MNC People
Directors
- Prof Christos Pantelis
Scientific Director
University of Melbourne
- Prof Dennis Velakoulis
Clinical Director
University of Melbourne
Executive
- Prof. Ben J. Harrison
Deputy Scientific Director & NHMRC Fellow
University of Melbourne
- A/Prof. Sarah Whittle
Principal Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
- A/Prof. Andrew Zalesky
Senior Research Fellow
NHMRC CDFUniversity of Melbourne
- Dr Chad Bousman
Senior Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
- Dr Vanessa Cropley
Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
Fellows/Post-Docs
- Dr Naveen Thomas
Consultant Psychiatrist
University of Melbourne
- Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen
NHMRC Post Doctoral Fellow
University of Melbourne
- Dr Julian Simmons
Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
- A/Prof Chris Davey
Honorary Senior Research Fellow & Psychiatrist
University of Melbourne
- Dr Dorothea Lesche
J.N. Peters Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Melbourne
- Dr Rachel Ellis
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
- Dr Orli Schwartz
Research Fellow &
Clinical PsychologistUniversity of Melbourne
- Dr Orwa Dandash
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
Professional Staff
- Barbara Stachlewski
PA to Prof Pantelis
- Antonia Merritt
Research Coordinator
Psychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry - Lisa Incerti
Research Assistant
Depression & Anxiety
Neuroscience - Sarah Gale
Research Assistant
Psychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry - Steven Tahtalian
Research Coordinator
Psychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry - Dr Eleni Ganella
Research Assistant
Psychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry - Kirra Liu
Research Assistant
Psychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry - Chester Kang
IT & Lab Support Officer
Students
- Maria Di Biase
PhD Student
Psychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry - James Karantonis
PhD Student (Swinburne)
Psychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry - Lilianna Laskaris
PhD Student
Psychosis and Neurodevelopment
Psychiatry - Cassandra Wannan
PhD Student
Psychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry - Katerina Stephanou
PhD Student
Depression & Anxiety
Neuroscience - Laura Finlayson
PhD Student
Depression & Anxiety
Neuroscience - Albert Chen
PhD Student
Systems Neuropsychiatry
- Caio Seguin
PhD Student
Systems Neuropsychiatry
- Shervyn Silvapulle
Honours Student
Systems Neuropsychiatry
- Carolina Barbosa
PhD Student
Social and Affective
Neurodevelopment - Marjolein Barendse
PhD Student
Social and Affective
Neurodevelopment - Kate Bray
PhD Student
Social and Affective
Neurodevelopment - Camille Deane
PhD Student
Social and Affective
Neurodevelopment - Elena Pozzi
PhD Student
Social and Affective
Neurodevelopment - Chenxing Liu
PhD Student
Gene-environment
Neuropsychiatry - Suriati Saini
PhD Student
Gene-environment
Neuropsychiatry - Florian van Beurden
Student Exchange
VU University Amsterdam
- Ye Tian
PhD Student
Gene-environment
Neuropsychiatry - Peter Jardim
PhD Student
University of Melbourne
- Leah Braganza
PhD Student
Depression and
Anxiety Neuroscience - Winn Ma
Student Internship
Social Affective Neurodevelopment
- Carra Simpson
PhD Student
Neurogastroenterology /
Social Affective Neurodevelopment
Collaborators and Honorary Members
- Prof Ian Everall
Cato Chair
and
Head of Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Melbourne
- Prof Stan Skafidas
Director
Centre for Neural EngineeringUniversity of Melbourne
- A/Prof. Mark Walterfang
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist
University of Melbourne
- Dr Ramon Mocellin
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist
University of Melbourne
- Dr Mahesh Jayaram
Senior Lecturer
University of Melbourne
- A/Prof. David Andrewes
Principal Research Fellow
and
Associate ProfessorUniversity of Melbourne
- Dr Cali Bartholomeusz
NHMRC Post Doctoral Fellow
University of Melbourne
- Dr Paul Klauser
Clinician-Scientist
Lausanne University Hospital
Switzerland - Dr Sandra Luza
Research Fellow
Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Melbourne
- Dr Carlos Opazo
Research Fellow
Oxidation Biology LaboratoryFlorey Institute of Neuroscience
and Mental Health
University of Melbourne - Dr Sam Mancuso
Research Fellow
Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Melbourne
- Dr Avril Pereira
Research Fellow
Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Melbourne
- Dr Koji Kamagata
Visiting Fellow
Juntendo University, Tokyo
- Dr Luca Cocchi
Senior Research Fellow
Queensland Institute of Medical
Research (QIMR) Berghofer - Dr Yuri Masaoka
Senior Lecturer
Showa University, Tokyo
- Dr Emre Bora
Research Fellow/Psychiatrist
(Collaborator)University of Melbourne
- Prof Stephen Wood
Professor of Clinical Translational Neuroscience
University of Melbourne
- Dr Gusharan Chana
Senior Research Fellow and
Head of the Integrative Biological Psychiatry Laboratory
Centre for Neural EngineeringUniversity of Melbourne
- Dr Stefanos Dimitrakopoulos
Scientific Associate /
Psychiatrist & Military DoctorNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
/ 414 Military Hospital of Athens - Dr Renee Testa
Neuropsychologist
(Collaborator)University of Melbourne
- Dr Valentina Lorenzetti
Research Fellow
(Collaborator)University of Melbourne
- Md Shaki Mostaid
PhD Student
Gene-environment
Neuropsychiatry - Esmee Braam
Student Exchange
University of Groningen
Past Members
- Edwin van Dellen
Resident (AIOS) Clinical Psychiatry
UMC Utrecht Fellowship for Clinical ResearchUniversity Medical Center
Utrecht - Lotta Kinnunen
Visiting Researcher
University of Oulu,
Finland - Dr Christina Phassouliotis
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research CoordinatorPsychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry - Annabel Burnside
Research Assistant
Psychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry - Coralie Bastin
PhD Student
Depression & Anxiety
NeuroscienceSocial and Affective
Neurodevelopment - Sally Grace
PhD Student (Swinburne)
Systems Neuropsychiatry
- Sanne Oostermeijer
PhD Student
Social and Affective
Neurodevelopment - Amber Lim
Honours Student (Swinburne)
Psychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry - Cassandra Hoffmann
Honours Student
Psychosis and Development
Neuropsychiatry