Members of the
Research Framework Expert Advisory Group |
Qualifications as
listed in DEST's media release |
Sir Professor Gareth Roberts, Chairman |
International representative - United Kingdom.
President of Wolfson College, Oxford. Appointed to serve on the Higher
Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Board from August 1997 for
three years and was reappointed in 2000 and again in 2002 until August
2005. He chairs the Board’s Research Committee and led the UK-wide review
of research assessment, which reported to the UK funding bodies in 2003.
Sir Gareth was formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield and
in 2001 became the President of Wolfson College, Oxford. |
Professor Paul Callaghan |
International representative - New
Zealand. Director of The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and
Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Professor
Callaghan chaired the Moderation Panel of New Zealand’s Performance-Based
Research Fund (PBRF), in 2003. A key function of the Moderation Panel was
to ensure consistent standards, both within and between Peer Review
Panels. Professor Callaghan has a BSc (Hons) (Wellington) and DPhil DSc
(Oxford) and membership of FRSNZ, FRS FInstP, and FNZIP. |
Dr Michael Barber |
Representing the CSIRO. Executive Director, Science
Planning, CSIRO. Dr Barber oversees the assessment, development and
promotion of CSIRO's scientific excellence and talent to ensure CSIRO's
sustained leadership in scientific and technological excellence and thus
the organisation's impact on and relevance to the nation. Prior to joining
CSIRO, Dr Barber was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at The
University of Western Australia. |
Professor Ian Chubb |
Representing the Group of Eight
Became Chair of the Group of Eight in November 2003. Professor Chubb was
appointed Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University in 2001,
having been Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University; Senior Deputy
Vice-Chancellor at Monash University; and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Wollongong.
Between 1990 and 1993, Professor Chubb was Chair of the
Higher Education Council, and concurrently Deputy Chair of the National
Board of Employment, Education and Training. He also served as Interim
Chair, then Deputy Chair, of the National Committee for Quality in Higher
Education. Between 2000 and 2002 Professor Chubb served on the Prime
Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council. He is a serving
member of the Foreign Affairs Council, and is a Director of the
Australia-New Zealand School of Government. He also served in various
capacities on the National Health and Medical Research Council and the
Australian Research Council. |
Professor Peter Høj |
Representing the Australian Research Council (ARC).
Commenced as CEO of the ARC on 1st October 2004. He was previously
Managing Director of the Australian Wine Research Institute, based in
Adelaide. Professor Høj was educated at the University of Copenhagen,
majoring in Biochemistry and Chemistry. He has a Master of Science Degree
in biochemistry and genetics and a PhD in photosynthesis. Since arriving
in Australia in 1987 he has worked as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in
Biochemistry at La Trobe University and Professor of Viticultural Science
and Oenology at the University of Adelaide. In 1992 he was awarded the
Boehringer-Mannheim medal by the Australian Society for Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology. |
Dr Ian O Smith |
Representing The Australian Nuclear
Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). Commenced as Executive
Director, ANSTO in May 2004. Dr Smith had, since 1995, been the Deputy
Vice-Chancellor (Research, Enterprise & International) at the University
of Otago, New Zealand. Among other roles, Dr Smith has held senior
management positions with the Comalco Research Centre and CRA Advanced
Technical Development. |
Dr Robin Batterham |
Chief Scientist of Australia and Chief Technologist,
Rio Tinto Limited. Dr Batterham’s career has focused on research and
technology, in both the public and private sectors. As Chief Scientist, Dr
Batterham provides advice to the Australian Government on science and
innovation matters, promoting linkages between science, industry and
government. He also helps to ensure public investment in science and
technology is properly focused on issues of national priority. He is
executive officer of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and
Innovation Council.
Dr Batterham is Chairman of the International Network for
Acid Prevention and is President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
(2004-05). He also holds a number of government appointments, including
membership on the Commonwealth, States and Territories Advisory Council on
Innovation, the Australian Research Council, the Science Prizes Committee,
the Coordination Committee on Science and Technology, the Cooperative
Research Centres’ Committee and the Victorian Government’s Innovation
Economy Advisory Board. He is also an advisor to the Australian Institute
of Commercialisation. |
Professor Peter Sheehan |
Representing the Australian
Vice-Chancellors’ Committee. The Chair of the AVCC’s working group
on the Research Quality Framework. He is Vice-Chancellor of the Australian
Catholic University. Professor Sheehan has a Doctor of Philosophy in
Psychology (1965) from the University of Sydney. In 1973 he was appointed
Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland and later Deputy
Vice-Chancellor (Research and Postgraduate Studies) at that University.
