Dr. Ankit Beniwal is a Digital Research Analyst at the University of New England, commencing his new role in mid-May 2024. He holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Adelaide and has garnered extensive research experience during his tenure as an associate at King’s College London, UK, and UCLouvain, Belgium, over a period of 5 years. Transitioning to the industry, Ankit brings over 8 years of expertise in utilising diverse programming software and operating high-performance computing systems. He is now dedicated to leveraging his academic background to explore machine learning tools and advance data-driven solutions in both research and practical applications.

Ayodeji Ladeinde is Intersect’s Digital Research Analyst at Deakin University where his role includes administering the University’s REDCap instance, delivering user training, and supporting researchers towards achieving their goals and outcomes. Before his current role, he worked overseas at a Reserve Bank for over 10 years, leading process improvement and policy development for secondary market operations as well as managing the Real-Time Gross Settlement System. DJ has a Masters in Data Science from Deakin University, He discontinued his PhD at Monash University in June 2023 due to family commitments and his research was focused on the use of graph databases for requirements analysis.

Jeff Wang is the Intersect Digital Research Analyst for Western Sydney University, with a research background in Computational Chemistry. He is the WSU Qualtrics Brand Admin and one of the WSU REDCap administrators. Jeff has more than 3 years’ experience in delivering training courses and supporting researchers on the use of digital research tools, such as Qualtrics, REDCap, and Excel.

Dr Jianzhou Zhao is a Digital Research Analyst based at University of Technology Sydney. Jianzhou holds a PhD in Photovoltaics and Solar Energy Engineering. He has 6+ years as an digital research training instructor and coursework demonstrator; 2+ years as a Project Manager and a Research Assistant. Dr Jianzhou Zhao has been a Digital Research Training Specialist at Intersect for 5 years and, since July 2023, he has been the DRA for UTS. Jianzhou is working with his colleagues at Intersect and the UTS eResearch team to help guide the development and deployment of relevant eResearch services; and, increase the visibility and acceptance of good eResearch practices across all areas in the university.

Peta Scott has been the Intersect Digital Research Analyst at the University of New England since late 2018. Peta has a broad research background spanning environmental science, mental health, higher education, learning analytics, and behavioural economics. Peta has expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods, practices, and software with specialisations in R programming, SPSS, Qualtrics, and NVivo. Peta also prides her work on strategic projects at UNE focussing on business improvements. Peta also enjoys supporting researchers by simplifying complicated programs and processes. Peta has years experience in higher education research, corporate analysis and strategic projects.

Digital Research Analyst supporting researchers across the University of New England.

Dr Katherine Howard is Intersect Australia’s Digital Research Analyst for UniSA. She supports UniSA researchers by providing expertise in various digital tools and technologies, facilitating access to NCI’s HPC (Gadi), and coordinating Intersect’s training program for UniSA staff and students. Katherine’s background is in Information Science and she has extensive national and international experience as a researcher and academic. Katherine was most recently a Research Fellow with the ARC-funded ‘Library and Information Science Research in Australia’ (LISRA) project, aimed at enabling and encouraging research in Australia’s library and information profession. Prior to this, she was an Early Career Development Fellow at RMIT; has held academic positions at QUT and UniSA; and undertaken sessional work with Curtin University and Charles Sturt University. Dr Howard has received many scholarships and research awards. She was awarded a two-year scholarship to undertake the Erasmus Mundus International Master in Digital Library Learning, studying with world-renowned Information Science scholars in Norway, Estonia and Italy. Katherine was the first person outside of North America to win a Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, and her PhD, completed at QUT, was nominated for an Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award. Katherine’s research focuses on new and emerging roles for information professionals, particularly around data science, research data management, and in the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) sector. She also has a keen interest in the Digital Humanities.

Olivia Davies is a Digital Research Analyst based at Australian Catholic University. She has a background in biological sciences, having completed a PhD in molecular and evolutionary biology applied to Australian’s glorious native bees. Olivia has also worked in local government on the challenges of climate change resilience and mitigation in the community. With 8+ years experience in data and statistics teaching, Olivia is passionate about meaningful, straightforward, and best practise application of data analysis to problem-solving and research.

3+ years as a sessional academic tutor, 5+ years of experience in IT industry. Developing and using machine learning algorithms and computer vision techniques for applications in ecology.

Dr Sahar Masoudian is a Digital Research Analyst at Intersect, based at the University of Canberra. She holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of New South Wales. Her research focused on applying stochastic approaches to bushfire research to incorporate uncertainty related to environmental inputs into the modelling process. Since 2016, she has been tutoring and teaching statistics and mathematics courses at various universities.

Natalie brings a strong background in digital research and learning design. She completed her PhD in Analytics at UTS, where she developed an innovative literary visualisation technique. She also has extensive experience as a Casual Academic and Research Assistant at UTS, and previously worked as a Learning Designer and Project Lead at Guroo Learning, creating learning solutions for various clients, including universities. Her skills include strong communication, data analysis, and an ability to translate technical information for non-technical audiences.

Dr Rudrarup Bhattacharjee (Rudra) is a Digital Research Analyst (DRA) with Intersect Australia, supporting researchers across Adelaide University. Holding a PhD in Neurogenetics, Rudra brings extensive expertise in human genetic neurodevelopmental disease research, stem cell biology, and 3D brain organoid modeling.

With a background in state of the art biological modeling and data-intensive life science research (see scholarly works in https://tinyurl.com/2apxhjff), Rudra combines domain expertise with digital research support to help researchers optimize their workflows, manage complex datasets, and harness advanced eResearch tools. At Intersect, Rudra provides expert advice, technical guidance, and tailored training to empower the Adelaide University research community to accelerate their scientific impact.