Australian Council of Learned Academies
Evidence-based Interdisciplinary Research
Professor Robert WilliamsonAO FRS FAA FAHMS Professor Bob Williamson became Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry and Pre-Clinical Dean at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, in 1976. In 1995, when he moved to Melbourne as Director of the Murdoch Institute and Professor of Medical Genetics. He retired in October 2004 and is now an Honorary Senior…
Christine Zeitz Christine Zeitz joined Lockheed Martin in August 2015 and is Vice President & Managing Director of Information Systems and Global Solutions (IS&GS) business in Australia and Asia. She is responsible for IS&GS’ performance and delivery of programs, as well as strategic growth. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Christine was President of BAE Systems’…
Professor Elizabeth (Beth) WebsterFASSA Professor Beth Webster is the Director of the Centre for Transformative Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology and Pro Vice Chancellor (Research Policy and Impact). She has a PhD (Cambridge), M Economics (Monash) and B Ec (hons) (Monash). She is also an Honorary Professorial Fellow, at the Universities of Melbourne and…
Professor Geoff Prince Since 2009 Professor Prince has been Director of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI). Geoff has taught at RMIT, the University of New England and La Trobe. He worked at AMSI in 2004 through to 2006 in part as executive director to Garth Gaudry and he oversaw the introduction of the AMSI/ICE-EM…
Professor Simon MarginsonFASSA Professor Marginson is Professor of Higher Education in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at the University of Melbourne. He is Joint Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, the principal world scholarly journal in higher education studies. Professor Marginson works in sociology and policy studies in relation to higher education, and…
Professor Krishna SenFAHA Professor Krishna Sen, an internationally recognised scholar of contemporary Indonesian and media studies, commenced her appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Western Australia in January 2009. She has held teaching and research positions at Murdoch and Curtin Universities, and was the Executive Director for Humanities and…
Mr Adrian Turner Mr Turner is the CEO of Data61, a CSIRO entity that is the largest data innovation group in Australia. He is a successful and influential Australian technology entrepreneur who has spent 18 years in Silicon Valley. He is also co-Chair of the Australian Cyber Security Growth Network and a member of the…
Professor Kathryn NorthAM FAHMS Professor Kathryn North is Director of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the David Danks Professor of Child Health Research at the University of Melbourne. She is trained as a physician, neurologist and clinical geneticist and, in 1994, was awarded a doctorate for research in neurogenetics. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship…
Professor Catriona McLeanFAHMS Professor Catriona McLean directs the Department of Anatomical Pathology, the Victorian Neuromuscular Service and the Solid Tumour Division of the Molecular Pathology Unit for Alfred Health and the Victorian Brain Bank, Florey Neurosciences. She is also the pathologist for the Victorian Melanoma Service and the Australian National Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease Registry. With expertise…
Professor John MattickAO FAA FRSN FAHMS HonFRCPA Professor John Mattick is the Director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. He spent much of his career at the University of Queensland, where he was Foundation Director of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the Australian Genome Research Facility, the ARC Special Research Centre for Molecular and…