Members & Associates

CCCS Members (University of Melbourne)

Name	Position	China-Related Research	Bio
Professor Jon Barnett	Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow, School of Geography
Dr Jennifer Day	Senior Lecturer, Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Building and Planning		Jennifer Eve Day works on issues of forced displacement and eviction, economic development, and urbanization across Asia and the Pacific, and she is expert in methods ranging from econometrics to qualitative storytelling. Jennie holds a PhD in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and master’s degree in Civil Engineering from San Jose State University.
Dr Liping Du	Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, Asia Institute		Dr Liping Du is a Senior Lecturer in Asia Institute
Professor Jia Gao	Professor in Chinese Studies, Asia Institute		GAO Jia is Professor of Chinese Studies at the Asia Institute, the University of Melbourne. He served as Assistant Dean (China) of the Faculty of Arts at the same university from 2011 to 2019 and Deputy Associate Dean (International - China) from 2020 to 2022. Professor Gao is a graduate of Renmin University of China, formerly known as the People's University of China, in Beijing.
Associate Professor Andrew Godwin	Associate Director (Asian Commercial Law), Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School		Andrew Godwin holds a number of senior positions at Melbourne Law School: Senior Lecturer, Director of Transactional Law, Director of the Graduate Program in Banking and Finance Law, and Associate Director of the Asian Law Centre. Andrew has been involved in legal practice for over 20 years, 10 of which were spent in Shanghai where he was a partner and chief representative of the international law firm, Linklaters.
Dr Richard Lee	Lecturer in Chinese History, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
Associate Professor Ester Leung	Associate Professor in Translation Studies (Chinese), Asia Institute		Ester Leung is a practicing interpreter and translator herself, and has been teaching on both interpreting and translation subjects such as introduction to interpreting studies, consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, legal translation, research methods for translation/interpreting studies, professional studies for translators, etc. Her research interests are varied but mainly focused on interpreting studies using action research approaches.
Associate Professor Delia Lin	Associate Professor in Chinese Studies, Asia Institute		Delia Lin is Associate Professor in Chinese Studies at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. She has a multi-disciplinary higher education background, ranging from engineering, linguistics, translation studies to political sociology.
Associate Professor Yongxian Luo	Associate Professor in Chinese Studies, Asia Institute		Prof. Yongxian Luo is a Professor (Chinese) in Asia Institute
Associate Professor Fran Martin	ARC Future Fellow, School of Culture and Communication		Fran's best-known research focuses on television, film, literature and other forms of cultural production in contemporary transnational China (The People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong), with a specialization in transnational flows and representations and cultures of gender and sexuality.
Dr Lewis Mayo	Lecturer in Chinese Studies, Asia Institute
Dr Wendy Ng	Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School		Dr Wendy Ng is an Associate Professor at Melbourne Law School, where she is the Director of the Competition Law and Economics Network and an Associate Director (China) of the Asian Law Centre. She completed her undergraduate studies (LLB (hons)/BCom) and PhD at the University of Melbourne.
Associate Professor Claire Roberts	Associate Professor, School of Culture and Communication		Claire Roberts is an art historian with an interest in modern and contemporary Chinese art. She is Professor of Art History in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne.
Professor Ian Rutherfurd	Professor, School of Geography		Ian Rutherfurd is a geographer and fluvial geomorphologist. He has worked for 25 years in the water sector as an academic, consultant and in policy.
Associate Professor Lusheng Shao	Associate Professor in Management, Management and Marketing		Lusheng Shao is Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at The University of Melbourne. He obtained a PhD in Business (Operations and Analytics) from The University of Sydney Business School.
Dr Craig Smith	Lecturer in Translation Studies (Chinese), Asia Institute		Craig A Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne. Craig's studies of twentieth century intellectual history and translation are largely related to his interest in Chinese efforts to engage with or abrogate Western hegemony.
Dr Pradeep Taneja	Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies, School of Social and Political Sciences		Dr Pradeep Taneja a Senior Lecturer in Asian politics, political economy and international relations at the University of Melbourne, where he is also a Member of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies and an Academic Fellow of the Australia India Institute. He was a graduate student at Peking University in the 1980s and worked in various parts of China for a number of years.
