Jin Yan Yap
Operations Committee
Node Administrator
Dr Jin Yan Yap is the MACSYS ANU Node Administrator. She holds a PhD in Immunology and a Master by Research in Biotechnology from The Australian National University (ANU).
Her career spans clinical immunology research in rare genetic diseases as a postdoctoral fellow at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research (Sydney), industry experience at CSL (Melbourne), research commercialisation at ANU, and university research management, where she has led grant, project, and financial management initiatives – bringing a blend of operational and scientific expertise.
Kate Moxhay
Operations Committee
Node Administrator
- kate.moxhay@unimelb.edu.au
Kate Moxhay is the UoM Node Administrator. She studied Social Anthropology at Birkbeck (University of London) and has held several senior administrative positions in Melbourne and London.
Beth Wilson
Beth Wilson
Stakeholder Engagement Officer
- bethwilson@unimelb.edu.au
Beth Wilson is the MACSYS Centre Stakeholder Engagement Officer. A partnerships and engagement specialist, Beth is committed to fostering collaborative and mutually beneficial relationships with industry to drive impactful outcomes.
Beth has previously led partner engagement and work integrated learning in an innovative transdisciplinary tertiary setting. Developing partnerships with industry, community and government organisations, Beth designed programs that ensured mutual learning and professional development for both students and industry partners.
Matt Coffey
Matt Coffey
Indigenous Outreach & Education Coordinator
- matthew.coffey@unimelb.edu.au
Matt Coffey is the Indigenous Outreach and Education Coordinator. He is a Wiradjuri man who is passionate about education and helping young people reach their full potential.
Matt has previously worked at WEHI where he managed the partnership with DeadlyScience and led the implementation of the WEHI DeadlyScience Pathways Program, a national STEM immersion experience for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Prior to that Matt worked at Science Gallery Melbourne at the University of Melbourne, where he managed the design and delivery of secondary education programs.
Holly Shore
Operations Committee
Node Administrator
- h.shore@unsw.edu.au
Holly Shore is the MACSYS UNSW Sydney Node Administrator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from the University of Leeds.
Veronica Lay
Operations Committee
Node Administrator
- veronica.lay@monash.edu
Veronica Lay is the MACSYS Monash University Node Administrator. She holds a Bachelor of Science and Arts, and a Master of Biomedical and Health Sciences from Monash University.
Tim Macuga
Tim Macuga
Media & Communications
- Tim.Macuga@qut.edu.au
Tim is a seasoned Science Communicator with extensive experience in journalism and a passion for bridging the gap between complex research and broad audiences.
Before joining MACSYS, Tim spent a decade leading communications for the Australian Data Science Network (ADSN), the QUT Centre for Data Science, and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS). In these roles, he specialised in empowering researchers to share their work effectively, fostering deeper connections between their discoveries and the wider community.
Originally from the United States, Tim enjoyed a distinguished 25+ year career in television news, working across three states. For more than 15 years, he served as Executive News Producer at a leading TV station in Phoenix, Arizona, where he managed the evening newscasts in one of the nation’s fastest-growing markets.
Shuting Liu
Operations Committee
Centre Administrator
- shuting.liu3@unimelb.edu.au
Shuting Liu is the MACSYS Centre Administrator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from China University of Political Science and Law and a Master of Research degree from Macquarie University. She is now completing her PhD in Phonetics at the University of Melbourne.
Shuting has professional experience across both the higher education and tech sectors. She previously worked as a linguistic project manager at Appen, and has held various roles, including lab coordinator, tutor, research assistant, and project officer, at multiple universities. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals in the fields of experimental phonetics, applied linguistics, and cognitive science.
Peter Taylor
Operations Committee
Interim Director
Peter Taylor received a BSc(Hons) and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Adelaide in 1980 and 1987 respectively. In between, he spent time working for the Australian Public Service in Canberra. After periods at the Universities of Western Australia and Adelaide, he moved at the beginning of 2002 to the University of Melbourne. In January 2003, he took up a position as the inaugural Professor of Operations Research. He was Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics from 2005 until 2010.
Peter’s research interests lie in the fields of stochastic modelling and applied probability, with particular emphasis on applications in telecommunications, biological modelling, healthcare, economics and disaster management. Recently he has become interested in the interaction of stochastic modelling with optimisation and optimal control under conditions of uncertainty. He is regularly invited to present plenary papers at international conferences. He has also acted on organising and program committees for many conferences.
Peter is the Editor-in-Chief of the Applied Probability Trust journals Journal of Applied Probability and Advances in Applied Probability and was the Editor-in-Chief of Stochastic Models between 2002 and 2018. He is also a member of the editorial board of Queueing Systems. He served on the Awards Committee of the Applied Probability Section of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) from 2005-2007 and in 2016 was Co-Chair of the Committee for the Nicholson Prize, awarded for the best student paper in operations research.
From 2006 to 2008, Peter was Chair of the Australia and New Zealand Division of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM), and from 2010 to 2012 he was the President of the Australian Mathematical Society. In 2013 he was awarded a Laureate Fellowship by the Australian Research Council, and in 2016 he became Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers(ACEMS). In 2017, he was awarded the Ren Potts Medal by the Australian Society for Operations Research and in 2018 the George Szekeres Medal by the Australian Mathematical Society and in 2019 the ANZIAM Medal by the Australian and New Zealand Division of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. All three medals are for career achievement. In 2023, he was elected to the Australian Academy of Science.
Jennifer Flegg
Operations Committee
Director
Professor Jennifer Flegg is an applied mathematician in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne. Professor Flegg is an established international academic leader in mathematical biology with a focus on developing mathematical models of biological phenomena and calibrating them to data.
Professor Flegg’s research focuses on using mathematics and statistics to answer questions in biology and medicine, with a particular emphasis on mathematical models in areas such as wound healing, tumour growth and infectious disease epidemiology.
Professor Flegg has an extensive publication record in peer-reviewed journals and has been awarded several prestigious honours for her work, including the JH Michell Medal in 2020 for excellence in research by ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics), the Christopher Heyde Medal in 2020 from the Australian Academy of Science and the Society for Mathematical Biology Leah Edelstein-Keshet Prize in 2021. She also serves as an Editorial Board member for PLOS Computational Biology, eLife, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology and SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics.