Luke Parker is responsible for coordinating the exhibitions and projects program for the new Chau Chak Wing Museum. Before joining the University of Sydney in 2008, he worked in various museums and galleries across exhibitions, education, collections and publications. He has curated numerous exhibitions and published on contemporary art.

Since 1997, his work as an artist has been included in solo and group exhibitions at many artist-run initiatives, as well as at institutions including the Centre for Contemporary Photography and Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, and Performance Space and Artspace, Sydney. His work has been exhibited at and is currently held in the permanent collections of both the National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Virginia Ho is dedicated to enhancing public education and enriching the wellbeing of the University of Sydney community. As the primary coordinator of campus loans and exhibition projects across the University of Sydney campuses, she ensures that art and objects are accessible and engaging for staff, students, and the public. She is also responsible for the matting and framing of artworks, auditing, loan, collection care, documentation, installation, storage, packing, transport, and location control of the Chau Chak Wing Museum collections.

Since joining the museum in 2004, Virginia has brought her passion to the role, drawing on her extensive experience as a gallery assistant and registrar in art galleries and museums in New York, Melbourne, and Sydney.  

Virginia has a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Queens College, City University of New York and Master of Arts in Visual Arts Administration, New York University.

Melanie Pitkin is Senior Curator of the Nicholson collection of antiquities at the Chau Chak Wing Museum. She has more than 15 years of experience working in museums in Australia and the UK, and providing support to colleagues at museums in Egypt. Melanie holds a PhD in Egyptology from Macquarie University, a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Sydney, and an honours degree in ancient history, also from Macquarie University.

Prior to joining the Museum in February 2022, Melanie worked as a Research Associate (Egyptian Antiquities) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, playing a key role in the Museum’s cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research into its ancient Egyptian coffins. Prior to this she worked for more than a decade at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney.

Candace Richards is the assistant curator of the Nicholson Collection, and has been part of the Sydney University Museum’s team for over 17 years. Candace's research interests bring together ancient world studies with contemporary museum practice to re-evaluate how and why collections were formed and explore the ways archaeology and antiquities collections can offer new insights into human endeavour.

Candace specialises in Mediterranean archaeology and is currently completing her PhD investigating reuse and recycling practices in Nea Paphos, Cyprus from the Hellenistic period to modern day.

Ali Ibrahim is a museum conservator with 12 years’ experience in ancient materials conservation, restoration, museums, and archaeological sites in Egypt and Chile. He has worked at the Grand Egyptian Museum in the inorganics laboratory with the Tutankhamun bronze collection and the Giza Pyramids plateau with a range of different materials. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology specialising  in the conservation and restoration of antiquities from Fayoum University, and a Masters in Museum and Heritage studies from the University of Sydney.

At the Chau Chak Wing Museum, Ali works on the Museum’s Parramatta project – providing collections’ care and support with analysis and research, as well as leading on public engagement with diverse western Sydney audiences.

Maree Clutterbuck is responsible for the physical care, documentation, governance and compliance of the University of Sydney's collections. She is actively involved with Australian Museums, Galleries Association and Museums and Galleries NSW activities.

Before commencing as the first collections manager here in 2003, she worked as a registrar at multiple state and federal museums and galleries for more than a decade.

Julie Taylor is responsible for the care of the CCWM collections in storage and transit. She works with Head Collections management on the logistics of collection care including planning and moving collections. She also supports the logistics of outward loans, acquisitions and exhibitions as required. All aspects of collection access are also under her management as it relates to external researchers, community visits, curatorial projects and other requests.

Her role extends to the physical care of objects in storage through the making of bespoke boxes and/or storage supports for all collections. She also liaises with external contractors to fabricate bespoke transit boxes, trays and crates.

Julie completed a Master of Fine Arts studies (1995) from the University of Tasmania. She has worked as technical support to art students across most major disciplines. 

Before working at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, she was an exhibitions preparator at the Museum of Contemporary Art working on installation as well as collection care in storage. Julie has been working with the Chau Chak Wing Museum collections since 2006. 

Madeleine Snedden is responsible for the documentation, conservation, installation, storage, packing and transport of the Chau Chak Wing Museum collections for exhibition display. She contributes to collection care and documentation for the Museum’s Object-Based Learning, Research and Loans programs. 

Madeleine completed a Bachelor of Arts (2009) at the Australian National University with majors in Australian Landscape Archaeology and Anthropology, and a minor in Plant Sciences. As part of her BA, she studied at The University of Auckland with majors in Pacific Archaeology and Māori Art History.  

Madeleine completed a Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation (2012) from the University of Melbourne, with a focus on organic-based objects. 

