ARC College of Experts

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To support the advancement of knowledge and contribute to national innovation, the ARC College of Experts to play a key role in identifying research excellence.  Its members are experts of international standing drawn from the Australian research community which includes higher education, industry and public sector research organisations.

The ARC seeks nominations from suitably qualified and experienced individuals, including senior academics and end-users across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, with peer review and research leadership experience.

The ARC Board is responsible for appointing members to the ARC College of Experts. 

ARC College of Experts nominations are called for annually. The ARC appoints the College members for a term of three years.

The College of Experts assists the ARC by:

• assigning external assessors
• assessing and ranking ARC grant applications that have been submitted under the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP)
• moderating external assessments
• providing recommendations for fundable applications
• assisting with recruiting through the nomination of new assessors
• providing advice for peer review reforms, and
• providing strategic advice to the ARC on emerging disciplines and cross-disciplinary developments.

The ARC is required to maintain a high standard of professionalism and ethical conduct in its operations. The ARC Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Policy is designed to ensure that all members of the ARC College of Experts are aware of the confidentiality obligations associated with activities and that conflicts of interest are identified and addressed in a rigorous and transparent way. The ARC requires members of the ARC College of Experts to provide assurances to the ARC that they will abide by the ARC's confidentiality requirements and will disclose to it any conflicts of interest related to their official duties as members.

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ARC College of Experts Nominations for 2025 are now open

The ARC is seeking nominations from suitably qualified and experienced individuals, including senior academics and end-users across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, with peer review and research leadership experience. Researchers with multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary expertise are strongly encouraged to apply. We especially welcome nominations from women, particularly those from the STEM disciplines, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Nominees should have strong institutional support to meet the commitment required of ARC College of Experts members.

A high regard will be placed on applicants who have strong institutional support to meet the commitment required from College of Experts members.

The ARC is committed to improving the diversity of membership on the ARC College of Experts and encourages qualified people from a broad range of groups to nominate. This includes but is not limited to:

• Gender diversity
• People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin
• Academia, Industry and Public sector organisations

Areas of Interest

The ARC is calling for nominations for all discipline fields but has identified the discipline areas listed below as priorities for 2025. High priority discipline areas are shown in bold text in the below table.

3003 Animal production	4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
3009 Veterinary sciences	4015 Maritime engineering
3101 Biochemistry and cell biology	4102 Ecological applications
3103 Ecology	4104 Environmental management
3107 Microbiology	4202 Epidemiology
3108 Plant biology	4203 Health services and systems
3204 Immunology	4204 Midwifery
3209 Neurosciences	4205 Nursing
3214 Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences	4206 Public health
3301 Architecture	4401 Anthropology
3302 Building	4403 Demography
3304 Urban and regional planning	4406 Human geography
3401 Analytical chemistry	4410 Sociology
3402 Inorganic chemistry	4506 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sciences
3404 Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry	4602 Artificial intelligence
3405 Organic chemistry	4604 Cybersecurity and privacy
3502 Banking, finance and investment	4605 Data management and data science
3503 Business systems in context	4606 Distributed computing and systems software
3504 Commercial services	4609 Information systems
3505 Human resources and industrial relations	4610 Library and information studies
3506 Marketing	4611 Machine learning
3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour	4612 Software engineering
3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains	4703 Language studies
3603 Music	4704 Linguistics
3701 Atmospheric sciences	4902 Mathematical physics
3702 Climate change science	4904 Pure mathematics
3708 Oceanography	4905 Statistics
3709 Physical geography and environmental geoscience	5003 Philosophy
3801 Applied economics	5101 Astronomical sciences
3802 Econometrics	5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
3901 Curriculum and pedagogy	5107 Particle and high energy physics
3902 Education policy, sociology and philosophy	5108 Quantum physics
3903 Education systems	5110 Synchrotrons and accelerators
3904 Specialist studies in education	5201 Applied and developmental psychology
4004 Chemical engineering	5202 Biological psychology
4005 Civil engineering	5203 Clinical and health psychology
4006 Communications engineering	5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
4008 Electrical engineering	5205 Social and personality psychology

Important Dates

Activity	Date
Nominations Open	Monday 22 April 2024
Nominations Close	Friday 7 June 2024

 

Resources

• The Nomination Form is available in RMS
• ARC College of Experts 2025 Nomination Kit – Word Format (297KB) PDF Format (316KB)
• Instructions to Applicants – Word Format (191KB) PDF Format (364KB)
• Frequently Asked Questions – Word Format (81KB) PDF Format (160KB)
• Sample Form – PDF Format (432KB)
• ARC College of Experts promotional video

Submission

Nominations must be certified by the nominee’s primary employer (for a list of approved nominators or delegates, see the table below) and submitted in RMS no later than 5pm (AEST), Friday 7 June 2024.