Professor Sheehan’s appointments include: Chair, National
Panel (Social Sciences and Humanities) of Australian Research Grants
Committee (1980-1985); Chair, Queen Elizabeth II Fellowships and
Australian Research Grants Committee (1983-1985); Chair, Commonwealth
Cinematograph Films Board of Review (1986-1987); President of the
International Congress of Psychology (1988); Chair, Humanities and Social
Sciences Panel of Australian Research Council (1990-1991); President of
the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (1991-1993); and Chair,
Research Grants Committee of Australian Research Council (1992-1993). |
Mr Phil Clark |
Representing the Business Council of Australia (BCA)
The Managing Partner and CEO of Minter Ellison. He has overall
responsibility for his firm's operations in Australia, Asia Pacific, the
United Kingdom and United States. Prior to joining Minter Ellison in 1995,
Mr Clark worked with ABN Amro Australia and prior to that, managed another
major law firm. He has also worked in the oil industry and with the Pratt
Group.
His appointments outside Minter Ellison include a
directorship of St James Ethics Centre and various charitable
organisations. He is also a member of Australian Davos Connection and
serves on several advisory boards, including the International Chamber of
Commerce, European Australian Business Council and Australian Graduate
School of Management. |
Professor Ross Milbourne |
Representing the Australian
Technology Network of Universities (ATN). Vice-Chancellor and President of
the University of Technology, Sydney. Previously he was Deputy
Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Adelaide. His areas of
research are monetary economics, macroeconomics and economic growth. His
current area of interest is economic growth in open economies and the role
of technology diffusion. |
Professor Anne Edwards |
Representing the Innovative Research Universities
Australia (IRUA). The Convenor of the IRUA. Professor Edwards is
Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University. Her previous appointments include:
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Flinders University; Professor of Sociology at
Monash University; and positions of Head of the Department of Anthropology
and Sociology and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts. Professor Edwards
holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a PhD from the University of London
and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
Professor Edwards is currently a member of the Australian
Universities Teaching Committee and a member of the Board of the
Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee (2002-2003). She was a member of
the Australian Research Council (1994-1997), and Deputy Chair (1997).
Professor Edwards was also a member of the Victorian Casino and Gaming
Authority (1993 to 2000), and Deputy Chair and Chair of the Authority's
Research Committee (1994). In 2000 she was a member of the South
Australian Film Corporation Board and she became the Chair of the Board of
the Adelaide Central School of Art. She is a founding trustee of the South
Australian Women's Trust. |
Professor Alan Pettigrew |
Representing the National Health and
Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Appointed CEO of the NHMRC,
commencing January 2001. Prior to this appointment, he was Deputy
Vice-Chancellor (Academic Planning and Resources) at the University of
NSW. Professor Pettigrew was NHMRC’s representative on DEST’s National
Research Infrastructure Taskforce.
Professor Pettigrew has held academic appointments at the
University of Sydney and prior to joining the University of NSW was
Executive Dean of the Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences at the
University of Queensland. Professor Pettigrew's research concerned the
development of the nervous system and involved both laboratory and
clinical studies. He has had a long standing involvement with the NHMRC
through his activities on the Grants Committee, including serving as Chair
of the Committee, and on the Research Committee. Professor Pettigrew has
also served on the Board of Uniquest at the University of Queensland and
on the Board of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute. |
Dr Evan Arthur |
Representing the Department of Education Science and
Training (DEST). The Group Manager of the Innovation and Research Systems
Group in the Department of DEST. Dr Arthur was educated at Newcastle
(Australia) and Cambridge (UK) universities. His doctoral thesis was in
the area of Stoic Philosophy. He joined the Australian Public Service in
1981 and has worked in the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs as
well as DEST. Dr Arthur has worked on issues such as: refugee policy;
labour market programs; teacher professional development; research policy;
recognition of overseas qualifications; and the use of information
technology in education. |
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