Meet our incredible researchers
Directors
Director / Theme Leader: Creative Arts 4.0 John McCormick is a technology-based artist and researcher. He is Professor in Interactive…
Deputy Director / Theme Leader: Digital Cultural Heritage Melanie Swalwell is Professor of Digital Media Heritage. Her research focuses on…
Theme Leaders
Theme Leader: Tech Media Culture César is a lecturer in Media and Communication. His current research focuses on what he…
Director / Theme Leader: Creative Arts 4.0 John McCormick is a technology-based artist and researcher. He is Professor in Interactive…
Research and Teaching Connections Leader
Development team
Our specialist in house development team supports creative practice research and development in immersive and interactive media. We are experts in all aspects of motion capture and AR, VR and MR development, providing end-to-end support – from ideation and prototype to finished product. If you can think it, we can do it.
Adam is a multidisciplinary developer and artist with a passion for bringing technology to other creative mediums. His dream projects…
Casey is a multidisciplinary artist with an emphasis on 3D graphics and UI/UX development. She models and textures high-quality props…
Casey is a multidisciplinary artist and developer with a passion for character art and accessible gameplay. In his latest project…
Emrys is a 3D Artist who specialises in asset creation and world building. She enjoys all aspects of the 3D…
Haydon is a technical designer with experience in games programming. Haydon brings unprecedented energy and enthusiasm to every project, liaisons…
Joshua is a software developer with a background in VR and Game development. He collaborates with artists to bring life…
Researchers
The Centre for Transformative Media Technologies brings together over 20 researchers, artists and developers from the creative arts, humanities and social sciences. We work collaboratively across disciplinary and conceptual lines to understand and proactively advance the power of new media technologies to transform art, culture, industry and human experience.
Liam Burke is the coordinator of the Cinema and Screen Studies Major. Liam has written and edited a number of…
Kim Vincs is a leading researcher in the creative arts, with six Australian Research Council grants, 50+ industry partnerships, and…
Petra Gemeinboeck is an internationally recognised artist and researcher engaging questions of embodiment and agency in human-machine relations. Petra is…
Angela Ndalianis is Research Professor in Media and Entertainment. Her research focuses on entertainment culture (films, video games, television, VR,…
Steven Conway is senior lecturer in Games & Interactivity. He has presented on many aspects of play, philosophy, aesthetics and…
Kay Cook is a Professor and the Associate Dean of Research in the School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and…
Anne Cranny-Francis is a Professor and Adjunct Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology. Her research on the body has…
Dr Sarika Kewalramani is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Swinburne University of Technology. Her research strives to explore inclusive…
Michael McMahon is Professor in Film and Television. He is a screen content producer and founder and first Executive Chairman…
Jock Given researches, writes and teaches about media and communications policy, business, law and history. His work has been published…
Daniel Golding is a Lecturer in Media and Communications and is interested in the intersection of media history, cinema, videogames,…
Karen Hughes is Associate Professor in Indigenous Studies and History. She is the recipient of the 70th Anniversary 2020 Fulbright…
Flavia comes to Swinburne after a varied teaching career at Deakin and Melbourne Universities and Temple University’s Rome Campus. While…
Simone Taffe is Professor in Communication Design. Simone worked as a graphic designer and design manager for over fifteen years,…
Associate Professor Max Schleser is an award-winning filmmaker with expertise in immersive media, documentary film and creative arts 4.0 with…
Dr Cynde Moya directs the Digital Heritage Lab in the Centre for Transformative Media Technologies. The Lab is a collection…
Rob Saunders is Associate Professor in the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS). Saunders studied Artificial Intelligence at The…
Kyle Moore is a lecturer in Digital Media. He researches playful and playable mobile and locative media, exploring the social,…
Denise de Vries is an adjunct researcher in the Centre for Transformative Media Technologies at Swinburne University. Her research focuses…
James Verdon is Head of Film and Animation. His creative practice spans video installation, moving image for theatre and performance,…
Andrew Lynch is a lecturer in cinema and screen studies in the department of Media and Communication.His current research examines…
Maaike Bleeker is a Professor of Theatre and Performance at Utrecht University and the director of the Research Institute for…
Pajani Mardamootoo is a PhD researcher in the School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education completed his Confirmation of…
Hanna Zhu is a PhD candidate at CTMT. Her research explores how AI-generated content (AIGC) can enhance human-centered videos, especially…
James Berrett is an internationally recognised academic and creative practitioner whose work spans the intersections of art, design, and digital technology….
Hazel Ellis is a PhD candidate in Digital Cultural Heritage. Her research is focused on the presentation and preservation of…
J. R. Latham is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, working within the School of…