Rate My Professor Christopher Siva

Dr. Christopher Siva is a Lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, where he serves as the second-year level coordinator for on-campus teaching. With eight years of lecturing experience in the school, he coordinates several foundational and advanced undergraduate units, including PSY1011 Foundations in Psychology, PSY3280 The Neuronal Basis of Consciousness, PSY1014 Introduction to Contemporary Mental Health Practice, PSY4215 Data Communication: From Research Problem to Publication, PSY3130 Health Psychology, and PMH1011 Mental Health in the Community. Dr. Siva also acts as the Host/Student Liaison for psychology placements. Prior to his lecturing role, he served as a project officer in the National Higher Education Simulation (NHETSIM) within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. He brings practical expertise from working in applied behavioural analysis (ABA) with children on the autism spectrum.

Dr. Siva's research contributes to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 14 Life Below Water, and SDG 15 Life on Land. His recent publication is the forthcoming article "Study Stress, Perceived Support and Support-Seeking Intentions in University Students with Disabilities" (2025, International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, pp. 1-10, co-authored with S. Mujumdar, T. Perry, and M. Woods). Earlier publications include the book "Diatoms as Indicators of Water Quality in Urban Streams: Urban Pollution Studies in the Swan River Basin, Perth, Western Australia" (Siva, C.J., 2010, VDM Verlag, 264 p.); "The taxonomy of the genus Dunaliella (Chlorophyta, Dunaliellales) with emphasis on the marine and halophilic species" (Borowitzka, M.A. & Siva, C.J., 2007, Journal of Applied Phycology, 19(5), pp. 567-590); "Urban land use and periphytic diatom communities: a comparative study of three metropolitan streams in Perth, Western Australia" (Siva, C.J. & John, J., 2002, Proceedings of the 15th International Diatom Symposium, pp. 125-134); and "Chemotaxonomic Studies on thermophilic Synechococcus elongatus isolates from Malaysia" (Siva, C.J. & Salleh, A., 1997, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 25(5), pp. 463-465).