Contacts
Office of the Executive Director
| Role | Contact Details | Contact for: |
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| Executive Director, Research Stratgey and Operations | Mr Alistair Duncan (+61 3) 9479 2162 + 61 437 215 824 email | |
| Executive Assistant to Executive Director Research Strategy and Operations | Tricia Van Der-Kuyp email | - All Executive Director Research Strategy and Operations enquiries
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| Manager Secure Research Enagement | Matthew
Hunter
email +61 423 180 908 | - Management of research security and risk
- Advice on Autonomous Sanctions, Defence Trade Controls and Foreign Arrangements
- Advice on policies and procedures related to sensitive research engagements
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| Research Office Reception | Reception (+61 3) 9479 1144 | - General research enquiries
- For specific enquiries including Grants, Contracts, post award, please refer to Team contact details below.
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Research and Industry Agreements Team
| Role | Contact Details | Contact for: |
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| Associate Director, Research & Industry Agreements | Amanda Smith email +61 3 9479 3452 | - Strategic advice for Agreements for Research & Industry Engagement portfolio
- Strategic advice for large or complex research and consulting contracts and tenders
- Advice on policies and procedures related to research and consulting contracts and tenders
- Feedback on Consulting and Contracts team
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| Senior Manager, Grants Management & Compliance | Dr Jarrad Cogle email
+61 3 9479 5333 | - Strategic advice and support for grant post award management
- Advice on grant scheme compliance
- Advice and support on the management of agreements for grants and related agreements
- Advice on policies and procedures related to grant management and compliance
- Advice on foreign engagement and critical technology requirements and procedures
- Advice and support on grant reporting including financial reporting and acquittals
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Manager, Consulting and Contracts | Justin Manzano email +61 3 9479 3948 | - Strategic advice and support for research and consulting contracts and tenders
- Advice and support on the development of tender and request for quote proposals
- Advice and support for costing and pricing research and consulting projects
- Advice on policies and procedures related to research and consulting contracts and tenders
- Management of development, review and negotiation of large or complex research and consulting contracts
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| Manager Consulting and Contracts | Larran O'Shea
email | - Strategic advice and support for Research and consulting contracts and tenders
- Advice and support on the development of tender and request for quote proposals
- Advice and support for costing and pricing research and consulting projects
- Advice on policies and procedures related to research and consulting contracts and tenders
- Management of development, review and negotiation of large or complex research and consulting contracts
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| Senior Contracts Advisor | Annabelle Crowe email +61 3 9479 2541 | - Strategic advice and support for research and consulting contracts and tenders
- Advice and support on the development of tender and request for quote proposals
- Advice and support for costing and pricing research and consulting projects
- Assistance with policies, processes, tools and templates.
- Management of development, review and negotiation of large or complex research and consulting contracts
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| Senior Contracts Advisor | Riz Hussain email | - Strategic advice and support for research and consulting contracts and tenders
- Advice and support on the development of tender and request for quote proposals
- Advice and support for costing and pricing research and consulting projects
- Assistance with policies, process, tools and templates
- Management of development, review and negotiation of large or complex research and consulting contracts.
