Students and alumni

Our students and alumni

We welcome the opportunity to support the next generation of software engineers.

On this page you will find the list of students (both from Monash University and other institutions) who are being supervised by our team and those who have successfully completed their PhD (Alumni).

Beiqi Zhang
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Xiaoning Du, Dr Kla Tantithamthavorn, Dr Tingting Bi Topic: Trustworthiness and Quality of LLM-Generated Code
Fanyu Wang
Main Supervisor: Dr Chetan Arora Co-supervisor/s: A/Prof Aldeida Aleti, Dr Kla Tantithamthavorn
Hira Naveed
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Chetan Arora, Dr Hourieh Khalajzadeh, Dr Omar Haggag
Jonny PJ Low
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: A/Prof Judith Hope, Dr Marc Cheong
Lakshana Assalaarachchi
Main Supervisor: Prof Rashina Hoda Co-supervisor/s: Prof John Grundy
Lankani Croos
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Prof Andrew Cain
Negin Akbari
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Aamir Cheema, Dr Adel N. Toosi
Paskalis Andrianus Nani
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy
Ruchi Sembey
Main Supervisor: Dr Roberto Martinez-Maldonado Co-supervisor/s: Prof John Grundy
Saleh Masum
Main Supervisor: John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Chetan Arora Topic: Agentic AI-Driven Modular Orchestration for Trustworthy Predictive and Personalized Wellness
Samuel Ferino
Main Supervisor: Prof Rashina Hoda Co-supervisor/s: Prof John Grundy, A/Prof Christoph Treude (SMU, Singapore)
Yuqing Xiao
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Prof Elizabeth Manias, Dr Anu Madugalla
Yutan Huang
Main Supervisor: Dr Chetan Arora Co-supervisor/s: Dr Anu Madugalla, Dr Tanjila Kanij
Zane Pinyon
Main Supervisor: Prof Sarah Pink
Zhaoyuan (Derek) He
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Chetan Arora

Aastha Pant
Main Supervisor: Prof Rashina Hoda Co-supervisor/s: Dr Chakkrit Tantithamthavorn, Dr Simone Spiegler, Adjunct Prof Burak Turhan Graduated: 2024
Arif Nurwidyantoro
Main Supervisor: Prof Jon Whittle Co-supervisor/s: Prof Michel Chaudron, Dr Mojtaba Shahin, Dr Waqar Hussain Graduated: 2022
Chathurika Amarathunga
Main Supervisor: A/Prof Alan Dorin Co-supervisor/s: Prof John Grundy Graduated: 2023
Chehara Pathmanbandu
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Mohan Baruwal, Dr Zubair Baig Graduated: 2022
Devi Karolita
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Tanjila Kanij, Dr Jennifer McIntosh, Dr Humphrey Obie Graduated: 2024
Dulaji Hidellaarachchi
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: A/Prof Rashina Hoda, Dr Ingo Mueller Graduated: 2023
Harsha Perera
Main Supervisor: Prof Jon Whittle Co-supervisor/s: Dr Waqar Hussain, A/Prof Rashina Hoda Graduated: 2022
Hashini Gunatilake
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Prof Rashina Hoda and Dr Ingo Mueller Graduated: 2026
Jiachi Chen
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Jiangshan Yu Graduated: 2022
Jirayus Jiarpakdee
Main Supervisor: Dr Chakkrit 'Kla' Tantithamthavorn Co-supervisor/s: Prof John Grundy Graduated: 2021
Kashumi Madampe
Main Supervisor: A/Prof Rashina Hoda Co-supervisor/s: Prof John Grundy Graduated: 2022
Md. Shamsujjoha
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Prof Li Li, Dr Hourieh Khalajzadeh, Dr Qinghua Lu (Data61) Graduated: 2023
Mingyi Zhou
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Chunyang Chen, Dr Xiao Chen, Prof Li Li Graduated: 2025
Omar Haggag
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: A/Prof Mohamed Abdelrazek (Deakin University) Graduated: 2023
Pei Liu
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Li Li Graduated: 2023
Rifat Ara Shams
Main Supervisor: Prof Jon Whittle Co-supervisor/s: A/Prof Gillian Oliver, Dr Mojtaba Shahin, Dr Waqar Hussain Graduated: 2022
Shavindra Wickramathilaka
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Kashumi Madampe, Dr Omar Haggag Graduated: 2026
Suyu Ma
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Chunyang Chen, Dr Hourieh Khalajzadeh Graduated: 2025
Tingting Bi
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Xin Xia, Dr Aldeida Aleti Graduated: 2022
Ulrike 'Maria' Graetsch
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Prof Rashina Hoda, Dr Hourieh Khalajzadeh, Dr Mojtaba Shahin Graduated: 2026
Vedant Chauhan
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Chetan Arora, Dr Hourieh Khalajzadeh Graduated: 2025
Wei Wang
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Hourieh Khalajzadeh, Dr Anu Madugalla, Dr Humphrey Obie Graduated: 2025
Xiaoyu Sun
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Li Li Graduated: 2023
Yanjie Zhao
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Li Li Graduated: 2023
Yonghui Liu
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Prof Li Li, Dr Chunyang Chen, Dr Xiao Chen Graduated: 2025
Zhipeng Gao
Main Supervisor: Prof John Grundy Co-supervisor/s: Dr Xin Xia Graduated: 2022

