Award recipients 2020

The Vice-Chancellor's OCTAL Award

• Dr Tam Ha, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities 

Faculty OCTAL Award

• Dr Amir Arjomandi (Shared Award), Faculty of Business and Law
• Dr Farzana Aman Tanima (Shared Award), Faculty of Business and Law
• Dr Prashan Premaratne, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Dr Sue Downie, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
• Associate Professor Lynne Keevers, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
• Ms Catriona Taylor, Learning, Teaching and Curriculum
• Dr Jane Warren (Highly Commended), Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities 

Sessional Staff OCTAL Award

• Ms Nadeeka Miguntanna, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Dr Jody Moller, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
• Dr Nikki Curthoys (Highly Commended), Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
  

OCTAL Early Career Faculty Teaching Award

• Dr Dominique Tanner, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health 

Program OCTAL Award

• Jindaola (DVCE)
  Mr Jade Kennedy, Dr Lisa Thomas, Dr Bonnie Dean, Dr Janine Delahunty, Ms Brondalie Martin, Dr Alisa Percy, Dr Katheryn Harden-Thew, Ms Julie Avena
• Chinese Academic Business Learning & Education (CABLE) (Faculty of Business and Law)
  Dr Tairan (Kevin) Huang, Dr Xiaofei Pan, Associate Professor Corinne Cortese, Ms Jin Cui

OCTAL For Professional Services Staff Award 

• Ms Lauren Richardson, Faculty of Business and Law

Vice-Chancellor's Research Excellence Award For Researcher Of The Year

• Senior Professor Tony Okely, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities 

Vice-Chancellor's Research Excellence Award for Emerging Researcher

• Dr Yee Lian Chew, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
• Dr Bethany Hoye (Highly Commended), Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health 

Vice-Chancellor's Interdisciplinary Research Excellence Award

Next Generation Sunscreens

• Associate Professor Konstantin Konstantinov, AIIM Research Facility
• Dr Phil Barker, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
• Distinguished Professor Xu-Feng Huang, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
• Professor Michael Lerch, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Professor Ronald Sluyter, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
• Dr Vitor Sencadas, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Dr Shahnaz Bakand, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
• Dr Jennifer Algie, Faculty of Business and Law
• Associate Professor Sheikh Solaiman, Faculty of Business and Law 

Vice-Chancellor's Award For Outstanding Achievement In Research Partnership & Impact

Ahead of the Game: Global impact in the promotion of mental health through sport

• Dr Stewart Vella, Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
• Senior Professor Tony Okely, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
• Senior Professor Simon Eckermann, Faculty of Business and Law
• Senior Professor Frank Deane, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
• Industry Partner: Movember Foundation, Rugby League World Cup, Rugby League Cares Foundation and Harlequins Foundation 

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Supervision

Excellence in Research Supervision for Emerging Researchers:

• Dr Jenny Atchison, Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
• Dr Kara Perrow (Highly Commended), Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
• Dr Patrick McGivern (Highly Commended), Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Excellence in Research Supervision (joint winners):

• Professor Andy Davis, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
• Professor Rian Dippenaar, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences

Vice-Chancellor's Award For Global Strategy

• Senior Professor Willy Susilo, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences

Vice-Chancellor's Award For Outstanding Professional Services Staff

• Nicola Bath, DVC (Health & Communities)
• Zac de Jongh, Student Services Division
• TEL Education Specialists Team (Learning, Teaching & Curriculum):
  • Dr Alyce Mason, Tim Boniface, Stafford Lumsden, Dr Fiona McLean, Bethany Muscat, Murray Stace, Sabine Straver, Dr Melinda Plumb, Dr Conor West.

Rosemary Cooper Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award

• Dr Quah Ee Ling Sharon, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Workplace Health & Safety Award

• Clayton McDowell, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences

Marie Lewis Award 

• Melissa Thompson, Advancement Division 

Vice-Chancellor's Award For Excellence In Community Engagement

• Robyn Dawson, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Hayley Rodd (Highly Commended), Commercial Developments Unit
• SENSE Spaces:
  • Dr Holly Tootell, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
  • Dr Pippa Burns, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
  • Dr Grant Ellmers, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Dr Susan Slowikowski, Faculty of Business and Law
  • Dr Rose Dixon, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Dr Sim Lau, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
  • Dr Andrea Garner, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Vice-Chancellor's Special Award

• Batemans Bay Campus
• Bega Campus

• Christine Anderson, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
• Peter Bruce, Information Management & Technology Services
• Andrzej Calka, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Catherine Campbell, Faculty of Business and Law
• Zhixin Chen, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Vicki Dodd, Library
• Deborah Dunnell, Student Services Division
• Jorge Fernandez-Pol, Faculty of Business and Law
• Canio Fierravanti, Vice-Chancellor’s Unit
• Matthew Fifield, Information Management & Technology Services
• Suzana Kouzan, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
• Elias Kyriazis, Faculty of Business and Law
• Jennifer Lyons, Library
• Michael Organ, Library
• Lorelle Pollard, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Peter Roope, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
• Elvis Smugreski, AIIM Research Facility
• Yuan Tian, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Koren Ward, Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
• Ren Zhang, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health