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STAFF AND STUDENTS

The Western Australian Centre for Geodesy currently comprises 9 academic/research staff and 7 postgraduate research students. This gives a brief profile of each person.

Academic Staff

Adjunct Academic Staff Visting Academic Staff
  • Professor Wolfgang Keller (from Stuttgart Univ, Germany)
  • Dr Marta Pérez-Gussinyéa (from Jaume Almera, Spain)
Research Students Visiting Students
  • Ms Franziska Bradke (from Univ Karlsruhe, Germany)
  • Mr Robert Ebner (from Tech Univ Graz, Austria)
  • Mr Daniel Rieser (from Tech Univ Graz, Austria)
  • Mr Christoph Weyer (from Univ Karlsruhe, Germany)

BRIEF PROFILES OF CURRENT STAFF AND STUDENTS


Professor Will Featherstone

Tel: (08) 9266 2734 / 04389 23018
Email: W.Featherstone(at)curtin.edu.au
Homepage: http://www.cage.curtin.edu.au/~will/
Positions: Professor of Geodesy, ARC Professorial Fellow, Director of the Centre
Qualifications: BSc(Hons1)(Newcastle,UK), DPhil(Oxford,UK)
Research: Physical, geometrical and satellite geodesy, geophysics
Teaching: Research Methodology, Applied Geodetic Surveying, Coordinate Systems and Map Projections


Dr Jon Kirby

Tel: (08) 9266 7701
Email: J.Kirby(at)curtin.edu.au
Homepage: http://www.cage.curtin.edu.au/~jfk
Positions: Senior Lecturer, Deputy Director of the Centre
Qualifications: BSc(Hons)(Durham,UK), MSc(Leeds,UK), PhD(Edinburgh,UK)
Research: Isostasy, wavelets, physical geodesy, geophysics
Teaching: Physical Geodesy, Coordinate and Mapping Systems, Spatial Data Processing, Cartographic Statistics


Dr Michael Kuhn

Tel: (08) 9266 7603
Email: M.Kuhn(at)curtin.edu.au
Homepage: http://www.cage.curtin.edu.au/~kuhnm/
Positions: Senior Lecturer, Curtin Research Fellow
Qualifications: Dipl-Ing(Karlsruhe,Germany), PhD(Hons)(Karlsruhe)
Research: Physical geodesy, synthetic gravity field modelling, geoid determination, isostasy, marine geodesy
Teaching: Hydrographic Surveying, Applications of GPS


Dr Joseph Awange

Tel: (08) 9266 2218
Email: J.Awange(at)curtin.edu.au
Homepage: none
Position: Lecturer, Curtin Research Fellow
Qualifications: BSc(Nairobi,Kenya), MSc(Nairobi), MSc(Stuttgart,Germany), PhD(Stuttgart)
Research Interests: GPS meteorology, satellite environmental monitoring, geometrical geodesy, algebra
Teaching: GPS Surveying, Plane and Construction Surveying, Engineering Surveying


Dr Sten Claessens

Tel: (08) 9266 3505
Email: S.Claessens(at)curtin.edu.au
Homepage: http://www.cage.curtin.edu.au/~sten/
Position: Research Associate
Qualifications: BSc(Delft,The Netherlands), MSc(Delft), PhD(Curtin)
Research: Physical geodesy, boundary-value problems, synthetic gravity field modelling
Teaching: Measurement and Adjustment Analysis, Survey Network Analysis and Design


Dr Kwang-Ho Bae

Tel: (08) 9266 7604
Email: K.H.Bae(at)curtin.edu.au
Homepage: none
Position: Research Associate
Qualifications: BSc(Korea), BSc(Hons)(Adelaide), MSc(Adelaide), PhD(Curtin)
Research: Laser scanning, photogrammetry
Teaching: Photogrammetric Mapping, Analytical Photogrammetry


Professor Louis Moresi

Tel: (03) 9905 4468
Email: louis.moresi(at)sci.monash.edu
Homepage: http://www.moresi.info
Position: Adjunct Professor
Qualifications: BA(Hons1)(Cambridge,UK), DPhil(Oxford,UK)
Research: Mantle convection, high-performance computing, applied mathematics


Associate Professor Chris Swain

Tel:
Email:
Personal web-page: none
Position: Adjunct Associate Professor
Qualifications: BSc(Hons)(Bristol,UK), MSc(Birmingham,UK), PhD(Leicester,UK)
Research: Isostasy, exploration geophysics