Prior to joining the Museum in 2016, Madeleine undertook conservation internships at the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. She also previously worked as an objects conservator in cultural institutions in Australia, the Cook Islands and Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Faezeh Kheiri is an art and museum professional with a Master of Fine Art from the Tehran University of Art and a PhD in Art & Design from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Her passion for art and history has shaped a career across leading Australian institutions, including the Powerhouse Museum, the Australian Museum, the National Archives of Australia (NAA), and the ABC, with a focus on collection management, archives, and digital systems.

Since 2023, she has been with the Chau Chak Wing Museum, stepping into the role of Collections Systems & Documentation Coordinator in February 2025. In this role, she manages the Museum’s collection database (EMu), online platform (IMu), and leads documentation and compliance activities including acquisitions, valuations, and stocktaking. She also supports collection care, storage, transport, and loans. 

Faezeh’s interests include history, art, collections data systems, and digital asset management. She is currently exploring integrated AI solutions to improve collection accessibility.

Karen Barker is currently a registration officer working in collections compliance and is responsible for stocktakes of the collection using the museum’s Emu database. This role sees Karen working across the entire Chau Chak Wing Museum collection.  

Karen joined the museum in 2022 as an education officer and has also held roles in the public engagement and front of house teams.  

She has also worked previously in Australian Historical Archaeology and at the Powerhouse Museum as an assistant registrar during their object digitisation project. 

Karen has a passion for archaeology and has worked on archaeological sites in Greece ranging from the Bronze Age through to the Hellenistic and Roman Periods.  

Karen has a Bachelor of Arts majoring Ancient Greek and Roman History and Archaeology from Macquarie University (2020), and a Master’s degree in Museum and Heritage Studies from the University of Sydney (2022).

Emma Conroy is currently responsible for the coordination of acquisitions and loans at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, with a focus on documentation, care, installation, storage, packing, and transport. 

She has over two decades of experience in museums, archaeology, and heritage. Her roles have included registration, curatorial, and consultancy work at the Nicholson Museum, Australian Museum, and the National Trust of Australia before commencing her present position at the museum in 2021.

Emma is particularly passionate about ethical collections practice and expanding access to cultural material through accountable stewardship. She has a Masters in Museum Studies (2010) and a Bachelor of Arts Archaeology (Hons I 2004) from The University of Sydney.

Matthew Huan works on the insect collection held by the Chau Chak Wing Museum. His main responsibilities are to number and register specimens for the entomology digitisation project, and assists with using them for exhibitions, education, collaborations and research. 

Matthew completed his BSc. at Monash University and is a Council member of the Society For Insect Studies (SFIS). His work experiences thread through the life sciences and include research in farming invertebrate livestock, curatorial roles at Entopia (Penang Butterfly Farm), specimen work at Herbarium NSW and a concurrent role as Technical Officer Digitising (Entomology) at the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI). Front-facing roles that service the community include education at the Royal Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands, visitor engagement at Burra, Australian Museum and volunteering for events such as the Sydney Science Festival and the Biennale of Sydney.

David James is responsible for the digitisation of the University's Nicholson, Macleay, University Art and Union Art collections.

Prior to joining Sydney University Museums, he was working on the digitisation pilot project for MASS (Powerhouse Museum). During his career, he has worked as a staff photographer for the CSIRO Divisions of Radio Physics and Applied Physics.

Dr. Eve Guerry is a museum educator with over 15 years’ experience in designing object-based learning strategies for curriculum-linked learning programs and exhibitions. She has a PhD in Egyptology and extensive experience in teaching and research for Archaeology, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Israel. Prior to joining the Chau Chak Wing Museum in 2020 as Academic Engagement Curator, Eve worked as the Head of Education programs at Macquarie University’s Museum of Ancient Cultures, where she integrated museum collections into teaching and research across campus as well as into innovative learning programs for early childhood, primary and secondary school students.

Eve sees museum collections as resources that enrich the academic environment by allowing avenues for creativity, engagement and cross-disciplinary links that foster deep learning and collaborative research opportunities.

Jane Thogersen has been working with museum collections for almost two decades, with a particular interest in building engagement and access to collections across multiple environments, collection types and platforms.

Her interest in object-based life-long learning particularly focuses on the way in which university collections can support meaningful engagement through innovative and cross disciplinary approaches for students and teams. 

Charlotte Seales is Curatorial Assistant to the Academic Engagement program in its delivery of Object-Based Learning (OBL). She has expertise in the movement and preparation of diverse collection items for participant interactions during the OBL workshops. Prior to joining the Chau Chak Wing Museum in 2024, she worked with ancient Roman collections at the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies (ACANS), Macquarie University.

Charlotte is passionate about activating collections in unique and unexpected ways to encourage personal and professional skills development. She completed her Bachelor of Ancient History with a major in Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity from Macquarie University