External Students

Ben Philip (Deakin University)

Main Supervisor: A/Prof Mohamed Abdelrazek (Deakin)
Co-Supervisors: Prof John Grundy, Dr Alessio Bonti (Deakin)

Ben completed his PhD at Deakin University and associated with the ARC Hub for Digital Enhanced Living. His PhD project focused on mobile health (mHealth) and software engineering, particularly on how we can develop better software for the mobile health domain through an architecture that allows integrating several health services and devices into one 'container'. With this approach, he hopes to solve three problems in this area - (1) how health applications can be created without needing to manage external overheads (connecting to devices, managing data, writing a lot of boilerplate code for similar apps etc.); (2) how several sensors can be integrated to one platform and how applications can share data with each other; (3) how user experience can be improved to increase the adoption of mHealth technology in any healthcare environment (such as a nursing home).

Phu Lai (Swinburne University of Technology)

Main Supervisor: Dr Qiang He (Swinburne)
Co-Supervisors: Prof Yun Yang (Swinburne University of Technology), Prof John Grundy, Prof John Hosking (University of Auckland), A/Prof. Mohamed Abdelrazek (Deakin University)

Phu's PhD topic: user allocation and resource management in edge computing.

Elton Lobo (Deakin University & University of Copenhagen)

Main Supervisor: A/Prof. Mohamed Abdelrazek (Deakin)
Co-Supervisors: Prof John Grundy, Prof Trish Livingston (Deakin), Prof Anne Frølich (UoCopenhagen), Prof Finn Kensing (UoCopenhagen), Prof Lene Rasmussen (UoCopenhagen)

Elton Lobo was a joint PhD student at the School of IT, Deakin University, Australia and the Section of Health Science Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, working to create a smart environment for the rehabilitation, recovery and secondary prevention of stroke. Prior to enrolling at Deakin University, Elton completed his Master’s degree in Electronics, Computer Science and Sport Engineering at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, where he focused on designing systems for biomedical environments, which is one of his research interests which he looked to replicate with the HumaniSE Lab. Elton also has research interests in User-Centred Design, Computational Neurosciences, Biomechanics, IoT-Health, Wearable Computing and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Xiaoyu Xia (Deakin University)

Main Supervisor: Dr Feifei Chen (Deakin)
Co-Supervisors: A/Prof Mohamed Abdelrazek (Deakin), Dr Qiang He (Swinburne), Prof John Grundy

Xiaoyu's research interests include edge computing, service computing, cloud computing, green computing and software engineering.

Klood Ahmad (Deakin University)

Main Supervisor: A/Prof Mohamed Abdelrazek
Co-Supervisor: Prof John Grundy

Khlood's research interest is in finding human centric requirements for Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered software systems. She has previously worked on trying to use virtual reality to provide navigation and pre-navigation solutions for people with vision impairments.