Nominations will not be accepted directly from nominees, except those submitting as self-employed.

Nominees who hold an honorary or adjunct appointment with a higher education institution are eligible to apply through that institution.

Approved nominators:

Primary Employer	Approved Nominators
Higher education institution	Vice-Chancellor/Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) or equivalent
Industry or business	Chief Executive Officer or equivalent
Government	Agency Head / Deputy Secretary or equivalent
Self-employed	Self-nominate

Please contact the ARC at college@arc.gov.au with any queries.

It is anticipated that outcomes will be announced in October 2024.

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ARC College of Experts 2024

A complete list of the ARC College of Experts membership can be found below.

There are currently 318 members on the ARC College of Experts.

Selection meeting panels will be drawn from the ARC College of Experts as necessary.

ARC College of Experts members

(*indicates a new member in 2024, **indicates a member reappointed for a three-year term in 2024)

• Professor Amin Abbosh The University of Queensland
• Professor Igor Aharonovich University of Technology Sydney
• Associate Professor Emma Aisbett The Australian National University
• Professor Barton Anderson The University of Sydney
• Professor Gunther Andersson Flinders University*
• Professor Mats Andersson Flinders University
• Professor Nigel Andrew Southern Cross University
• Professor Mikhail Anufriev University of Technology Sydney*
• Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot The University of New South Wales**
• Professor Maziar Arjomandi The University of Adelaide
• Professor Adil Bagirov Federation University Australia
• Professor Andrew Baker The University of New South Wales
• Professor Sarah Baker Griffith University
• Professor Jie Bao The University of New South Wales*
• Professor Katie Barclay Macquarie University*
• Professor Colin Barrow Deakin University
• Professor Markus Barth The University of Queensland
• Professor Andrew Bassom University of Tasmania
• Professor Jacqueline Batley The University of Western Australia
• Professor Saba Bebawi University of Technology Sydney*
• Professor Travis Beddoe La Trobe University
• Professor Sarah Bell The University of Melbourne
• Professor Gabrielle Belz The University of Queensland
• Professor Belinda Bennett The University of Newcastle
• Professor Bindi Bennett Federation University Australia*
• Professor Christopher Berndt Swinburne University of Technology
• Professor Michael Bird James Cook University
• Professor David Bishop Victoria University*
• Professor Cyrille Boyer The University of New South Wales
• Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer University of Wollongong
• Professor Timothy Bredy The University of Queensland*
• Professor David Bright Deakin University
• Professor Alexander Broom The University of Sydney
• Professor Paula Brough Griffith University
• Professor Adam Brumm Griffith University
• Professor Katherine Buchanan Deakin University
• Associate Professor Paulomi (Polly) Burey University of Southern Queensland*
• Associate Professor Mark Byron The University of Sydney
• Professor Graziella Caprarelli University of Southern Queensland
• Associate Professor Nicholas Carah The University of Queensland*
• Professor Tommy Chan Queensland University of Technology*
• Associate Professor Rona Chandrawati The University of New South Wales
• Professor Millicent Chang University of Wollongong*
• Professor Chengrong Chen Griffith University
• Professor Ling Chen University of Technology Sydney
• Professor Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen La Trobe University
• Dr Christofer Clemente University of the Sunshine Coast*
• Professor Catharine Coleborne The University of Newcastle
• Professor Alex Collie Monash University
• Professor Alan Collins The University of Adelaide
• Professor Kyllie Cripps Monash University*
• Professor Brenda Croft The Australian National University*
• Professor Darren Croton Swinburne University of Technology
• Associate Professor Martin Crotty The University of Queensland
• Professor Lin Cui The Australian National University
• Professor Scott Cummins University of the Sunshine Coast*
• Dr Elisabete da Cunha The University of Western Australia
• Professor Bruno David Monash University
• Professor Jan de Gier The University of Melbourne
• Dr Michael de Percy University of Canberra
• Professor Paulo Antonio de Souza Junior Edith Cowan University*
• Professor Fariba Dehghani The University of Sydney