Dr Sow Keat Tok	Lecturer in Chinese Studies, Asia Institute		Dr Sow Keat Tok joined the Asia Institute in May 2012. Dr Tok obtained his PhD in Politics and International Studies from University of Warwick, United Kingdom, in 2011, and was previously associated with Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) in University of Warwick (2011-2012), China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham (2005-2007), and East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore (2004-2005).
Dr Jiao Wang	Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research		Ms. Jiao Wang joined the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research as Research Fellow in October 2016. Her fields of research include monetary policy, macro-prudential policy, macroeconomics and the Chinese economy.
Professor Michael Webber	Honorary Professor, School of Geography
Dr Shaoming Zhou	Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, Asia Institute		Shaoming Zhou is an Associate Professor in Chinese Studies at Asia Institute.
Professor Adrian Hearn	Professor, Languages and Linguistics	China; Sociology; Political Science	Professor Adrian Hearn is an anthropologist who researches the cultural challenges and opportunities arising from international relations.
Professor Like Jiang	Associate Professor, Accounting	Banking, Finance and Investment	Dr. Like Jiang joined the University of Melbourne after obtaining her Ph.D from ESSEC Business School in Paris, France. She is specialized in research areas of individual auditor expertise and independence, audit quality, audit pricing, horizon issue faced by top managers and individual investors, and corporate social responsibility and ethics.
Professor Yu (Flora) Kuang	Professor, Accounting	Corporate Governance	Yu (Flora) Kuang is a Professor of Accounting at the University of Melbourne. She earned her PhD in Accounting from Tilburg University. She received her Research Master's degree in Accounting from the CentER graduate school (Tilburg University) and a Bachelor's degree from the Renmin University of China. She worked as an Assistant Professor at VU Amsterdam after PhD graduation and joined FBE in 2015 as an Associate Professor of Accounting.
Dr Xiao Ma	Postdoctoral Fellow, Architecture, Building and Planning	Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Environmental Studies	Dr Xiao Ma is a postdoctoral research fellow (ARC) in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. She is working on the ARC Discovery Project of Emerging technologies of Transport: finding new practices in urban governance. Her research interests in transport planning, smart mobility, political economy, housing and urban development. Prior to joining the University of Melbourne, Xiao was a sessional lecturer working at the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. She graduated from the University of Sydney with her PhD in 2021.
Dr Dongmei Li	Teaching Specialist, Arts	International Students; Higher Education Internationalisation In China; Curriculum Development (internationalisation of the curriculum, professional development in pedagogical practice, academic integrity, embedding academic skill development in subject delivery)	Dr. Dongmei Li is a teaching and learning specialist in diversity and internationalisation at Arts Teaching Innovation, Faculty of Arts. Mei provides support and recommendations for academic staff in a range of teaching and learning topics, including student engagement, curriculum development, assessment and academic skill development. mei.li@unimelb.edu.au
Simon Christie	Head Tutor, Arts	Morphosyntax; Languages of China; Tibeto-Burman
Dr Fan Yang	Postdoctoral Fellow, Law	Technological Infrastructure; Chinese Technologies; AI	Fan Yang studies the effects of large-scale international digital technologies with their cross-jurisdictional tensions and expectations, and their cross-boarder effects on political activity and identity. Her research interest intersects Chinese technologies and governance, migration studies, innovative digital research methods, and postcolonial technoscience.
Dr Hao Wu	Senior Lecturer, Architecture, Building and Planning	Redevelopment; Heritage; Transition (real estate economics and valuation, economics and geography, property and institutions, land development and built heritage management, liveability and social justice. )	Dr Hao Wu is Senior Lecturer of Property in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. He is a graduate of University of Melbourne, University of Auckland, and Nanjing University. His research interests include real estate economics and valuation, economics and geography, property and institutions, land development and built heritage management, liveability and social justice.
Dr. Guoqi Qian	Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics	Statistical Geodynamcis; Biostatistics; Statistical Modelling And Model Selection	Dr. Qian is a statistician and applied mathematician with research expertise in statistics theory, biostatistics, bioinformatics, computational statistics, spatiotemporal statistics and mathematical and statistical methods for climate and earth sciences. The application part of his research involves developing stochastic models for representing big and complex data, developing computationally efficient algorithms for data mining and simulation, and developing operational statistical procedures for prediction.
