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University of Wollongong The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney. As of 2017, the university had an enrolment of ...

people including notable alumni and staff.

Administration

;Chancellors The Chancellor of the University of Wollongong serves as the nominal head of the university. As with most other university chancellors, the role is now largely ceremonial. * 1975-1996

Robert Marsden Hope Robert Marsden Hope, (24 July 1919 – 12 October 1999) was a Justice of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and Royal Commissioner on three separate occasions, most notably the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security. As a judge Hope w ...

* 1997-2009

Mike Codd Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...

* 2009–present

Jillian Broadbent Jillian Rosemary Broadbent (born 1948) is an Australian public figure and businesswoman. Early life Broadbent attended Ravenswood School for Girls and graduated with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts majoring in economics and Mathematics from th ...

;Vice Chancellors The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wollongong serves as the

chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of the university, and oversees most of the university's day-to-day operations. * 1975-1980 Michael Birt * 1981-1994 Ken McKinnon * 1995-2011 Gerald Sutton * 2012–present

Paul Wellings Professor Paul William Wellings CBE DL FRSN FRSA FAICD is an Australian/British ecologist and long serving university leader. He is notable for his past service as Vice-Chancellor of University of Wollongong (2012-21), Vice-Chancellor of Lanca ...

Staff

Noel Cressie Noel Andrew Cressie is an Australian and American statistician. He is Distinguished Professor and DirectorCentre for Environmental Informatics at the University of Wollongong in Wollongong (53 miles south of Sydney), Australia. Education ...

- Distinguished Professor of Spatial Statistics *

Beverly Derewianka Beverly Derewianka (born 1946) is Emeritus Professor of linguistics at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She is a leading figure in educational linguistics and Sydney School genre pedagogy. Her major research contributions have been in the ...

- Emeritus Professor of linguistics * Andrew Ford - English-born Australian composer, writer and radio presenter *

Kristine French Kristine French is an Australian plant biologist who is a professor at the University of Wollongong, where she has directed the Janet Cosh Herbarium since 1992. She is known for researching the ecology of weeds, studying urban ecology and "endange ...

– plant biologist and conservationist *

Richard Harland Richard Harland (born 15 January 1947 in Yorkshire) is an English fantasy and science fiction writer, living in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1947 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom and migrated to Australia in 1970. He has been an aca ...

- author *

Christian Heim Christian Heim (born 1960) is an Australian psychiatrist, composer and public lecturer. Early life and education Heim was born in Sydney. He studied under Peter Sculthorpe and finished a PhD in music under Anne Boyd at the University of Sydney. ...

– composer, psychiatrist *

Rob Hood Robert Maxwell Hood (born 24 July 1951) is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers, although his work frequently crosses genre boundaries into science fiction, fantasy and crime. He has publishe ...

- author * Natalie Matosin, National Health and Medical Research Council CJ Martin Early Career Research Fellow *

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, educator, women's rights activist, and first female vice-chancellor for a university in Papua New Guinea * Sharon Robinson — Antarctic researcher and plant physiologist *

Willy Susilo Willy Susilo () is an Australian cybersecurity scientist and cryptographer. He is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Computing and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences University of Wollongong, Austr ...

- cryptographer, IEEE Fellow * Gordon Wallace -

electromaterials In physics, electrical engineering and materials science, electromaterials are the set of materials which store, controllably convert, exchange and conduct electrically charged particles. The term electromaterial can refer to any electronically or ...

scientist *

Alan Wearne Alan Wearne (born 23 July 1948) is an Australian poet. Early life and education Alan Wearne was born on 23 July 1948 and grew up in Melbourne. He studied history at Monash University, where he met the poets Laurie Duggan and John A. Scott. H ...

- poet

Alumni

In 2012, in a survey of over 5,000 employers, the

QS World University Rankings ''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...

placed UOW at 99th in the world for graduate employability. As of 2014, the University has turned out more than a hundred thousand graduates, and also has members all over the world in 143 countries. Although a large number of alumni live in Wollongong and Sydney, and a significant number also live in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

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Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

and

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Estelle Asmodelle Estelle Asmodelle, formerly known as Estelle Maria Croot, is a polymath. She is an Australian model, actress, belly dancer, musician, activist, abstract artist and physicist. She became Australia's first legally recognised transgender person ...

- transgender model, writer and activist *

Van Badham Vanessa "Van" Badham (born 1974) is an Australian writer and activist. A playwright and novelist, she writes dramas and comedies. She is a regular columnist for the '' Guardian Australia'' website. Early life Badham was born in Sydney in 1974. ...

- writer *

Glenn Barkley Glenn Barkley (born 1972) is an Australian artist, independent curator and writer based in Sydney, Australia. As an artist he is represented by Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami and his works ...

- director,

Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), located on George Street in Sydney's The Rocks neighbourhood, is solely dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting, and collecting contemporary art, from across Australia and around the world. It is ...

* Kate Bell - actor, ''

Blue Water High ''Blue Water High'' is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/ Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries. Each season follo ...

'' * Clare Bowen - actor, '' Nashville (2012 TV series)'' *

Mez Breeze Mez Breeze is an Australian-based artist and practitioner of net.art, working primarily with code poetry, electronic literature, mezangelle, and digital games. Born Mary-Anne Breeze, she uses a number of avatar nicknames, including Mez and Netw ...

