Academic Senate Research Committee

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Promoting excellence in research and research training

This page relates to the Academic Senate Research Committee which will commence on 1 January 2025.

For information on the previous Research and Research Committee, please go to this page.

The Terms of Reference for the Research and Research Training Committee are available on Policy Central.

(As at 1 January 2025)

ASRC Chair

Professor Sakkie Pretorius

ASRC Deputy Chair

To be confirmed

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Professor Sakkie Pretorius

Ex-officio members

Position

Member

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Performance and Development)

Professor Amanda Barnier

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Enterprise)

Professor Dan Johnson

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Graduate Research)

Professor Simon Handley

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Services)

Dr Ross McLennan

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous)Sam Ricketts
The Executive Dean of each Faculty

Position

Member

Faculty of Arts

Professor Chris Dixon

Macquarie Business School

Professor Leonie Tickle

Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Professor Patrick McNeil

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Professor Lucy Marshall
Professor Samuel Muller (from 1 February 2025)

The Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation) of each Faculty

Position

Member

Faculty of Arts

Professor Sarah Sorial

Macquarie Business School

To be advised

Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Professor Mike Jones (Interim)

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Professor David Coutts

Additional members

Position

Member

Elected members of Academic Senate who are research active

To be advised

Early Career Researchers

To be advised

The Graduate Research student representative on Academic Senate

Lilly Leaver

Student member

Deb Wareham

Co-opted Mid-Career Researchers

Associate Professor Amy Cain

Associate Professor Milena Gandy

2025 meeting dates

  • Tuesday 11 March
  • Tuesday 13 May
  • Tuesday 10 June
  • Tuesday 16 September
  • Tuesday 11 November

Agendas and minutes for all meetings are available in Truth.

Agenda inclusions

Agenda item inclusions should be forwarded to asrc@mq.edu.au by the submission due date. The agenda item template (including submission due dates) is available on request from asrc@mq.edu.au.

Apologies

Members who are unable to attend should submit apologies in advance of the meeting to:

Megan Kemmis
Manager, Governance Secretariat
T: +61 (2) 9850 7316
E: asrc@mq.edu.au

The Terms of Reference of the Research Degree Subcommittee (previously named the Thesis Examination Subcommittee) are available on Policy Central.

Members

(As at 1 December 2024)

  • Professor Simon Handley (Chair)
  • Associate Professor Kevin Brooks
  • Professor Malcolm Choat
  • Professor Mark Connor
  • Professor Jennifer Cornish (Deputy Chair)
  • Professor Alex Fuerbach
  • Associate Professor Ajay Narendra
  • Dr Natalia Ponomareva
  • Professor Niloufer Selvadurai
  • Professor Ralf Wilden