Julie Miao	ARC Early Career Research Fellow, Architecture, Building and Planning	China; Social Science; Policy And Administration; Human Geography; Regional
Dr Jason Fan	Deputy Director, Languages and Linguistics	Language, Communication and Culture; Linguistics; Quality Education	Dr Jason Fan is Deputy Director and Principal Research Fellow at the Language Testing Research Centre (LTRC), University of Melbourne. His research interests include a) validity theory and validation of language assessments; b) Rasch measurement theory; and c) language assessment policy and practice.
Joanne Qian-Khoo	Senior Research Fellow, Law	Inclusive Employment; Social Economy; Applied Economics	Joanne has academic and professional experience working in the social and development sectors for over a decade, managing and delivering multi-stakeholder cross-sector initiatives funded by federal governments, philanthropic foundations and not-for-profit organisations. Her current research and projects involve working closely with social enterprises and community organisations in the field of social impact measurement and communication.
Brendan Clift	Lecturer, Law	Social Sciences; Media Law; Hong Kong	Brendan's research focuses on media law, especially defamation and copyright, and Hong Kong law, particularly the intersection of authoritarian politics and the rule of law. He currently teaches torts, media law, and digital platform regulation.
Professor Helen Hu	Professor, Management and Marketing	Management; Business; Corporate Governance;Social Sciences	Helen Hu is Professor of Strategic Management in the Department of Management and Marketing, the University of Melbourne. She is the Director of the Centre for Asian Business and Economics. Helen's research interests are corporate governance with focuses on board of directors, ownership structure, CSR, strategic leadership, and internationalization of Asian firms.
Professor Sun Sheng Han	Professor, Architecture, Building and Planning	Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Environmental Science & Ecology	Sun Sheng Han's research and teaching expertise are in the areas of urban and regional development, strategic planning and analytical methods in urban studies. He joined the University of Melbourne in mid 2007.
Tania Miletic	Assistant Director, Social and Political Sciences	Peacebuilding; Collective Trauma; China	Dr Tania Miletic is the Co Director of the University's Initiative for Peacebuilding within the Arts Faculty, working to promote multidisciplinary research, teaching and policy development that supports effective engagement in conflict prevention and peacebuilding in the Indo Pacific region.
Shurong Lu	Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Population Mental Health; China; Biostatistics	Dr Shurong Lu is an early-career researcher and Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Mental Health of Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, at the University of Melbourne. Shurong is also a China-trained epidemiologist and biostatistician, with over a decade’s practicing and research experience in non-communicable diseases and behavioural risk factors in CDC in China.
Emma Liang	Research Fellow, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences	Big Data Analytics; Nitrogen Footprint; Environmental and Food Science	Xia (Emma) Liang is an early career researcher in the Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne. She focuses on sustainable nitrogen (N) management through the “5 Ps” principles (Production, People, Planet, Policy and Partnerships) with multidimensional N metrics (i.e., N use efficiency, virtual N factor, N footprint, N neutrality, reactive N spatial intensity, N boundary, N price and N equity).
Lanxi Huang	Teaching Specialist, Melbourne Graduate School of Education	Wellbeing Science； Phenomenographic Approach	Dr Lanxi Huang is a Research Project Officer at the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, the University of Melbourne. Lanxi aims to promote health for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in people-centred, contextually responsive, and systematic ways. Lanxi has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, a Master of Education in language teaching and learning, a Master of Education by research on the professional development program evaluation, and a PhD in wellbeing science.
Jun (Eric) Fu	Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education	Media Literacy; China; Citizenship Practice	Dr Jun Fu is a Senior Research Fellow at the Youth Research Centre, Faculty of Education. His research interests include digital media, citizenship practices of young people, and media and digital literacy education.
Tim T. Werner	Decra Fellow, Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences	Mining Impacts; Economic Geology; Industrial Ecology	Dr. Tim Werner is a DECRA Fellow in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He holds a PhD from Monash University, completed in 2017, and subsequently served as a postdoctoral research fellow at RMIT University, Melbourne. He has held Visiting Scholar positions at Yale University and the Vienna University of Economics and Business. In 2018, Dr. Werner joined the University of Melbourne as a Research Fellow in GIS and Extractive Industries, contributing to an ARC Laureate Project. In 2021, he secured funding for an ARC DECRA Fellowship, focussing on investigating critical metal resources, their mining footprints, and potential future supply chain impacts.
