List of Queensland University of Technology people

This is a list of Queensland University of Technology people, including notable past and present alumni and faculty of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2012)

Alumni

Humanities

Arts

Ball Park Music, band
Sam Campbell, comedian
Conrad Coleby, actor
Gigi Edgley, actress
Roma Egan, dance teacher
Hayley Elsaesser, Canadian fashion designer
Gyton Grantley, actor^[1]
Tai Hara, actor, presenter
Darren Hayes, singer
Remy Hii, actor
Michelle Law, writer
Deborah Mailman, actress
Anna McGahan, actress
Kierin Meehan, choreographer, teacher, children's author
Kate Miller-Heidke, musician
Zoe Naylor, actress
Jason Nelson, artist in residence at QUT's The Cube Space, 2014–15; created the groundbreaking works NomenCluster and Cryptext
Josh Thomas, comedian
Brenton Thwaites, actor
Kalju Tonuma, record producer, audio artist
Sheikh Haikel, actor from Singapore
Senna Hegde, director
Yang Jin-Woo, South Korean actor^[2]

Journalism and media

Tracey Curro, journalist and communications manager
Ben Davis, drive presenter on 4BC in Brisbane
Nick Etchells, senior reporter for Seven News in Melbourne
Natasha Exelby, 10 News First presenter
Ben Fajzullin, journalist
Sharyn Ghidella, journalist and Channel Seven presenter
Peter Greste, correspondent for Al Jazeera
Spencer Howson, ABC radio presenter
Emmy Kubainski, former co-presenter of Nine News Perth
Leila McKinnon, journalist for Nine Network
Paul Osborne, Canberra bureau chief for AAP newswire
Alanah Pearce, video game writer and former journalist^[3]
Leigh Sales, host of the ABC's 7.30 Report
Karl Stefanovic, journalist and presenter

Literature, writing and poetry

Diane Cilento, author, actress, dramatist and playwright; founder of the Creative Industries Artist in Residence Program^[4]^[5]

Philosophy and theology

Philip Freier, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne
Ken Ham, founder of Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum and Creation Ministries International

Government

Politicians

Peter Beattie, former Premier of Queensland
Jarrod Bleijie MP, Former Attorney-General of Queensland and Minister for Justice
Sue Boyce, Liberal member of the Australian Senate
Alvin Cheng Kam-moon, Hong Kong student activist and founder of Student Front
Steven Ciobo MP, Federal Member for Moncrieff
Yvette D'Ath MP, Federal Member for Petrie and Attorney-General of Queensland
Peter Dutton MP, Federal Member for Dickson; Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
Teresa Gambaro MP, Federal Member for Brisbane
Linda Lavarch, former Queensland Attorney-General
Michael Lavarch, former Australian Attorney-General
Joe Ludwig, ALP member of the Australian Senate
Graham Perrett MP, Federal Member for Moreton
Keith Pitt MP, Federal Member for Hinkler
Bernie Ripoll MP, member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Oxley
Stuart Robert MP, Federal Member for Fadden
Wayne Swan MP, Federal Member for Lilley and former Treasurer of Australia
Chris Trevor MP, Federal Member for Flynn
Kate Jones MP

Law

Helen Bowskill, Chief Justice of Queensland
Tim Carmody, former Chief Justice of Queensland
Kerry Carrington, QUT research professor and former head of the School of Justice
Leanne Clare SC, Judge of Brisbane District Court of Queensland
Michael Lavarch, Professor Emeritus and former Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law
Brian Fitzgerald, specialist research professor of law
Nathan Jarro, judge of the Queensland District Court and Queensland's first Indigenous judge.
John Pyke, physicist and former QUT law lecturer
Bryan Horrigan, former QUT associate professor

Medicine and sciences

Steve Lawrence, computer scientist

Other

Georgia Sheehan, diver^[6]
Roman Quaedvlieg, former Commissioner of the Australian Border Force 2015-18

Notable faculty

Axel Bruns, Professor of Communication and Media Studies
Jean Burgess, Professor of Digital Media
Ray Chan, Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing^[7]
Peter Corke, Distinguished Professor of Robotics
Greg Creed, CEO of Yum! Brands
Stuart Cunningham, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Communication and Media Studies
Brian Fitzgerald
Michael Gabbett, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Geneticist
Dennis Gibson
Lyn Griffiths, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health
Colleen Nelson, Chair of Prostate Cancer Research
Dale Nyholt, Professor in the School of Biomedical Science
Chris Sarra,
Arun Sharma, distinguished emeritus professor
T.J. Thomson, a senior lecturer in the School of Communication
Mahinda Vilathgamuwa, Professor of Power Systems
Chelsea Watego, Professor of Indigenous Health
Patsy Yates, Distinguished Professor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health
Marek Kowalkiewicz, Professor and Chair in Digital Economy

References

^ QUT | News | Silver success for QUT grad
^ "Profile and Facts of Yang Jin Woo: A South Korean Beteran Actor" (in Japanese). 11 July 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
^ Farner, Shawn (29 December 2020). "The Stunning Transformation Of Alanah Pearce". SVG.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
^ https://www.library.qut.edu.au/about/collections/cilento/dianecilento.jsp
^ https://www.library.qut.edu.au/about/collections/cilento/connections.jsp
^ "Happy grad to me 👩🏻‍🎓". Instagram. Georgia Sheehan. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "Adjunct Professor Ray Chan". qut.edu.au. QUT. Retrieved 22 June 2022.