• Professor Timothy Paul Denham The Australian National University
• Professor Gerard Docherty Griffith University
• Professor Mirella Dottori University of Wollongong
• Professor Robin Drogemuller Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Aijun Du Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Haping Du University of Wollongong*
• Professor Uwe Dulleck University of Canberra*
• Professor Xuan Thinh Duong Macquarie University*
• Professor Jason Dutton La Trobe University*
• Professor Ullrich Ecker The University of Western Australia
• Professor Robert Edwards Flinders University
• Professor Mark Elgar The University of Melbourne
• Professor Anthony Elliott University of South Australia
• Professor Nisvan Erkal The University of Melbourne*
• Professor Nir Eynon Monash University
• Professor Eduardo Eyras The Australian National University
• Professor Bradley Eyre Southern Cross University
• Professor Matthew Fitzpatrick Flinders University
• Professor Stephen Foley Macquarie University*
• Professor Marcus Foth Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Adrian Franklin University of South Australia
• Professor Bronwyn Fredericks The University of Queensland
• Professor Katharine Fullagar
• Professor Philip Gale University of Technology Sydney*
• Professor Alan Gamlen The Australian National University
• Professor Maria Garcia de la Banda Monash University
• Professor Tamás (Tom) Gedeon Curtin University*
• Professor Anna Giacomini The University of Newcastle
• Professor Philip Giffard Charles Darwin University
• Associate Professor Stephanie Gilbert The University of Queensland
• Professor Bronwyn Gillanders The University of Adelaide
• Professor Matthew Gilliham The University of Adelaide*
• Professor Michael Gillings
• Professor Gerard Goggin Western Sydney University*
• Professor David Goodman The University of Sydney
• Professor Frank Grutzner The University of Adelaide*
• Professor Ning Gu University of South Australia*
• Professor Hong Guan Griffith University*
• Associate Professor Susanna Guatelli University of Wollongong
• Professor Fei Guo Macquarie University
• Professor Jianhua Guo The University of Queensland*
• Professor Wenshan Guo University of Technology Sydney
• Professor Darren Halpin The Australian National University*
• Professor Mark Harris Curtin University
• Professor Robert Harvey University of the Sunshine Coast
• Associate Professor Sadie Heckenberg University of Tasmania
• Professor Alexander Heger Monash University
• Professor Begoña Heras La Trobe University*
• Professor Christopher Hilliard The University of Sydney
• Professor Larissa Hjorth RMIT University
• Professor Katja Holtta-Otto The University of Melbourne*
• Associate Professor Steven Howard University of Wollongong*
• Associate Professor Hui Hu Swinburne University of Technology
• Professor Yuxia Hu The University of Western Australia
• Professor Jun Huang The University of Sydney*
• Professor Xiaodong Huang Swinburne University of Technology*
• Professor Zi (Helen) Huang The University of Queensland
• Professor Alfredo Huete University of Technology Sydney
• Professor Mark Hughes Southern Cross University*
• Professor Terry Hughes
• Professor Dr Daniel Hutto University of Wollongong
• Professor Michael Ireland The Australian National University
• Professor Helen Irving La Trobe University
• Professor Marcel Jackson La Trobe University
• Professor Paul Jackson The University of Adelaide
• Professor Jolanda Jetten The University of Queensland
• Associate Professor Zhongfan Jia Flinders University*
• Professor Yijiao Jiang Macquarie University
• Professor Yan Jiao The University of Adelaide
• Associate Professor Katherine Johnson The University of Melbourne
• Professor Tiffany Jones Macquarie University
• Professor Peter Junk James Cook University
• Associate Professor Omid Kavehei The University of Sydney*
• Professor Stuart Kaye University of Wollongong*
• Associate Professor Ivan Kempson University of South Australia*
• Professor Tristan Kennedy Monash University
• Associate Professor Damon Kent University of the Sunshine Coast
• Professor Cameron Kepert The University of Sydney
• Professor Nasser Khalili The University of New South Wales*
• Professor Olivia Khoo Monash University
• Professor Levente Kiss University of Southern Queensland
• Professor Fima Klebaner Monash University*
• Professor Hamid Laga Murdoch University
• Associate Professor Girish Lakhwani The University of Sydney*
• Professor Martin Lambert The University of Adelaide*
• Associate Professor Bradley Launikonis The University of Queensland