Lisa Cameron	Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Policy Evaluation; China; Data	Lisa Cameron joined the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne as a professorial research fellow in July 2017. She was appointed the James Riady Chair in Asian Economics and Business in 2022.
Yuxing Zhou	Senior Tutor, Asia Institute	Screen And Digital Media; Gender Studies; Creative Arts And Writing	Dr Yuxing Zhou is a Senior Tutor in Chinese Studies.
Jim He	Professorial Fellow, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences	Nitrogen Cycling; Biogeography; Soil Science	Dr He Joined The University of Melbourne as Research at Melbourne Accelerator Program (RAMAP) Professor of Molecular Soil Ecology in December 2013. His research interests focus on the soil microbial biogeography and biogeochemical cycles of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in soil ecosystems.
Tania Miletic	Assistant Director, Social and Political Sciences	Peacebuilding; Collective Trauma; China	Dr Tania Miletic is the Co Director of the University's Initiative for Peacebuilding within the Arts Faculty, working to promote multidisciplinary research, teaching and policy development that supports effective engagement in conflict prevention and peacebuilding in the Indo Pacific region.
Shurong Lu	Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Population Mental Health; China; Biostatistics	Dr Shurong Lu is an early-career researcher and Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Mental Health of Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, at the University of Melbourne. Shurong is also a China-trained epidemiologist and biostatistician, with over a decade’s practicing and research experience in non-communicable diseases and behavioural risk factors in CDC in China.
Minyu Wang	Honorary, The Sir Peter Maccallum Department of Oncology	Oncology And Carcinogenesis; Cancer; Immunology	Dr Minyu Wang is a Honorary member in the Sir Peter Maccallum Department of Oncology
Jiao Wang	Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Macro-prudential Policy; Capital Controls; International Economics	Ms. Jiao Wang joined the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research as Research Fellow in October 2016. Her fields of research include monetary policy, macro-prudential policy, macroeconomics and the Chinese economy.
Zhe Liu	ARC Future Fellow, Mechanical Engineering	Engineering; Physical Sciences; Materials Science	Dr Zhe Liu is the Professor of Computational Materials Engineering in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Melbourne. He completed a BE and ME Degree in Solid Mechanics at Tsinghua University in China, and then a PhD Degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University in the US.
Lu Aye	Professor, Infrastructure Engineering	Built Environment And Design	Lu Aye is a Professor in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Prof. Aye has more than 40 years of engineering experience in university teaching, research, development, demonstration and commercialisation of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
Feng Liu	Lecturer, Computing and Information Systems	Trustworthy Machine Learning; Hypothesis Testing; Transfer Learning	Dr Feng Liu is a machine learning researcher with research interests in hypothesis testing and trustworthy machine learning. Dr Feng Liu is currently an ARC DECRA Fellow and an Assistant Professor in Machine Learning at the School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Shirley Chang		Biomedical And Clinical Sciences;Biomedical And Clinical Sciences	Dr Shirley Chang is a Research Fellow in Genetic Epidemiology Infectious Diseases
Tom (Xuanchi) Liu		Biomaterials; Machine Learning	Dr Xuanchi (Tom) Liu is currently a research fellow at the Department of Infrastructure Engineering.
Gang Li		Engineering; Technology	Dr Gang (Kevin) Li, is an associate professor at the University of Melbourne. He obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degree from Tianjin University, and PhD in pressure swing adsorption technologies at Monash University.
Eik Leong Swee		Institutions; Inequality; Education	Eik Swee is a faculty member of the Department of Economics. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Toronto.
Pete Millwood		Arts & Humanities; US-China Relations; Historical Studies	Pete Millwood is a historian of the Chinese world’s international and transnational relations, particularly with the United States.
Dashi Zhang		Media; Chinese Culture; China Studies	Dr. Dashi Zhang has been the subject coordinator, lecturer and tutor at the School of Culture and Communication of the University of Melbourne for the BA and MA courses in communication, media, public relations, culture and advertising/marketing communication
Louisa Lim		Xi Jinping; China; Journalism	A/Prof Louisa Lim is an Associate Professor in Audio-Visual Journalism Culture and Communication
Jerry Wong		Classical; Piano; Debussy	Steinway Artist Jerry Wong has been described by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Martin Bernheimer as "eloquent...sensitivity and a finely-honed sense of style" and the Orange County Register praised him for "clean technique, forthright sound and a straight-forward approach to classical textures". He has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia in such prestigious settings as the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, National Concert Hall of Taipei, National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., Opera City Hall in Tokyo, PianoForte in Chicago, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Shriver Hall in Baltimore and Weill Recital Hall in New York City.
Julie Choi		Collaborative Ethnographic Approaches; Multilingual Identity Development	Dr Julie Choi is Associate Professor in Education (Additional Languages) in the Faculty of Education. She is co-editor of the books Language and Culture: Reflective Narratives and the Emergence of Identity, Plurilingualism in Teaching and Learning: Complexities across Contexts, and author of Creating a Multivocal Self: Autoethnography as Method.
Wenyan Wu		Flood Inundation Modelling	Dr Wu is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Hydrology & Water Resources in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, the University of Melbourne. She has over ten years’ experience across academia and industry.
Shuai Li		Cancer	Associate Professor Shuai Li is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, a Dame Kate Campbell Fellow and a medically trained epidemiologist at the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Melbourne. He currently leads the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Genetic Epidemiology for Precision Population Health.
Ang Li		Public Policy; Mental Health; Housing	Dr. Ang Li is a Research Fellow at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Her research concerns the intersections of housing, social wellbeing and climate change, with a focus on applied econometrics and causal inference using panel data. Her research has examined the impact of housing security, affordability, and condition on health and social outcomes.
April Li		Science & Technology	Dr Wen Li is a research fellow working on the metal and bioactive component recovery using solvent extraction technologies in collaborations with national and international industrial partners. Wen worked on the hydrometallurgical processing and crystallization and received her Master’s degree in the Department of Materials Engineering at the University of British Columbia.
Cun Liu		Discrete Choice Experiments; Rare Diseases	Dr Cun (Lizzy) Liu is a Research Fellow at the Economics of Genomics and Precision Medicine Unit, Melbourne Health Economics at the University of Melbourne. She received her PhD degree in Economics from Monash University, Australia. Her research is in the broad area of health economics and applied economics.
Xueyuan Wu		Modelling; Ruin; Statistics	Dr. Xueyuan Wu obtained a B.Sc (Probability and Mathematical Statistics, 1997) and an M.Sc (Probability and Statistics, 2000) from Nankai University, China. He completed his Ph.D in Actuarial Science from the University of Hong Kong in 2004.
Wen Li		Science & Technology	Dr. Wen Li is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Melbourne.
Phyllis Lau		Integrated Oral Health Care; Diabetes; Cultural Sensitivity	Dr Lau is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of General Practice and an Honorary Principle Research Fellow at the Melbourne Dental School. She has extensive experience in interprofessional collaboration and Indigenous health research.
Stanley Koh		Education Policy, Sociology And Philosophy	Dr Stanley Koh is Lecturer, and Academic Coordinator (People, Planning and Community) at the Faculty of Education. Stanley has a background in teaching and school leadership and holds full teacher registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
Lianhai Zu		Energy Storage And Conversion	Lianhai Zu is currently a research fellow of Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He is funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) through the ARC Training Centre in Future Energy Storage Technologies (IC180100049) and a R&D engineer at Energy storage company SupraG Energy.
Hanlun Liu		Environmental Sciences; Climate Change Impacts And Adaptation;Environmental Sciences & Ecology	Dr Hanlun Liu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Community Ecology Biosciences
Wei Yang		Built Environment and Design; Technology; Engineering	Dr Wei Yang research expertise and interest focus on building energy efficiency, building design optimization, building performance evaluation, life cycle assessment, thermal comfort, urban heat island and HVAC system control. Wei teaches in the areas of building services, building regulation, building design and project management.
Chien Chan		Engineering	Chien Aun Chan, received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from The University of Melbourne (UoM), VIC, Australia, in 2010. In 2011, he joined the Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications, UoM, where he led a project in developing new modelling and energy-efficient techniques for cloud computing applications and mobile services.
Giri Kattel		River Basins; Climate Change; China	Dr Giri Kattel is a Professor of Geography at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST) in Nanjing, China. Previously, Dr Giri Kattel was a visititing scholar at Tsinghua University (Beijing) under the Global Talent Fellowship Program.
Dinh Bui		Chronic Lung Diseases	Dinh Bui is a Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the University of Melbourne. He is currently funded by his NHMRC Emerging Leadership Investigator Grant (EL1).
