrained by traditional disciplines, the Live+Smart Research Lab researchers are made up of an interdisciplinary team that strive to create solutions, technologies, and experiences that enable individuals and communities to transform their lives for the better and improve the environment.
Renae Carolin
CHIME Director
Barwon Health/CHIME /MHDAS/Deakin
Melissa O’Shea
Clinical Psychology /
Biophilic Design & Wellbeing
Academic Lead: CHIME/School of Psychology Deakin
Arlene Walker
Organisational Psychology / Biophilic Design & Wellbeing
School of Psychology Deakin
Megan Turner
Mental Health & Biophilic Design
School of Psychology Deakin
Rebecca Patrick
Director, Sustainable Health Network
Faculty of Health Deakin
Tyson Yunkaporta
Indigenous Knowledges
NIKERI
Daniel Ierodiaconou
Coastal & Marine Environments
Lab Leader: Deakin Marine Mapping
Seng Loke
Intelligent Built Environments
Co-Director: The IoT Platforms and Applications Lab (CITECORE)
Simon Kilbane
Future Landscapes & Ecologies
Angela Kreutz
Indigenous Architecture & Early Learning
Abdul-Manan Sadick
Indoor Environmental Quality & Health
Surabhi Pancholi
Smart Rural & Urban Communities
Yolanda Esteban
Designing Urban Futures
Beau Beza
Urban Design & Placemaking
Tuba Kocaturk
Integral Design
Director: MInD Lab
Rui Wang
Virtual & Augmented Reality
Dominic Doe Ahiaha-Dagbui
Transport Futures
Deakin Transport Futures Hub
Olubukola Tokede
Cradle to Cradle Design & Construction
Reza Hosseini
Digital Engineering & BIM
Glenn Costin
Resilient & Adaptive Communities
Farnad Nasirzadeh
Dynamic Systems
John Kite
Sustainable Construction
Jeffrey Godfredson
Research Associate
Bushfire & Emergency Services
HDR Students
Our Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students investigate innovative approaches to address the major challenges of our time, supporting the main research themes in biophilia and biophilic design, integral whole-systems thinking, regenerative-adaptive design, and scenario planning.
Xiaoyi Guan (Keyson)
PhD Candidate
Susan Ryan
PhD Candidate
Jason Singh Gaekwad
PhD Candidate
Georgina de Beaujeu
PhD Candidate
Strategic Advisory Committee
The Live+Smart Research Lab is supported by an external Strategic Advisory Committee, made up of Deakin and external stakeholders who offer input and advice on research focus areas, strategic development, collaborations and industry engagement.