- new media artist * Matt Brown - politician, academic and solicitor * Michael Byrne - poet *

Jay Caselberg Jay Caselberg (born 1958) is an Australian science fiction writer. He has also used the name 'James Hartley' for some of his short fiction. His four novels to date are the ''Jack Stein'' series, comprising ''Wyrmhole'', ''Metal Sky'', ''The Star ...

- author *

Ben Creagh Benjamin Creagh (born 6 February 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who co-captained the St George Illawarra Dragons of the National Rugby League. An Australia national rugby league team, Australian international ...

- rugby league player for the

St. George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint-ve ...

NRL team *

Mark Cutifani Mark Cutifani (born 2 May 1958)Mark Cutifani
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- CEO, AngloAmerican * Cromok - Malaysian thrash metal band *

Stef Dawson Stef Dawson (born 17 December 1983) is an Australian actress. She portrayed Annie Cresta in '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1'' and '' Part 2''. She also made a cameo appearance in '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire''. Personal life Da ...

- actress, '' The Hunger Games'' *

Bryan Doyle Bryan Michael Doyle (born 13 November 1963), an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Campbelltown for the Liberal Party from 2011 to 2015. Early years and background With family links t ...

MP - NSW State Member for Campbelltown *

Lee Furlong Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is an Australian former cricketer, and occasional captain in all formats, who has played for Australia's national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast-medium swing bowler ...

- television presenter; Fox Sports news reader; wife of Australian cricketer Shane Watson * Nita Green - Labor Senator for Queensland * Zaiping Guo - Professor and materials engineer * David Hurley - Former Australian Chief of Defence Force, Governor of New South Wales * Stephen Jones - Member of the Australian Parliament * "Dr Karl" Kruszelnicki - scientist, author and commentator * Stephen Martin - former Federal Parliamentary Speaker * George McHugh - Big 4 auditor *

Julian McMahon Julian Dana William McMahon (born 27 July 1968) is an Australian actor, former model, and the son of a former Prime Minister of Australia, Sir William McMahon. He is best known for his roles as Detective John Grant in '' Profiler'', Cole Turn ...

- actor; son of former Australian Prime Minister

Sir William McMahon Sir William McMahon (23 February 190831 March 1988) was an Australian politician who served as the 20th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1971 to 1972 as leader of the Liberal Party. He was a government minister for over 21 years, ...

* Clinton Mead - Mayor of Campbelltown City Council * Josh Morris- rugby league player for the

Bulldogs The Bulldog is a British breed of dog of mastiff type. It may also be known as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog. It is of medium size, a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose.Bill Neskovski - playwright *

Jamie Peacock James Darryl Peacock MBE, (born 14 December 1977) is a motivational speaker, leadership mentor and former English professional rugby league footballer. He played for Leeds Rhinos and the Bradford Bulls in the Super League, and captained both ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

and

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

captain *

Netatua Pelesikoti Netatua (Neta) Pelesikoti (died 11 November 2020), also known as Netatua Pelesikoti Taufatofua, was an environmental scientist from Tonga. Biography Pelesikoti studied geography and economics at the University of the South Pacific, followed by a ...

- Tongan environmental scientist * Wendy Richardson - playwright *

B. Sandhya B. Sandhya (Malayalam: ബി. സന്ധ്യ) (born May 25, 1963) is a retired officer of the Indian Police Service and a former Director General of the Kerala Fire and Rescue Services, Home Guard, and Civil Defence. She is also known fo ...

- Additional Director General of Police of Kerala state in India and an author * Thomas Spohr – solicitor and prosecutor * Roger Summons - Professor of Geobiology,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

* Kumi Taguchi -

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...

newsreader *

Melanie Tait Melanie Tait is an Australian playwright and author. She is from Robertson, New South Wales. Career At 20 years of age she wrote the ''The Vegemite Tales'', which played in London over seven years from 2001 to 2007, including two years on the ...

- writer & broadcaster *

Victoria Thaine Victoria Thaine (born 4 January 1984) is an Australian television and film actress and former playwright. Filmography Film Television Other work Awards Thaine was nominated at the 2008 Logie Awards for the Most Outstanding Actress ...

- actor, '' Caterpillar Wish'' *

John Tranter John Ernest Tranter (born 29 April 1943) is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has published more than twenty books of poetry; devising, with Jan Garrett, the long running ABC radio program ''Books and Writing''; and founding in 1997 ...

- poet *

Bundit Ungrangsee Bundit Ungrangsee ( th, บัณฑิต อึ้งรังษี; , born December 7, 1970) is a Thai symphonic conductor. Thai-born and of Chinese descent, Bundit Ungrangsee was named one of two co-winners and Laureates of the inaugural M ...

- orchestral conductor * Julienne van Loon - novelist *

Gareth Ward Gareth James Ward, an Australian politician who served as the New South Wales Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services in the second Berejiklian ministry from 2019 to 2021. Ward is a member of the New South Wales Legislative A ...

- local councillor on Shoalhaven City Council; Graduate Member of University Council;

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

Graham West Graham James West (born 21 September 1973), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Campbelltown between 2001 and 2011 for the Labor Party. West was elected Member for Campbelltown at a b ...

- Vice President, St Vincent De Pauls * Alex Zelinsky -

Chief Defence Scientist The Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) is part of the Department of Defence (Australia), Australian Department of Defence dedicated to providing science and technology support to safeguard Australia and its national interests. The age ...

of Australia; co-founder Seeing Machines Limited; serves on UOW CouncilUOW Council
, www.uow.edu.au

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Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wate ...

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