MAI Staff Research Profiles
Director
Prof Marika Vicziany
Director, Monash Asia Institute
Marika.Vicziany@ adm. monash.edu.au
Mass poverty, Ethnic/Religious minorities in India, Pakistan and Western China, and Regional Security
Centre Directors
Professor Mark Wahlqvist
Asia Pacific Health and Nutrition Centre
Mark.Wahlqvist@ adm. monash.edu.au
National and International Nutrition Science, Education and Policy; Clinical Nutrition and Internal Medicine
Dr Penny Graham
Centre of Southeast Asian Studies
Penny.Graham@arts.monash.edu.au
Anthropology of Southeast Asia; Ritual, religion and conversion; Asian labour migration; Nationalism, ethnicity and the state; Orality and literacy
Dr Wendy Smith
Center for Malaysian Studies
Wendy.Smith@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Cross-cultural management; employee relations in Asia; Japanese management transfer; international business; social protection in Malaysia; globalize religious organizations; managing religious diversity in the workplace; Islamic work ethics.
Professor On Kit Tam
China Research Centre
OnKit.Tam@BusEco.monash.edu.au
Corporate governance; Chinese business and management; financial and corporate development in Asia Pacific; and foreign direct investment and economic development.
Professor Ross Mouer
Japanese Studies Centre
Ross.Mouer@arts.monash.edu.au
Japanese sociology; social stratification and inequality; the organisation of work; industrial relations; images of Japanese society; meta-theories of Japanese society; Japanese-English translation; theories of translation
Professor Marika Vicziany
National Centre for South Asian Studies
Marika.Vicziany@ adm. monash.edu.au
Mass poverty, Ethnic/Religious minorities in India, Pakistan and Western China, and Regional Security
Research Fellows
Dr Andrew Robert Cock
PostDoctoral Research Fellow
Centre of Southeast Asian Studies
andrew.cock@adm.monash.edu.au
Political and economic dynamics of agrarian change; peripheral states and peripheral territorial spaces in the modern international system; the governance of agriculture, energy, and climate change in the Southeast Asian region and at a global level.
Dr Nicholas Herriman
PostDoctoral Research Fellow
Centre of Southeast Asian Studies
nicholas.herriman@adm.monash.edu.au
Indonesian state and society, religion and magic, violence and witch hunt
Dr Trudy Jacobsen
ARC PostDoctoral Fellow in Anthropology and the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies
Histories, politics and cultures of mainland Southeast Asia, especially Cambodia; Southeast Asia in comparative historical analysis; gender and sexuality in past and present Southeast Asia; the construction and retention of social mores and legitimatory processes in mainland Southeast Asia; gender dimensions of violence, punishment and genocide in Southeast Asia.
See also: Anthropology Staff Profile
Dr Julian Millie
PostDoctoral Research Fellow
Centre of Southeast Asian Studies
Julian.Millie@adm.monash.edu.au
Evolution of contemporary Islamic observance in Indonesia, as performed by villagers, santri (students) and followers of the mystical orders
Dr Jemma Purdey
Writer-in-Residence
Centre of Southeast Asian Studies
jemma.purdey@adm.monash.edu.au
Herb Feith Biography; Chinese in Indonesia
Dr Judith Shaw
Senior Research Fellow
Microfinance and Micro-enterprise Development, Labour Migration and Migrant Remittances, the Asian Garment Manufacturing Sector, Politics of Post-Tsunami Reconstruction
Dr Naiyana (Tikky) Wattanapenpaiboon
Asia Pacific Health & Nutrition Centre
Tikky.Wattanapenpaiboon@ adm. monash.edu.au
Nutrition and Health in the Asia Pacific with special focus on Thailand; Food Scientist; Pharmacist; Epidemiologist; Bio-Statistician; Laboratory Methodologist
Honorary Research Fellows
