Our team

Our people are responsive, expert, and collaborative.

Led by our executive committee and advised by our expert board, the Melbourne Energy Institute is operated by a small team, connected across the University of Melbourne.

Institute team

Our dedicated, operational staff.

  • Professor Richard Sandberg

    Director
    Melbourne Energy Institute

    Chair of Computational Mechanics
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

  • Anita La Rosa

    Institute Manager
    Melbourne Energy Institute

  • Franca Tomaras

    Events Coordinator
    Melbourne Energy Institute

  • Josey Biasol

    Administration and Events Assistant
    Melbourne Energy Institute

Executive committee

Overseeing our management, with senior staff from several disciplines.

  • Professor Richard Sandberg

    Director
    Melbourne Energy Institute

    Chair of Computational Mechanics
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

  • Anita La Rosa

    Institute Manager
    Melbourne Energy Institute

  • Professor Pierluigi Mancarella

    Program Leader, Energy Systems
    Melbourne Energy Institute

    Chair of Electrical Power Systems
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

  • Associate Professor Wallace Wong

    Program Leader, Energy Materials
    Melbourne Energy Institute

    Associate Professor
    School of Chemistry
    Faculty of Science

  • Professor Kathryn Mumford

    Program Leader, Heavy Industry and Resources
    Melbourne Energy Institute

    Head of Department, Chemical Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

  • Associate Professor David Keith

    Program Leader, Power Generation and Transport
    Melbourne Energy Institute

    Associate Professor
    Melbourne Business School

  • Dr Ye Wang

    Deputy Program Leader, Energy Systems
    Melbourne Energy Institute

    Lecturer in Maths Methods Energy Systems
    School of Mathematics and Statistics
    Faculty of Science

  • Associate Professor James Bullock

    Deputy Program Leader, Energy Materials
    Melbourne Energy Institute

    Associate Professor
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

  • Dr Tim T. Werner

    Deputy Program Leader, Heavy Industry and Resources
    Melbourne Energy Institute

    Senior Lecturer in Energy Transition
    School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
    Faculty of Science

  • Associate Professor Shiaohuey Chow

    Deputy Program Leader, Power Generation and Transport
    Melbourne Energy Institute

    Associate Professor, Geotechnical Engineering
    Department of Infrastructure Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Advisory board

Energy industry leaders, providing strategic advice.