Tutors
The College has a large number of tutors, both resident in the College and non-resident. These tutors are outstanding university graduates at various stages of their academic or professional careers. Some are undertaking post-graduate study in the University of Melbourne. Some teach in the University as well as in the College. Some are active practitioners of their chosen professions. Between them, our tutors have lived and worked in well over a dozen university colleges in Melbourne and elsewhere; they bring a range of expertise and experience to their roles at Trinity. Starting in the second week of each semester, tutors give weekly tutorials in their subjects. Resident tutors also act as mentors to students – that is, as one-to-one advisors on academic and pastoral matters – and as floor tutors for the students in the corridor on which they live.
RESIDENT TUTORS
Mr Paul Broussard BA (Hons) Melb (Arts)
Paul is currently enrolled as a PhD candidate in German Literature at
Melbourne University, writing on the East German dissident author and
playwright Christoph Hein. He is a qualified translator and has
previously tutored German at Newman College, Wesley College and
Melbourne University. He particularly enjoys teaching German to adult
beginners. When not involved in dispelling the stereotypes surrounding
German culture, Paul enjoys singing, running, cooking for friends and
playing guitar.
Ms Katie Cahill, BEd(PhysEd)(Hons) Ballarat (Physiotherapy)
Dr Marissa Daniels BMedSci, MBBS Melb (Medicine)
Marissa first came to Trinity as a resident student, and stayed for six years while completing her medical studies. She has been a resident tutor in Medicine at Trinity since 2007, and combines this with work as a resident doctor at St Vincent's Hospital. Her research interests include preoperative investigations for lung cancer and immunologic influences on ischaemic heart disease. She enjoys playing violin, reading, photography and painting.
Mr Christopher Freise, BA Virginia (Political Science)
[on leave, Semester 2, 2008]
Dr Margaret Grose, BScAgric(Hons), BLArch(Hons), PhD UWA
(Landscape Architecture/Environmental Science)
Director of Studies: Environments
Margaret is an ecologist and landscape architect. Her PhD was in the ecophysiology of Australian plants in relation to water stress and disease, and her principal area of research is ecological design of suburban areas. Margaret has worked as a research scientist at the Universities of Sydney, Oxford and Cambridge, where she was Research Fellow in the Department of Plant Sciences.
She is currently Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at the University of Melbourne and is Deputy Chair of the Bachelor of Environments Standing Committee, which provides vision and direction across this new undergraduate degree course introduced under the Melbourne Model. The Chair, appointed by the Provost, is Professor Ian Bishop of Geomatics.
Margaret has played violin in university chamber orchestras, and maintains a keen interest in classical music. She has two children.
Dr Emma Henderson, BA, LLB(Hons) Cantab, LLM BritCol, PhD Melb (Law)
Emma lectures in law at La Trobe University. A barrister
and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, her research interests
are predominantly in feminist and critical legal theory as applied to
criminal law and human rights issues. Emma's primary extracurricular
enthusiasms are for skiing and travelling – preferably combined.
Mr Hsein Yoong Kew, BComm(Hons) Melb (Economics)
Joint Director of Studies: Commerce
Kew is currently enrolled
in the PhD program in Economics and Econometrics at the University of
Melbourne. He is also working with the Melbourne Institute of
Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne as
a research assistant. His research interests are primarily in the areas
of econometrics and time series analysis.
Ms Phoebe Knowles, BComm, LLB(Hons), DipModLang Melb, LLM LSE (Law)
Phoebe is a lawyer at Minter Ellison and is currently on secondment to
PILCH working with the Human Rights Law Resource Centre and the Homeless
Persons' Legal Clinic. She graduated from Melbourne University with
combined degrees in Commerce and Law (Hons) and a Diploma in Modern
Languages (French) and from London School of Economics with a Masters in
Public International Law (Dist.) where she was a British Council Chevening
Scholar. Her research interests are international law and human rights law.
Dr Carsten Murawski MEcon/Bus Bayreuth, PhD Zurich (Finance)
Carsten Murawski is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Economics & Commerce at the University of Melbourne. Prior
to joining the Faculty, he conducted postdoctoral research at the
University of Zurich and Columbia University, New York. He obtained his
PhD from the University of Zurich in 2005 and holds a masters degree
in economics and business from the University of Bayreuth. Carsten's
research currently focuses on financial innovation, particularly
derivatives markets, on financial institutions and on financial
stability. He enjoys running, mountaineering, reading and travel.
