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.