Dr Nigel Penna

Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 8747
Email: Nigel.Penna(at)newcastle.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/profiles2/nigel.penna
Position: Adjunct member
Qualifications: BEng(Hons1)(Nottingham,UK), MSc(Dist)(Nottingham), PhD(Nottingham)
Research: GPS meteorology, high-precision GPS, deformation monitoring


Mr Don Abbey

Tel: (08) 9266 7559
Email: abbeyd(at)vesta.curtin.edu.au
Homepage: none
Position: MSc Student
Qualifications: BSurv(Hons)(UNSW), Licensed Surveyor (W Aust)
Research: GPS data quality, multipath, cycle-slip correction


Ms Ira Anjasmara

Tel: (08) 9266 2218
Email: i.anjasmara(at)postgrad.curtin.edu.au
Homepage: none
Position: MSc Student
Qualifications: BSc(CumLaude)(Bandung Inst of Tech,Indonesia)
Research: Physical geodesy, GRACE time-variable gravity


Mr David Belton

Tel: (08) 9266 2704
Email: D.Belton(at)curtin.edu.au
Homepage: none
Position: Doctoral Student
Qualifications: BSc(Curtin), BSc(Hons1)(Curtin)
Research: Laser scanning, photogrammetry


Ms Neda Darbeheshti

Tel: (08) 9266 2218
Email: neda.darbehesti(at)postgrad.curtin.edu.au
Homepage: none
Position: Doctoral Student
Qualifications: BSc(K.N.Toosi Univ of Tech,Iran), MSc(K.N.Toosi Univ of Tech)
Research: Physical geodesy, least-squares collocation, geodynamics


Mr Johannes Fellner

Tel: (08) 9266 2218
Email: j.fellner(at)postgrad.curtin.edu.au
Homepage: none
Position: Doctoral Student
Qualifications: BSc(TU Graz,Austria), MSc(TU Graz)
Research: Numerical study on heights using a synthetic Earth gravity field


Mr Mick Filmer

Tel: (08) 9266 2218
Email: M.Filmer(at)curtin.edu.au
Homepage: none
Position: Doctoral Student
Qualifications: BGeoinfSurv(Hons1)(Univ S Aust), Licensed Surveyor (S Aust)
Research: Height systems and vertical datums


Mr Johnny Lo

Tel: (08) 9266 2218
Email: j.lo(at)curtin.edu.au
Personal web-page: none
Position: Doctoral Student
Qualifications: BSc(Hons 1) (Curtin)
Research: GPS meteorology, stochastic modelling


PAST STAFF, STUDENTS AND VISITORS


Former Academic Staff

  • A/Prof Xiaoli Ding, now at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
  • A/Prof Derek Lichti, now at the University of Calgary, Canada
  • Dr Nigel Penna, now at the University of Newcastle, UK
  • A/Prof Mike Stewart, now in the private sector, Greece
  • Dr Maria Tsakiri, now at the National Technical University Athens, Greece

Former Research Staff

  • Mr Neil Castleden, now in the private sector, Perth
  • Mr Jochen Franke, now in the private sector, Perth
  • Mr Joris Goos, now in the private sector, The Netherlands
  • Dr Willie Guo, now in the private sector, Perth
  • Dr Guorong Hu, now at Geoscience Australia, Canberra
  • Ms Allison Kealy, now at the University of Melbourne
  • Dr Oleg Makarynskyy, now in the private sector, Perth
  • Dr David Sproule, now in the private sector, Perth

Former Graduate Students

  • Mr Agustan, now at Teknologi Inventarisasi Sumberdaya Alam, Indonesia
  • Dr Matt Amos, now at Land Information New Zealand
  • Dr Ireneusz Baran, now in the private sector, Perth
  • Dr Xiaoli Deng, now at the University of Newcastle, Australia
  • Mr Michael Dennis, now in the private sector, USA
  • Dr Troy Forward, now in the private sector, Perth
  • Dr Stuart Gordon, now in the private sector, Wollongong
  • Dr Ron Hackney, now at Geoscience Australia, Canberra
  • Dr Simon Holmes, now at SGT Inc, USA
  • Dr Minghai Jia, now at Geoscience Australia, Canberra
  • Dr Dayong Ren, now in the private sector, Perth
  • Mr Cuong Tang, now in the private sector, Vietnam
  • Dr Jinling Wang, now at the University of New South Wales
  • Dr Kefei Zhang, now at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Former Visiting Students

  • Ms Sabine Roedelsperger, now at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
  • Mr Ali Soltanpour, now at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Ms Diana Weihing, now at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
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