Unstoppable Awards

Nominees for the 2025 Unstoppable Research & Enterprise Awards

The aim of the 2025 Unstoppable Awards - Research and Enterprise is to celebrate our research achievements and recognise our colleagues who demonstrate the University's core attributes.

Research and Enterprise Excellence Category

PhD

• Upekha Atupola, PhD Candidate, UniSA Business

• Lauren Conboy, PhD Candidate, UniSA Justice & Society

• Dr Georgina Hughes, Research Fellow, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

• Claire Murray, PhD Candidate, UniSA Education Futures

Masters of Research

• Jordan White, Masters of Research Candidate, UniSA Business

Early-Career Researcher

• Dr Hilary Bowman-Smart, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

• Dr Jane Chalmers, Senior Lecturer in Pain Science, UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

• Dr Debra Dank, Enterprise Fellow, UniSA Creative

• Dr Qian Fang, ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher, UniSA Justice & Society

• Dr Yue Liu, ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher, UniSA STEM

• Dr Subha Parida, Lecturer in Property, UniSA Business

• Dr Barrie Shannon, Postdoctoral Fellow, UniSA Education Futures

Mid-Career Researcher

• Dr Jimmy Cao, Enterprise Fellow, UniSA STEM

• Dr Gokhan Cildir, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Cancer Biology

• Dr Mitchell Goldsworthy, Enterprise Fellow, UniSA Justice & Society

• Dr Nicole Hartnett, Senior Research Fellow, UniSA Business

• Associate Professor Damian Madigan, Associate Professor in Architecture, UniSA Creative

• Associate Professor Michael Mu, Enterprise Fellow, UniSA Education Futures

• Associate Professor Tasha Stanton, Associate Professor in Clinical Pain Neuroscience, UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

• Dr Tri Trinh, Online Course Facilitator, UniSA Online

Senior-Career Researcher

• Professor Eva Bezak, Professor in Medical Radiation, UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

• Associate Professor Erik Champion, Enterprise Fellow, UniSA Creative

• Professor Sanjay Garg, Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

• Professor Colin Hall, Industry Professor, UniSA STEM/Future Industries Institute

• Professor Melissa O'Donnell, Professor, UniSA Justice & Society
• Associate Professor Shruti Sardeshmukh, Associate Professor, UniSA Business
• Dr Jo Woodcock, Senior Research Fellow: Molecular Therapeutics Laboratory, Centre for Cancer Biology
• Professor Sally Brinkman, Research Professor, UniSA Education Futures

Research Degree Supervisor of the Year

• Professor Craig Batty, Executive Dean, UniSA Creative

• Associate Professor Sanjaya Kuruppu, Associate Professor in Accounting/Co-Director: CMVI, UniSA Business

• Associate Professor Carla Litchfield, Discipline Head: Psychology/Associate Professor of Psychology, UniSA Justice & Society

• Professor Janna Morrison, Professor of Physiology, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

• Dr Carolyn Murray, Senior Lecturer, UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

• Dr Debbie Price, Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education and Wellbeing, UniSA Education Futures

Professional Excellence Category

Up to HEO Level 7

• Cathie Bloxham, Academic Services Officer, UniSA Business

• Brigitt Jones, Post Approval Monitoring Officer, UniSA Research Office

• Amanda Kenyon, Senior Technical Officer, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

• Dushie Lalic, Academic Services Officer (Research), UniSA Education Futures

• Siobhan Langan, Senior Project Officer: Business Development, Enterprise Partnerships Unit

• Sharron Skelly, Senior Academic Services Officer: Research, UniSA Justice & Society

• Deborah Williams, Team Leader: Academic Services (Research), UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

HEO Level 8 and above

• Pradeep Sadasivan Pillai, Senior Manager: Commercialisation, Enterprise Partnerships Unit

• Rachel Toop, Manager: Business Development, Enterprise Partnerships Unit

• Peter Wheatley, Manager: Operational Finance, UniSA Finance

• Julie White, Program Services Manager: Research, UniSA Education Futures

• Tess Penglis, Associate Director: Research Ethics & Compliance, UniSA Research Office

Team Award Category (One Team)

Building real world skills in first year online psychology education

• Associate Professor Elissa Pearson, Program Director: Undergraduate Psychology Programs, UniSA Justice & Society

• Dr Amanda Richardson, Lecturer: Academic Development, Teaching Innovation Unit

• Dr Brianna Le Busque, Program Director: Environmental Science and Geospatial Science, UniSA STEM