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Senior Contracts advisor | Sonia Dawson
email | - Management of development, review and negotiation of research and consulting contracts
- Advice and support for costing and pricing research and consulting projects
- Support on the development of tender and request for quote proposals
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| Senior Contracts Officer | Vacant | - Management of development, review and negotiation of research and consulting contracts
- Advice and support for costing and pricing research and consulting projects
- Support on the development of tender and request for quote proposals
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| Contracts Officer | Dilay Karadeniz
email
+61 3 9479 1340 | - Management of development, review and negotiation of research and consulting contracts
- Advice and support for costing and pricing research and consulting projects
- Support on the development of tender and request for quote proposals
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| Contracts Officer | Vacant | - Management of development, review and negotiation of research and consulting contracts
- Advice and support for costing and pricing research and consulting projects
- Support on the development of tender and request for quote proposals
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| Assistant Grants Advisor | Dr Elizabeth Mathews
email
+61 3 9479 3730 | - Advice and support for grant post award management
- Advice on grant scheme compliance
- Management of agreements for grants and related agreements
- Advice and support on grant reporting including financial reporting and acquittals
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| Assistant Grants Advisor | Vacant | - Advice and support for grant post award management
- Advice on grant scheme compliance
- Management of agreements for grants and related agreements
- Advice and support on grant reporting including financial reporting and acquittals
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| Assistant Grants Advisor | Laura Armstrong email +61 3 9479 1960 | - Advice and support for grant post award management
- Advice on grant scheme compliance
- Management of agreements for grants and related agreements
- Advice and support on grant reporting including financial reporting and acquittals
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| Assistant Grants Advisor | Dr Anchal Yadav email
+61 3 9479 1287
| - Advice and support for grant post award management
- Advice on grant scheme compliance
- Management of agreements for grants and related agreements
- Advice and support on grant reporting including financial reporting and acquittals
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| Research Administration Officer | Christine Atzis email +61 3 9479 3942 | - Administration of research and consulting and contracts
- Information and data relating to consulting and research contracts
- Record keeping and reporting of information
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| General Enquiries | ResearchContract@latrobe.edu.au
https://www.latrobe.edu.au/partnerships/consulting
+61 3 9479 1124 | - Management of research contracts
- Advice and support for tender opportunities and proposals
- Advice and support for costing and pricing research and consulting projects
- Finding or raising your profile as a consultant or contract researcher through La Trobe University
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| | Postaward@latrobe.edu.au | - Advice and support for grant post award management
- Advice on grant scheme compliance
- Management of agreements for grants and related agreements
- Advice and support on grant reporting including financial reporting and acquittals
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Ethics, Integrity and Biosafety
| Area | Contact Details | Contact for: |
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| Senior Manager Ethics, Integrity and Biosafety | Mark Li eib@latrobe.edu.au | - Strategic Advice for complex research projects
- Research governance advice
- Research integrity advice
- Feedback relating to Ethics, Integrity and Biosafety
- Research participant complaints
- Research committee procedure complaints
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Senior Coordinator Governance and Operations | Call 9479 1443 eib@latrobe.edu.au | - Research governance advice
- Advice on risk-based monitoring processes
- Operational and systems advice
- Clinical trials governance and expertise
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Senior Coordinator
Human Research Ethics | Mary Duffy +61 3 9479 1443 humanethics@latrobe.edu.au | - Strategic advice for complex research projects
- Research participant complaints
- Information relating to committee membership and recruitment
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| Human Research Ethics Advisor | Ismat Zehara
+61 3 9479 1443
humanethics@latrobe.edu.au | - Information and advice relating to Human research Ethics Procedures
- Processing of Human Ethics Applications
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| Human Research Ethics Advisor | Portia Dilena +61 3 9479 1443
humanethics@latrobe.edu.au
| - Information and advice relating to Human Research Ethics Procedures
- Advice on the development of research protocols involving humans
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| Animal Warefare and Biosafety Offficer |
Kanchana Jayasundara
AnimalEthics@latrobe.edu.au Biosafety@latrobe.edu.au | - Advice on Animal Ethics, and Biosafety Unexpected adverse events
- Advice about potential non-comliance in animal ethics
- Geeral concerns about animal welfare issues
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| Senior Coordinator Animal Ethics / Biosafety | Mukesh Raipuria + 61 3 9479 3978 AnimalEthics@latrobe.edu.au +61 3 9479 3338 Biosafety@latrobe.edu.au | - Strategic advice for complex research projects
- Research participants complaints
- Information relating to committee membership and recruitment information and advice relating to Animal Research Ethics procedures
- Information relating to committee membership and recruitment
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| Animal Ethics and Biosafety Advisor | AnimalEthics@latrobe.edu.au +61 9479 3338 Biosafety@latrobe.edu.au | - Information and advice relating to Animal Research Ethics Procedures
- Information and advice relating to institutional Biosafety Procedures
- Advice on the development of research protocols involving animals, gene technology and biospecimens
