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Hannah’s research interests are in the field of coastal geomorphology and processes, specifically looking at wave breaking and transformation in the surf zone and swash zone hydrodynamics. She is a member of the geocoastal group and is also a keen fieldworker. At present she is looking at wave height evolution in the surf zone and the transformation of wave height over reefs.

Hannah completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney and her PhD at the University of Queensland. Her PhD investigated nearshore wave height transformation in unsaturated surf zones as well as asymmetry in the swash zone.

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Award winning composer Alex Pozniak (b. 1982) completed his Masters in Musical Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, with the assistance of a UPA scholarship and under the guidance of Matthew Hindson. Working with composers Anne Boyd, Nicholas Routley and Ian Shanahan during his undergraduate years at the University of Sydney (beginning in 2000), Alex went on to obtain First Class Honours and the University Medal in 2005. Alex completed a BA alongside his music studies in which he studied philosophy, psychology, art history and theory, while majoring in English literature. He has had works performed by the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bourbaki Ensemble, the Sydney Symphony Fellows, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Kammer, The Song Company, the Arditti Quartet, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble L’Arsenale (Italy), Besides Ensemble (Belgium) and has attended two AYO National Music Camp composition programs, working with Graeme Koehne and Joby Talbot.

In 2009 Alex was named composer-in-residence for the 2009 Verge Arts Festival at the University of Sydney during which he staged his first composer portrait concert, INFOCUS, presented by Chronology Arts, featuring eight works of both chamber and electronic music drawn from 2005-09. In 2010 Alex had three works performed in the ISCM World New Music Days in Sydney as well as performances at the Brisbane Encounters Festival, Beijing Modern Music Festival, Adelaide Soundstream Festival, Melbourne International Brass Festival and Sydney Fringe Festival. Alex was the winner of the prestigious 2011 APRA Professional Development Award in the Classical category with which he travelled to the United States and Europe in 2012 to pursue studies in composition, including workshops in Boston, Italy, Darmstadt and Latvia.

Alex a co-director of Sydney-based Chronology Arts which he co-founded with Andrew Batt-Rawden in 2007 in order to produce concerts featuring new works by emerging Australian composers. Chronology Arts was voted one of the top 100 Creative Catalysts in 2009 in the Creative Sydney arm of the inaugural Vivid Sydney Festival. Alex is a passionate educator, lecturing in composition at the University of Sydney’s Music Department and The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, teaching composition at the Conservatorium High School, The Scots College, St Ignatius Riverview and The McDonald College as well as guest lecturing for pre-concert talks. As an advocate for Sydney’s new music scene, he is a committee member of the New Music Network and was previously on the Aurora Festival’s Artistic Committee and the board of the Fellowship of Australian Composers.

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Andrew Pratley. Tutor of CCE

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Dorothea studied English Literature and Linguistics at the University of Bonn, Germany, where she graduated with an MA degree in 1987. After living for five years in the UK (in Hertfordshire), she moved in 1998 to Australia.

Dorothea has been interested in history for as long as she can remember, but her special interest in Richard III and his time started when at university a professor mentioned Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time as a possibly more historically accurate description of Shakespeare’s villain. She bought the book and rest, as they say, is history.

Dorothea joined the NSW Branch of the Richard III Society in 2003. She has served in various capacities on the branch committee since 2005. In 2009 she took over as webmaster (volunteer) for their new branch site. In addition, Dorothea edits their annual branch journal, The Chronicles of the White Rose.

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Rita Prestigiacomo graduated in Foreign Languages and Literature at the Sacred Heart University of Milan in 2004.

Rita has extensive experience in the teaching of Italian as a second language or foreign language (SL/FL). During her carreer as a tutor, she has taught both at primary (Coogee Primary School and Cranbrook School as part of the LOTE programme) and tertiary level (University of Sydney, Co.As.It, Italian Institute of Culture and Dante Alighieri Society). She has also been runnning HSC courses.

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Stacey is an experienced HSC teacher of both Chemistry and Biology. She has been teaching Chemistry and Biology at the International Grammar School Sydney since completing her Masters in teaching in 2005. Stacey is also an experienced HSC marker of Chemistry and has sat on the setting committee for HSC Biology. She has been a teacher at the International Grammar School for 13 years and held the Head of Department position for 6 years. She has also presented HSC revision lectures for TSFX at the University of Sydney.

Stacey holds a Bachelor of Science with a major in Molecular Biology and Genetics and a minor in Biochemistry, and a Master in Teaching with qualifications to teach Chemistry, Biology and Investigating Science. She is NESA accredited as a Proficient Teacher. Stacey teaches to see the ‘ah ha’ moments in her students, and she enjoys breaking down difficult concepts and presenting them in a way that is manageable and accessible to all students.

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Cherilyn Price. Tutor of CCE

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Dr. Reyne Pullen graduated from the University of Tasmania (UTAS) with Honours, Upper Class in a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry and Mathematics). He furthered his studies by completing a Graduate Diploma of Education (Senior Years) from UTAS in 2012-2016 and successfully completing his PhD in Chemistry Education from UTAS, 2012-2016 with the thesis title: "An evaluation and redevelopment of current laboratory practices: An in-depth study into the teaching styles used in the chemistry laboratory".

As the needs for students rapidly change, Pullen has an avid interest in broadening areas that encompass practice and research-based projects. Such projects range from utilizing modern technologies within our teaching, enhancing the laboratory experience to supporting students transitioning from secondary to tertiary education and exploring the state and growth of the Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) community.

Dr. Pullen is an award-winning lecturer at the University of Sydney. List of his awards and honors:

• RSC CERG Teacher-Researcher Fellowship (2019-20)
• UTAS College of Sciences & Engineering Executive Dean’s Award for Development & Innovation in Learning & Teaching (2018)
• ASTA Japan Science Teacher Exchange (2017)
• UTAS Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Community Engagement (2015)
• UTAS Discipline of Chemistry Outstanding Contribution and Service to Teaching (2015, 2016)

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Michael Pyne has a Bachelor of Arts (UNSW), a Diploma of Education (UNSW) a Master of Education (UNSW) and a Master of Arts (UNE). Michael has many years teaching experience and has recently retired from a position as Head Teacher, History at Nepean High School. He has had a number of books, including texts for the high school history and English curriculum, published by Jacaranda Press, Fast Books and the History Teacher’s Association of NSW. Since 1998 Michael has shared his extensive knowledge and enthusiasm with a variety of groups – running tours to destinations as diverse as Greece, Italy, Crete, Malta, Britain and Ireland, Vietnam and Cambodia.

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Yan Qian. Tutor of CCE