Mr Hashim Abdulhamid
Hashim.Abdulhamid@ adm. monash.edu.au
Arabic Malay words
Mr Ian Adie
International business
Dr Jayant Bapat
jayant.bapat@adm.monash.edu.au
Hindu Deities and Temples
Dr Faridullah Bezhan
Faridullah.Bezhan@ adm. monash.edu.au
Afghani Literature, Satire, War and Anti-war Literature
Prof A.K. Bagchi
Institute of Development Studies, Kolkatta
amiya.bagchi@gmail.com
Indian economy
Mr Farhan Bokhari
International Journalist, Financial Times ( London)
Regional Security in South and Central Asia
Asia Pacific Regional Security Dialogues member
Ms Rita Camilleri
Rita.Camilleri@ adm. monash.edu.au
Malaysian Politics
Dr Lance Castles
Lance.Castles@adm.monash.edu.au
Darul Islam and Indonesian Elections
Emeritus Professor David Chandler
David.Chandler@ adm. monash.edu.au
Cambodia, Pol Pot and Genocide in Cambodia
Mr Paul Cheater
The relationship between Western and Afghan Music Education
Paul.Cheater@adm.monash.edu.au
Ms Helene Chung-Martin
Helene.ChungMartin@ adm. monash.edu.au
China; Biography
Dr Ian Coghlan
Tibetan Buddhism
Dr Leon Comber
Malaysian Insurgency
Professor Vin D'Cruz
Malaysia, International and Comparative Education; researching interlinked themes of mythologies, multiculturalism and education; researching, with William Steele, the notion of the 'necessary Other' in the writings of David Martin (Hungarian born Ludwig Detsini, 1915-1997)
Dr Angelo Andrea Di Castro
AngeloAndrea.DiCastro@ adm. monash.edu.au
Archaeology of South and Central Asia
Dr Rizal Damanik
Functional food, Nutraceutical, Nutrition for pregnant and lactating women, and Food safety
Rizal.Damanik@adm.monash.edu.au
Dr Tony Donaldson
Tony.Donaldson@ adm. monash.edu.au
Culture and Religions of South Asia
Dr Sue Downie
Development Studies, Australian Aid, Peace-keeping peace-keeping / peace-building and development with special reference to Cambodia and East Timor missions, Dissemination of information in cross-cultural context ( Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand)
Mr John Fuhrman
Facilitator of collaborative research and training programmes between Asia and Australia
Dr Joan Grant PhD (1985) (History)
Ms Istutiah Gunawan
Istutiah.Gunawan@ adm. monash.edu.au
Cultures of Southeast Asia with special focus on Indonesia
Ms Smita Gupta
Journalist, Times of India, Outlook
India; Indian General Election; Human Rights Violations with special focus on communal and caste violence
Dr Alexandra Haendel
alexandra.haendel@ adm. monash.edu.au
History of Art and Archaeology ; Classical Temples of Southeast Asia ( Cambodia and Java); Ancient Angkor
Ms Elisabeth Hames-Brooks
Elisabeth.Hames-Brooks@ adm. monash.edu.au
Indonesia; Australia-Asia relation; Poetry
Ms Chooi Hon Ho
Chooihon.Ho@ adm. monash.edu.au
Chinese in Australia and the Chinese diaspora
Dr Lea Jellinek
Lea.Jellinek@adm.monash.edu.au
Indonesia, Poverty Specialist
Action research on recycling of waste in villages in Indonesia
Dr Martand Joshi
Culture of Konkan
Dr Carlo Kopp
Regional Military Strategy and Capabilities
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Dr Antigone Kouris-Blazos
Antigone.Blazos@ adm. monash.edu.au
Nutrition with special focus on Australian migrant communities and Cross-cultural food habits; Web-based Education in Health and Well-Being Sciences; Reader of the nutrition/herbal/wellness scientific literature since 2002; PhD supervisor - students supervised: Irene Darmadi (elderly food habits and longevity), Martalena Purba (elderly nutrition and skin health), Azizah Omar (on-line wellness program), Verena Raschke (on-line data base of African Food Habits); Managing editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2003-2006; Managing editor of an academic nutrition website, www.healthyeatingclub.org since 2002; Clinical Dietitian in private practice.