How Brands Grow Live! For Executives

• Dr Justin Cohen, Associate Professor of Marketing, UniSA Business

• Professor Byron Sharp, Professor of Marketing Science, UniSA Business

• Elke Seretis, Deputy Director: Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, UniSA Business

• Professor Jennifer Romaniuk, Research Professor, UniSA Business

• Dr Nick Danenberg, Manager: College Strategic Projects, UniSA Education Futures

• Martyna Gasowska, Executive Engagement Officer, UniSA Business
• Mandy Corrie, Marketing Science Dissemination and Brand Coordinator, UniSA Business
• Dr Steven Dunn, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UniSA Business
• Dr Ella Ward, Research Fellow, UniSA Business
• Professor Magdalena Nenycz-Thiel, Research Professor, UniSA Business
• Dr Kirsten Victory, Research Fellow, UniSA Business
• Imogen Lee, Casual Project Activities, UniSA Business
• Chandler Meakins, Casual Project Activities, UniSA Business
• Alyssa McKellar, Commercial Coordinator, UniSA Business
• Laura Hammond, Commercial Officer, UniSA Business
• Aubrey Carlos, Corporate Content Officer, UniSA Business
• Phouthun Nay, Data Engineer Developer, UniSA Business
• Dr Erica Riebe, Adjunct Senior Industry Fellow, UniSA Business
• Jonathan Raw, Casual Project Activities

The 600 Nurses Project

• Dr Kim Gibson, Research Fellow: Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

• Greg Sharplin, Senior Research Fellow: Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

• Professor Marion Eckert, Industry Professor of Health Innovation and Enterprise, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

• Lachlan Darch, Research Assistant, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

• Ashleigh Sandford, Administration Officer, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences
• Amanda Wright, Project Officer, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

Team Geotechnics

• Dr Rajibul Karim, Senior Lecturer, UniSA STEM

• Professor Md. Mizanur Rahman, Dean of Programs (Engineering & Aviation), UniSA STEM

• Dr Khoi Nguyen, Lecturer: Geotechnical Engineering, UniSA STEM

The Research Ethics & Compliance Team

• Tess Penglis, Associate Director: Research Ethics & Compliance, UniSA Research Office
• Alise Holden, Administrator Research Ethics and Integrity, UniSA Research Office
• Nicole Jeffries, Animal Ethics Officer, UniSA Research Office
• Alex Osis, Human Ethics Officer, UniSA Research Office
• Abbie Cawley, Human Ethics Officer, UniSA Research Office
• Tori Brown, Human Ethics Officer, UniSA Research Office

• Liz Collins, BioSafety Officer, UniSA Research Office

• Erin Teasdale, Animal Ethics Officer, UniSA Research Office

The Outdoor Fitness Equipment Research Team

• Dr Alyson Crozier, Senior Lecturer, UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

• Dr Brad Stenner, Senior Lecturer, UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

• Dr Chloe Blacket, Lecturer in Human Movement, UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

• Associate Professor Tom Wycherley, Program Director: Exercise and Sport Science Portfolio, UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

• Dr Jorge Ochoa Paniagua, Senior Lecturer, UniSA STEM

The Fraser Mustard Centre

• Professor Sally Brinkman, Research Professor, UniSA Education Futures

• Cenez Dsouza, Senior Project Officer, UniSA Education Futures

• Dr Sam Fowler, Lecturer: STEM Education, UniSA Education Futures

• Dr Rebecca Marrone, Lecturer, UniSA Education Futures

• Benjamin Lam, Research Fellow, UniSA Education Futures

• Meegan Brotherton, Senior Project Officer, UniSA Education Futures

• Dr Florence Gabriel, Enterprise Fellow, UniSA Education Futures

Ethics Awards

Human Research Ethics Award

• Dr Sarven McLinton, Senior Lecturer, UniSA Justice & Society

Chemical and Radiation Safety Award

• Melissa Philpot, Lecturer in Medical Radiation (Medical Imaging), UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

Animal Ethics Award

• Group Nomination
  • Melissa Ashton-Bell, Training & Compliance Officer, UniSA Research Office
  • Dominique Broad, Animal Technician, UniSA Research Office
  • Chris Brown, Supervisor: Animal Breeding, UniSA Research Office
• Eun Woo, HDR Student, Centre for Cancer Biology
• Luke Samuel Roeger, HDR Student, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

Biosafety Award

• No nominations received

UniSA Top Media Performer 2025

• To be confirmed