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Professor Anton MiddelbergÌýis the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research) of The University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø and an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering and the US National Academy of Inventors. He earned his Bachelor and PhD degrees in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from The University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø.

After a period as a Fulbright Fellow at UC Berkeley, he joined the University of Cambridge as a tenured academic with Fellowship of Selwyn College and the Cambridge-MIT Institute. In 2003 he returned to Australia as a Federation Fellow of the Australian Research Council, and then as the 2010 Queensland Premier’s Fellow. From 2014-2017 Professor Middelberg was the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and International) at the University of Queensland.

Professor Middelberg is an internationally-recognised research and thought leader in the fields of rapid vaccine scale-up, soft condensed matter and bio-nanotechnology. He has published, patented and licensed innovations in these fields. With broad research, senior executive, international and commercialisation experience, Professor Middelberg now has University-wide responsibility for the Research and Innovation portfolio at The University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø.

Professor Laura ParryÌýhas three decades of experience in higher education, as a researcher, research leader and award-winning educator.Ìý She is internationally renowned for her expertise and ground-breaking fundamental and applied research in women's health, and in the last 10 years, has become one of Australia's foremost experts in vascular physiology and diseases of pregnancy.Ìý She also developed research programs in drug discovery for acute heart failure with national and international collaborators including the biotechnology industry (Corthera Inc, USA; Novartis Pharma AG, Switzerland; Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Australia) and the University of Florida.

During her career, Laura received three Fellowships (ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, ARC QEII Fellowship), has authored more than 115 journal articles and book chapters, and has attracted approximately $14 million in research funding.Ìý She was elected as a Fellow of the Society for Reproductive Biology in 2019 in recognition of her contributions and service to the discipline.

For 2015 until 2019, Laura was Professor in BioSciences and Associate Dean of Research and Industry in the Faculty of Science (University of Melbourne).Ìý In September 2020, she was appointed interim Executive Dean of Sciences at the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø, after a 10-month appointment as the Head of School, Biological Sciences. Laura commenced her new role as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Excellence) at the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø in January 2023.Ìý In this role, she oversees the strategic priorities and research performance of the University and its Research Institutes.Ìý Furthermore, she is a champion of the greater participation of women in STEM and Chairs the Staff Gender Equity Committee.Ìý In 2020/2021, Laura led the external recruitment of 7 women junior academics in the Faculty of Sciences - the first appointment of women into continuing academic positions in the Faculty in 10 years.

Professor Bruce NorthcoteÌýis the Chief Security Officer (CSO) within the Division of Research & Innovation at the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø. The role of CSO is to ensure the University complies with essential regulatory requirements and best practice in relation to defence, national security, the Foreign Interference Transparency Scheme Act and University Foreign Interference Taskforce Guidelines.

Professor Northcote is also CEO of TelAri Analytics. His Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, specialising in queueing network theory, was undertaken at the Teletraffic Research Centre (TRC), of which he is a former Director.

Following completion of his postgraduate studies and a short post-doctoral role at the TRC, Professor Northcote spent nearly 6 years working in the US telecommunications industry as a system architect, pre-sales consulting engineer, performance test engineer and primary company representative on international telecommunications standardisation bodies such as ANSI-T1S1, the IETF, ATM Forum and ITU. Many of his technical contributions to those bodies have been incorporated into international standards that govern how telecommunications devices and networks operate today.

After returning to Australia and prior to joining the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊƱ¹ÙÍø in 2002, Professor Northcote was a consultant for BSN Consulting Pty Ltd and Telic Australia Pty Ltd, working on projects for customers ranging from Vodafone Australia, Telstra, Telcordia (USA), Viridien (USA), and the Victorian Department of Justice. He has published over 20 refereed journal and conference papers, is a senior member of IEEE and was an accredited ATM Forum Ambassador for several years.

Between August 2018 and December 2019, he served as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Engagement) within the Division of Research & Innovation, responsible for providing leadership in relation to industry engagement and commercial partnerships.

Professor Carolin Plewa is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Researcher Education and Development) and Dean of Graduate Studies. Professor Plewa has responsibility for the implementation of policies and plans relating to research development and education for HDR students and Early-Career Researchers. She is also a Professor of Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement. She also acts as the Academic Lead for the Engagement and Impact Assessment.

Professor Plewa specialises in the interaction and value co-creation across a myriad of organisations and individuals, with a particular emphasis on university-business collaboration, service and social contexts, as well as market shaping.

Her research in the context of university-business engagement, in particular, has led to her appointments to the South Australian Science Council (2015-2018), as an inaugural co-chair of the University-Industry Innovation Network (UIIN) Australia Chapter, to the ARC Engagement & Impact Assessment Panel 2018.

Her leadership comprised Deputy Dean (Research for the Faculty of the Professions (2019-