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| Senior Coordinator Research Integrity and Policy | Valentina Tankov
+61 3 9479 6363
researchintegrity@latrobe.edu.au
| - Research integrity complaints or concerns
- Advice on research policies and procedures
- Advice on the responsible conduct of research
- Coordination of the Research Integrity Advisors Network
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Research Development and Grants Team
| Area | Contract Details | Contact for |
|---|
| General enquiries | researchgrants@latrobe.edu.au | All general enquiries can be directed to our team inbox which is constantly monitored. | |
| Associate Director, Research Developm& Grants | Vacant | Leads the Research Development and Grants team to coordinate strategic and collaborative bids. | |
| Research Development Manager | Alyce Forrest email +61 9479 3133 | Provides strategic research development support and advice for competitive Category 1 research grants | |
| Manager Research Development | Jessica Kvansakul email +61 9479 2641 | Provides strategic research development support and advice for grants submitted by the School of Cancer Medicine/ ONJCRI |
Senior Grants Advisor
(Health and Medical) | Renzo Fenati email +61 9479 1896 |
Senior Grants Advisor
(Australian Research Council) | Dr Marc Bonaventura email +61 9479 1469 | Provides specialist advice and support for Australian Research Council (ARC) funding schemes, including application development, eligibility requirements, budgeting, compliance, and submission processes. |
| Grants Advisor | Dr Sandeep Kaur Sandhu email +61 9479 8778 | Supports submission of Catergory 2 & 3 funding opportunities, providing advice on funding schemes, proposal development, budgeting, and application requirements. |
| Grants Advisor | Dr Kathryn Munro
email +61 9479 1658 | Supports submission of Category 2 and 3 funding opportunities, providing advice on funding schemes, proposal development, budgeting, and application requirements. | |
| Manager Research System | Weiyu Jiang email +61 9479 1950 | |
Major Research Initiatives Team
| Role | Contact Details | |
|---|
| Executive Director, Major Research Initiatives | Deepa Balakrishnan
email +61 9479 5216 | Leads the Major Research Initiatives team to coordinate a University-wide approach to research revenue growth and the development of major funding bids, fostering a culture of collaboration and strategic focus across institutes, centers and schools, and the different revenue generating professional teams across the University. |
| Research Development Manager MRFF | Dr Sonja Tesanovic Klajic
email +61 3 9479 1958 | Leads the development for all Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant applications |
| Research Development Manager, Major Initatives | Dr Georgina Caruana
email +61 3 9479 2752 | Leads the development of Major Research Initiatives valued at $5M and above. |
| Partnerships and Grants Coordinator, Major Initiatives | Jessica Ware email +61 3 9479 3945 | Coordinates support for Major Initiative grant development and submission |
| Role | Contact Details | Contact for |
|---|
| Senior Manager, Research Performance | Amardeep Bhurji email | - Research Performance
- International Rankings
- Research performance data requests
- Research Impact
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Manager Research Analytics | Benny Xu email
+61 3 9479 6843
| - International Rankings
- Research Performance
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| Senior Research Performance Analyst | Raimond Placidi email +61 3 9479 3465 | - Research Performance
- Research Reporting
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| Research Performance Analyst | Ivy Lugtu email + 613 9479 8905 | - International Rankings - QS, THE, ARWU
- Research Performance
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| Research Performance Analyst | Vacant | - Research Performance
- Research Reporting
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| Research Performance Officer | Vish Baxi Prajapati email
+61 3 9479 1865 | - Research systems general enquiries
- Data quality
- Research Performance power Bi admin BAU
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| Senior Publications Coordinator | Emma Fox email +61 9479 6499 | - Research Publication/Outputs
- Research Output data maintenance for research collection eligibility and reporting
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| Research Publications Senior Officer | Lucinda O'Riley
email | - Research publications
- Research collection eligibility
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| Research Publications Senior Officer | Rajneet Sohi email +61 3 9479 2428 | - Research Publications
- Research collection eligibility
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| Manager, Research Impact | Dr Helen Slaney
email
+61 3 9479 5281 | - Research Impact Strategy and governance
- Professional development
- Research Impact support
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| Coordinator Research Impact | Matt Thomson
email | - Research Impact support
- Communications
- Impact data & documentation
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Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor & VP (Research and Industry Engagement)
| Role | Contact Details: | Contact for: |
|---|
| Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research and Industry Engagement)
| Chris Pakes
email | |
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Executive Assistant to Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research and Industry Engagement) | Victoria Yew
email |
All Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research and Industry Engagement) enquiries
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Senior Manager to Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research and Industry Engagement) | Alison Angelton
email | Special Projects Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research and Industry Engagement) |
| Office and Communications Manager | Clayton Bennett
email | Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor Research Industry and Engagement communications |
Pro Vice-Chancellor Research
| Role | Contact Details | Contact for: |
|---|
| Pro Vice-Chancellor Research | Professor Coral Warr
email | |
| Pro Vice-Chancellor Research | Professor Nick Bisley
email | |
| Executive Assistants to PVC Research | Tricia Van Der-Kuyp Executive Assistant to Professor Coral Warr email Jasper Ma Executive Assistant to Professor Nick Bisley email |
| Senior Manager, Research Development Strategy | Nicola Gray
pvcrc@latrobe.edu.au | - Strategic advice to support research theme activity and funding.