Ms Sana Nakata, BSC(Hons), PolSci Melb (Political Science)
Dr John Phan, BEng Monash, PhD Melb (Engineering)
Director of Studies: Science
John
completed a PhD in Engineering at the University of Melbourne in 2006. He has tutored at Melbourne
University, Newman College and at Monash, where he was awarded his
undergraduate degree in civil engineering in 2001. He has been a
resident tutor at Trinity since October 2003.
Ms Bonnie Smart, BMus(Hons), MMus Melb (Music)
Director of Studies: Music
Bonnie is enrolled as a PhD candidate in musicology at the University of
Melbourne. She is an experienced performer, having worked as a freelance
cellist with the Melbourne and Canberra Symphony Orchestras. Bonnie’s
playing has been broadcast on Channel 7, 3MBS and ABC FM. She has recorded
on the Tall Poppies Label with David Pereira and Ian Munro. Bonnie has
tutored in various music history subjects and has taught cello at the
Faculty of Music. She works as a research assistant to Dr Linda Kouvaras.
Mr David Tan, BComm, LLB(Hons) Melb, LLM Harv (Law/Photography/Business)
Joint Director of Studies: Commerce
David holds a Master of Laws degree from Harvard, and graduated with first class honours in law from the University of Melbourne. He was Valedictorian of the Year at Trinity College in 1994, and was named Singapore's Outstanding Young Person of the Year in 1998. David is an accomplished fine art fashion photographer, having published a coffee-table book in association with the fashion house of Versace and contributed to magazines including Harper's Bazaar and Elle. His legal publications cover international law, comparative constitutional law, intellectual property and corporations law. He is presently enrolled in the PhD program at Melbourne Law School.
Dr Angus Turner, MBBS(Hons) UWA, MSc Oxon (Medicine)
Director of Studies: Biomedicine
Angus completed his medical degree in Perth in 2000 before going to Queen's College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship to study evidence-based medicine. He is now training in ophthalmology in Melbourne. Angus enjoys travel, playing music, singing and watersports like rowing and kayaking.
NON-RESIDENT TUTORS
Accounting: Mr Anoop Varghese
Architecture: Mr
Ralph Webster, BPlan&Des, BArch(Hons) Melb
Art History: Ms Clare O'Donoghue
Chemistry: Ms Alisha McCreery
Chinese: Ms Julia Zhu
Cookery: Mr Jake Berah
Cookery: Mr James Buzzard
Dental Science: Dr Luan Ngo, BDSc(Hons) Melb
Dental Science: Dr Gareema Prasad, BDSc(Hons) Melb
Education: Ms Cressida Crossley, BCom, DipEd, BEdStud Melb
Finance: Mr Simon Griffiths, BE(Hons), BCom Melb
History: Mr Simon Atkinson, BA(Hons), BSc(Hons) Melb
Japanese: Ms Ai Koyabashi, BCommSci Kobe, GradDipArts, PGradDipArts Melb
Literature: Ms Eliza Tiernan, BA(Hons) Melb
Macroeconomics: Ms Sharon Lau
Medicine: Dr Dennis
Lee, MBBS, BMedSci Melb
Medicine: Dr David Liew, MBBS Melb
Medicine: Dr Michael Low, MBBS, BMedSci Melb
Philosophy: Mr Bryan Cooke
Physics: Mr Ben Carson
Physics: Mr Dougal McLaurin, BSc Melb
Psychology: Ms Diana Kant, BSc Melb
Spanish: Mr
Duncan de Crespigny, DipModLang(German) Melb
Theology: Ms Elizabeth Murray
STUDENT TUTORS
Barbershop: Ms Grace Mollard
Barbershop: Ms Gina Tan
Biomedical Science: Ms Liz Chong
Commerce: Ms Shona Wills
Drumming: Mr David Newsome
Information Technology: Mr Yevindra De Silva
Japanese: Ms Jocelyn Wong
Linguistics: Ms Grace Sharon
Mathematics: Mr Michele Mestrinaro