• Professor Kristin Laurens Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Bronwyn Laycock The University of Queensland*
• Professor Elizabeth Leane University of Tasmania
• Professor Julie Lee The University of Western Australia*
• Professor David Lewis Flinders University*
• Professor Huijun Li University of Wollongong
• Associate Professor Jingliang Li Deakin University*
• Associate Professor Qin Li Griffith University
• Professor Weihua Li University of Wollongong
• Professor Xiaodong Li RMIT University
• Professor Jo Lindsay Monash University
• Professor Timothy Lindsey The University of Melbourne*
• Professor Xia-Ji Liu Swinburne University of Technology
• Professor Yan Liu The University of Queensland
• Professor Yun Liu The Australian National University
• Professor Zhe Liu The University of Melbourne*
• Professor Samanthika Liyanapathirana Western Sydney University
• Professor Seng Loke Deakin University*
• Professor Heather Lovell University of Tasmania
• Professor Susan Luckman University of South Australia
• Professor Jun Ma University of South Australia
• Professor Qian Ma RMIT University*
• Associate Professor Alexander Mackay University of Wollongong
• Professor Pushkar Maitra Monash University
• Professor Ilya Mandel Monash University
• Professor Elizabeth Manias Deakin University
• Professor Elena Marchetti Griffith University*
• Professor Timothy Marjoribanks Swinburne University of Technology
• Professor Lina Markauskaite The University of Sydney
• Professor Christopher Marsden Monash University*
• Professor Andrew Martin The University of Melbourne
• Professor Brian Martin Monash University
• Professor Anthony Masters The University of Sydney*
• Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart University of New England
• Professor Bernadette McCabe University of Southern Queensland
• Professor Scott McCue Queensland University of Technology*
• Professor Richard McDermid Macquarie University*
• Professor Duncan McDuie-Ra The University of Newcastle
• Professor Annabelle McIver Macquarie University
• Professor Gavan McNally The University of New South Wales
• Professor Felicity Meakins The University of Queensland
• Professor Saad Mekhilef Swinburne University of Technology*
• Professor Frederic Meunier The University of Queensland*
• Emeritus Professor Richard Middleton The University of Newcastle*
• Professor David Miller James Cook University
• Professor Catherine Mills Monash University
• Professor Paul Mills The University of Queensland
• Professor Budiman Minasny The University of Sydney
• Professor Michael Mintrom Monash University*
• Professor Peta Mitchell Queensland University of Technology*
• Professor Angela Moles The University of New South Wales
• Professor James Morley The University of Sydney
• Professor Janna Morrison University of South Australia
• Associate Professor Markus Muellner The University of Sydney*
• Professor Dietmar Muller The University of Sydney
• Professor Colin Murray-Wallace University of Wollongong
• Professor Michael Negnevitsky University of Tasmania
• Professor Bronwen Neil Macquarie University*
• Professor Amanda Nettelbeck The University of Adelaide
• Professor Alexander Newman The University of Melbourne
• Professor Shu-Kay Angus Ng Griffith University
• Professor Tuan Ngo The University of Melbourne*
• Professor Nam-Trung Nguyen Griffith University
• Associate Professor Thuy (Kate) Nguyen RMIT University*
• Professor Bing-Jie Ni The University of New South Wales*
• Professor Mark Nielsen The University of Queensland*
• Professor Melissa Nursey-Bray The University of Adelaide*
• Adjunct Associate Professor Kerry-Ann O'Grady Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Anna Paradowska The University of Sydney
• Professor Sridevan Parameswaran The University of Sydney
• Professor Sora Park University of Canberra
• Professor Helen Partridge Deakin University
• Professor Ekaterina Pas Monash University
• Professor John Paterson University of New England
• Professor Alice Pébay The University of Melbourne
• Professor Sonja Pedell Swinburne University of Technology
• Professor Neal Peres Da Costa The University of Sydney
• Professor Ingrid Piller Macquarie University
• Professor Michael Piper The University of Queensland
• Associate Professor Sally Plush University of South Australia
• Professor Roger Pocock Monash University
• Dr Kellie Pollard Charles Darwin University
• Professor Adam Possamai Western Sydney University
• Associate Professor Erin Price University of the Sunshine Coast
• Professor Gavin Prideaux Flinders University*
• Professor Gwenaelle Proust The University of Sydney*