- Support to Research Centres.
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| Director, Research Infrastructure | Dr Christopher Adda email +61 3 9479 1157 | |
| La Trobe Animal Research and Teaching Facility | LARTF@latrobe.edu.au +61 3 9479 2732 | - Animal facility and services enquiries
- Information for new and prospective facility users
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| Proteomics and Metabolomics Platform | PMP@latrobe.edu.au +61 3 9479 5006 | Enquiries about access to proteomics, metabolomics and NMR capabilities and services |
| Bioimaging Platform | Bioimaging@latrobe.edu.au | - Enquiries about access to light and electron microscopy and flow cytometry capabilities and services
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| Statistics Consultancy Platform | Statistics.Consultancy@latrobe.edu.au +61 3 9479 3689 | - Enquiries about access to statistics consultancy services
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| Clinical Trials Platform | CTP@latrobe.edu.au | - Enquiries about access to services and support for conducting clinical trials
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| Manager, Digital Research | Nick May email | - Digital Research advice, including research data management, research software, HPC and training
|
La Trobe Animal Research and Teaching Facility
Office of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Industry Engagement)
| Role | Contact Details | Contact for: |
|---|
Pro Vice Chancellor (Industry Engagement) | Vacant | |
Executive Assistant to Pro Vice Chancellor (Industry Engagement) | Jasper Ma email +61394795104 | - All Pro Vice Chancellor (Industry Engagement) enquiries
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| Director, Strategic Partnerships and Research Precinct | Alison Angleton email +61 3 9479 8825 | - Strategic partnership and Research Precinct enquiries
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| Director Business Development (Education) | Rob Chetwynd email
+ 61 3 9479 3208 | |
| Manager Business Development | Darcelle Thompson email +61 3 9479 6020 | |
| Manager Business Development and Commercialisation | Dr Cameron Lutton
email | |
| Manager Business Development (Education) | Angela Edwards
email
+ 61 3 9479 3571 | |
| Manager Business Development (Education) | Gina Pederick email + 61 3 5444 7249 | |
| Manager Business Development (Education) | Jo Walsh email +61 3 9479 2433 | |
| Business Development and Commericialisation Manager (Regional) | Andrew Quek
email
+61 3 5444 7564 | |
Manager, Innovation & Commercialisation | Natalia Alvarez-Lopez email +61 3 9479 1451 | - Intellectual Property (IP) enquiries
- Easy Access IP enquiry
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Commercialisation agreements
- Patent searches and patent attorneys
- Joint research ventures
- Spinout Opportunities
- Licensing enquiries
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| Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Advisor | Anastasia Karakoussis email
+ 61 3 9479 5488 | |
| Director, La Trobe Accelerator Program | Cerasela Tanasescu email +61 3 9479 5387 | - La Trobe Accelerator Program enquiries
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| Manager Marketing and Comms Industry Engagement | Hope Terdich email
+61 3 9479 5385 | |
| Program and Events Coordinator, La Trobe Accelerator Program | Lauren Wright email +61 3 9479 3189 | - All La Trobe Accelerator event enquiries
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| General enquiries | CommercialResearch@latrobe.edu.au +61 3 9479 1681 | |
