Damian Bates becomes acting CEO of BioCurate, a medical/pharma commercialisation JV between Monash U and Uni Melbourne. Founding CEO C Glenn Begley moves to an advisory role.

Gillian Harvey joins Flinders U as a research lead at the Caring Futures Institute. She moves from Uni Adelaide.

CQU VC Nick Klomp is the new chair of the Regional Universities Network. He takes over from Uni Sunshine Coast’s Helen Bartlett.

 Martina Stenzel (UNSW) is one of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’s 2021 distinguished women in chemistry/chemical engineering.