Dan Li		Chemistry; Technology; Engineering	Professor Dan Li is an Australian Laureate Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne.
Tonia Eckfeld		History, Heritage and Archaeology; China; Materials Conservation	Prof Tonia Eckfeld is a Honorary member in the Faculty of Historical and Philosophical Studies
Sean Kang		Category Learning; Social Sciences; Psychology	Sean is a cognitive psychologist whose research focuses on applying the cognitive science of human learning and memory towards improving instructional practice. After obtaining his Ph.D. at Washington University in St. Louis, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Diego, before becoming an assistant professor of education at Dartmouth College (USA).
Lin Cheng	Research Fellow, School of Health Sciences	Reproductive Medicine
Tingru Cui		Business & Economics; Information Systems; Big Data Analytics	Dr Tingru Cui joined the School of Computing and Information Systems as a Senior Lecturer in 2020. Prior to joining the University of Melbourne, Dr Tingru Cui worked in University of Wollongong for 5 years.
Ou Yang		Business & Economics	Dr Ou Yang is a research fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Ping Xiao		Applied Economics; Business Systems in Context; Marketing	Dr. Ping Xiao is an Associate Professor at Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne. She holds a Ph.D. from Washington University in Saint Louis and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Science and Technology of China. Her main research interests are strategic interactions in business (E-commerce) expansion, information nudges in the digital context, big data analytics and policy evaluation, social network/media and consumer analytics, pricing, digital transformation, sustainable consumption, and corporate social responsibility.
Felix Kin Peng Hui		Project Initiation	Dr Felix Kin Peng Hui is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management and an Academic Specialist in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering. He is also the Program Director/Academic Coordinator for the Master of Engineering Management program at the University of Melbourne.
Q J Wang		Temperature; Seasonal; Drought	Professor QJ Wang's current research interests include forecasting of rainfall, river flow, flood and flood inundation, water supply and demand. The forecasting spatial-scale ranges from small catchments to continents, and time-horizon spans from a few hours to several seasons.
Rui Zhou		Good Health And Well Being	Rui Zhou holds a Ph.D. degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Waterloo and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and an Associate of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (ACIA). Prior to joining the University of Melbourne, she was Assistant Professor in Actuarial Studies at the University of Manitoba for five years.
Yuhang Zhang		Statistical Models; Climate; DataScience	Dr. Yuhang Zhang is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne, collaborating closely with Professor QJ Wang and others.
Lin Li		Cancer Prevention; Health Policy; HIV Prevention	Dr Lin Li is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Behaviour Change in Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences. As a behavioural scientist he has been actively involved in evaluating the impacts of policies of World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, both in developing and developed countries.
Phillip McCalman		Business & Economics	Prof Phillip McCalman is the Head of Department Economics
Lily Fu		Chinese Studies
Hyun Jin Kim		Han China; History; Art & Humanities	Hyun Jin was born in Seoul, South Korea and grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. He took his D Phil from the University of Oxford on a Commonwealth Scholarship in 2008 and then was a University of Sydney Postdoctoral Research Fellow and an ARC DECRA Fellow until he joined the University of Melbourne Classics and Archaeology Discipline in 2013
Sarah Biddulph			Sarah Biddulph is Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne. Sarah is Director of the Asian Law Centre in Melbourne Law School (MLS).
Yu Hao			Yu Hao does research in translator education and Chinese-English translation. Research interests include teaching translation technology, translation curriculum development, and the role language translation plays in crisis communication.
Xiao Han			Xiao's research interests include assemblage thinking, critical hydropolitics, agrarian change and green transition. Xiao finished her PhD at the University of Melbourne (2018) on the goals, practices and consequences of Chinese overseas dam building, and was an ARC research fellow at the University's Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies (2018-20).
Qiuping Pan			Dr Qiuping Pan is a lecturer in Chinese Studies at Asia Institute.
Sarah Rogers			Sarah is an Associate Professor at the Asia Institute. She is a geographer who studies social, political, and environmental change in China.
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Wilfred Yang Wang			Wilfred Yang Wang is the Lecturer in Media and Communications Studies at the University of Melbourne. From 2022 to January 2023 he served as Director of Undergraduate Studies for the School of Culture and Communication. His research focuses on data and algorithmic governance, the biopolitics of ageing, diasporic media, digital geography and China.