of the day

Mark Billinghurst (Uni SA) is named a global top 50 researcher in augmented/virtual reality by IEEE, “the world’s largest technical professional organisation.”

of the week

Salma Ahmed (Uni Queensland) is a 2022 member of the CAS PhD/post doc programme, (it’s a division of the American Chemical Society).

Ben Colagiuri is the next head of Uni Sydney’s School of Psychology, starting January. He moves up from deputy.

Flinders U announces a new Matthew Flinders Fellow, Oren Griffiths (Education, Psychology and Social Work) plus six Matthew Flinders Professors, * Luciano Beheregaray (evolution and conservation biology) * Justin Chalker (renewable materials) * Karin Nordstrom (Motion Vision Group) * Janni Petersen (cancer cell biology) * Nick Spencer (neurophysiology of pain) * Lily Xiao (dementia care, chronic disease management)

Lisa Kewley is the new director of Centre for Astrophysics: Harvard and Smithsonian. She will move from the ANU based Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in Three Dimensions.

Sarah Lightfoot is confirmed as CEO of UNSW Global, she has been acting in the role since August.

Werner van der Merwe joins Swinburne U as inaugural VC Innovation and Enterprise. He moves from CSIRO.

Matthew Kiernan (Uni Sydney) wins the (US) Sheila Essey Award for research on motor neurone disease.

Annette Schmiede (Uni Sydney and Uni Canberra adjunct) becomes acting CEO of the Digital Health CRC.

Margaret Sheil has a second five year term as vice chancellor of QUT.  The university locked her in early. Her first term does not expire until February next year.

Giovanni Turchini is leaving Deakin U. He will start in May as head of  Uni Melbourne’s School of Agriculture and Food.