Dr Hyung-Min Kim
HyungMin.Kim@adm.monash.edu.au
Australia - Korea Trade and Technology Transfer
Dr Peter Laird
Malaysian Shamanism and Culture; Traditional and tribal medicine; Multilingual geneological documentation and visualization software for indigenous researchers, Anthropologists and Sociologists
Dr Shalini Mathur
India-Australian Trade and Innovation; Academic linkages with Japanese Universities
Dr Meei-Shyuan Lee
Meei-Shyuan.Lee@ adm. monash.edu.au
Nutritional Science and Public Health Nutrition with special focus on Asia; Bio-Statitiscian and Epidemiologist
Prof S.D. Muni
Professor of Asian Studies
Jawahalal National University
India's special envoy to Laos and Cambodia
Regional Security in the Asia Pacific
Ms Katy Munson
Artist; Fine Art research with special focus on Asia ( Vietnam, Burma, Tibet and Buddhism)
Ms Uyen Nguyen
Asian Films Project
Dr Robert Premier
Microbiologist and Nutrition Scientist
Mr Nurul Mu'az Omar
Politics, International Relations and Healthcare issues; Malaysian Youth and Democracy
Dr Maya Raganathan
Manipal Institute of Communication
Karnataka , India .
Maya.Ranganathan@ adm. monash.edu.au
Ethnic conflict in Kashmir and Sri Lanka and the use of the internet
Dr Sarita Sahay
Hindu mythology, folklore and tribal studies, women studies, adolescent studies
Dr Ahmad Sarmast
Ahmad.Sarmast@adm.monash.edu.au
Music and Culture of Afghanistan and Central Asia
Dr Gayle Savige
Gayle.Savige@adm.monash.edu.au
Educationist; Dietician; Regional School Nutrition Programs, Cross-cultural Aged-care
Prof Shamsul, A.B.
World authority on Malaysian Civilisation and Culture
Dr Girija Shrestha
Girija.Shrestha@ adm. monash.edu.au
Gender and Housing, Urban Planning and Management, Urban Governance
Mr William Steele
William.Steele@ adm. monash.edu.au
Australia-Malaysia Relations; researching, with Prof Vin D'Cruz, the notion of the 'necessary Other' in the writings of David Martin (Hungarian born Ludwig Detsini, 1915-1997)
Dr Pradeep Taneja
Pradeep.Taneja@ adm. monash.edu.au
China-India Relations
Prof Zenon Pudlowski
Director, UICEE
Zenon.Pudlowski@eng.monash.edu.au
Engineering Education in the Asia Pacific Region
Dr Anette Van den Bosch
Annette.VanDenBosch@adm.monash.edu.au
Dr Dennis Walker
Dennis.Walker@adm.monash.edu.au
Southern Thai Muslims
Visiting Academics
Dr Joost Coté
( Deakin University)
Joost.Cote@adm.monash.edu.au
Colonial Urban Culture with special reference to Java; Semarang: Colonization of Central Sulawesi; Kartini and sisters
Dr Zhang Jie
(Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Ethnic Separatism and Terrorism in Southeast Asia - comparative studies on the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.
Ms Maisiture Wujiaihemaiti
( Xinjiang Institute of Finance and Economics)
Business Culture in Western China
Advisors and Affliates
Dr Leslie O'Brien
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Australia Korea Foundation
Dr Leanna Darvall
Specialist in Law/Medicine
Advisor to Director, MAI
Mr Ravi Bhatia
Former CEO, iPrimus.com
Advisor to Director, MAI
Fundraising
Prof Pasuk Phongpaichit
Economist, University of Chulalongkorn, Thailand
Monash distinguished alumnus
Human Rights Activist
Advisor to Director, MAI, on research programme