People

Leadership

Professor Abbas Rajabifard
Centre Director
PhD (Melb), MSc (ITC), Postgrad-Dipl (ITC), BSurv (Tehran), MISAust, MSSIAust, FIEAust, Hon FSSSI

Neda Rahmani
Executive Assistant to Director
neda.r@unimelb.edu.au

Researchers

Prof Abbas Rajabifard
Centre Director
Assoc Prof Mohsen Kalantari
Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Alice Kesminas
Research Industry Engagement; Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Soheil Sabri
Senior Research Fellow, Urban Analytics Data Infrastructure
Chris McRae
Executive Advisor; Former Chief Executive Land Use Victoria
Emeritus Prof Ian Williamson AM
Senior Advisor

PhD (NSW), DrHC (Olsztyn), Hon DSurv (Melb), FTSE, FISAust, FIEAust, FRICS, HonMFIG, HonFMSIAust, LS, CPEng(Re
Dr Katie Potts
Research Fellow, Sustainability and Resilience
Kellee Ireland
Industry Engagement
Dr Davood Shojaei
Senior Lecturer, Visualisation Lead
Dr Hamed Olfat
Research Associate; ePlan Lead, Land Use Victoria - DELWP
Dr Jagannath Aryal
Senior Lecturer, Remote Sensing Lead
Dr Benny (Yiqun) Chen
Senior Research Fellow
Prof Alexander Felson
Research Associate
Yibo Zhang
System Developer
Yuke Xie
System Developer
Michael (Tong Long) Song
System Developer
Dr Amir Khodabandeh
Lecturer, Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Dr Behzad Rismanchi
Senior Lecturer, Building Energy Efficiency Lead
Dr Muyiwa Agunbiade
Research Associate, Urban and Land Development
Dr Ali Aien
Research Associate 3D Platform GeoCity
Dr Behnam Atazadeh
Senior Research Fellow Building Information; Modelling for Urban Land Administration
Dr Bahador Bahadori
Enterprise Associate Professor
Dr Daniel Paez Barajas
Research Industry Engagement
Brian Marwick
Senior Advisor, PSMA Australia
Afshin Mesbahmarjani
Research Associate; Land Use Victoria - DELWP
Dr Glen Currie
Research Associate, Sustainability
Yasi Kazemzadeh
Research Assistant
Neda Rahmani
Research Assistant

Research students

Advisory Committee

Our Advisory Committee comprises distinguished Australian and overseas leaders in spatial science and technologies from academia and industry. Members encourage the promotion of networking linkages and research opportunities between the Centre researchers and their own institutions and networks.

The Hon Mr Gary Nairn
Chair, CSDILA Advisory Committee; Chairman, Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Australia; former Federal Spatial Minister, Australia
Jamie Leach
CEO & Founder, Open Data Australia
Craig Sandy
Surveyor General, Victoria; Land Use Victoria, DELWP
Dr Keith Clifford Bell
International Development Advisor
Former World Bank specialist and advisor for land, geospatial, disaster reconstruction and resilience
Prof David Coleman
Dean of Engineering, The University of New Brunswick, Canada
Prof Stig Enemark
Former President, International Federation of Surveyors; Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark
Dr Greg Scott
Senior Advisor, Global Geospatial Information Management; UN Statistics, NY, USA
Tony Burns
Executive Director & Business Development, Land Equity International Pty Ltd
Tom Champion
Director, Reeds Consulting, Australia
Mr Ged Griffin
Inspector, Victoria Police, Australia
Prof Harlan Onsrud
Head, Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering, University of Maine, USA
Dr Daniel Steudler
Federal Office of Topography Swisstopo, Switzerland; Chair, EuroGeographics-CLRKEN
Mr Jan Wandek
Director, Emerg Solutions, Australia