• Associate Professor Tara Pukala The University of Adelaide
• Professor Julia Quilter University of Wollongong*
• Professor Anu Rammohan The University of Western Australia
• Professor Jorgen Rasmussen The University of Queensland
• Professor Charles Rice University of Technology Sydney*
• Professor Amy Roberts Flinders University*
• Professor Daniel Robinson The University of New South Wales*
• Professor Alison Rodger The Australian National University
• Professor Bernard Rolfe Deakin University
• Professor Gideon Rosenbaum The University of Queensland
• Professor Andrew Rosser The University of Melbourne
• Professor Sarah Russell Swinburne University of Technology
• Professor Tapan Saha The University of Queensland
• Professor Flora Salim The University of New South Wales
• Professor Paul Salmon University of the Sunshine Coast
• Professor Emilie Sauret Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Marie Segrave The University of Melbourne*
• Professor Jan Seidel The University of New South Wales*
• Professor Cordelia Selomulya The University of New South Wales
• Professor Iman Shames The Australian National University*
• Professor Piyush Sharma Curtin University
• Professor Rosemary Sheehan Monash University
• Professor Luming Shen The University of Sydney
• Dr Shirley Shen, Defence Science and Technology Group*
• Professor Michael Sherburn The Australian National University
• Professor Muhammad J. A. Shiddiky Charles Sturt University
• Professor Ho Kyong Shon University of Technology Sydney
• Professor Helen Skouteris Monash University
• Professor Jill Slay University of South Australia
• Associate Professor Craig Smith Monash University
• Professor Chongmin Song The University of New South Wales
• Professor Wendy Steele RMIT University
• Professor Michael Stockenhuber The University of Newcastle
• Professor Natalie Stoianoff University of Technology Sydney
• Associate Professor Kathryn Stok The University of Melbourne
• Professor Yvonne Stokes The University of Adelaide*
• Professor Hongqi Sun Edith Cowan University
• Professor Willy Susilo University of Wollongong**
• Associate Professor Hang Ta Griffith University
• Professor Moses Tade Curtin University*
• Professor Ying Tan The University of Melbourne*
• Professor Zahir Tari RMIT University
• Professor John Tarrant The University of Western Australia
• Professor Michael Tausz The University of Melbourne
• Professor Ngamta (Natalie) Thamwattana The University of Newcastle
• Professor Susan Thorp The University of Sydney*
• Professor Kristofer Thurecht The University of Queensland
• Professor Yi-Chin Toh Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Daniela Traini Macquarie University
• Professor Adam Trevitt University of Wollongong*
• Professor Jakelin Troy The University of Sydney
• Professor Ian Turner Queensland University of Technology
• Associate Professor Myfany Turpin The University of Sydney
• Associate Professor Beata Ujvari Deakin University*
• Professor Kim Usher The University of New England
• Professor Antoine van Oijen The University of Sydney
• Professor Laurene Vaughan RMIT University
• Professor Sumeet Walia RMIT University*
• Professor Sue Walker Southern Cross University*
• Professor Vincent Wallace The University of Western Australia
• Professor Hongxia Wang Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Hua Wang Victoria University
• Professor Jingbo Wang The University of Western Australia
• Professor Lianzhou Wang The University of Queensland*
• Professor Shaobin Wang The University of Adelaide*
• Professor Yuling Wang Macquarie University
• Professor Alister Ward Deakin University*
• Professor Michelle Watt The University of Melbourne
• Professor Kimberlee Weatherall The University of Sydney
• Professor Yongping Wei The University of Queensland
• Professor Michael Wenzel Flinders University*
• Professor Dianne Wiley The University of Newcastle
• Professor Kim Wilkins The University of Queensland
• Professor Withawat Withayachumnankul The University of Adelaide
• Professor Elaine Wong The University of Melbourne
• Professor Hongwei Wu Curtin University*
• Professor Moe Wynn Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Yang Xiang Swinburne University of Technology*
• Professor Yusuke Yamauchi The University of Queensland
• Professor Tan Yigitcanlar Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Haibo Yu University of Wollongong*
• Professor Yixia (Sarah) Zhang Western Sydney University
• Professor Jun Zhou Griffith University*
• Professor Yan Zhuge University of South Australia

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