ARC College of Experts

To support the advancement of knowledge and contribute to national innovation, the ARC engages an 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: from higher education, industry and public sector research organisations.

The College of Experts assists the ARC by:

• assigning external assessors
• assessing and ranking ARC grant applications submitted under the National Competitive Grants Program
• moderating external assessments
• providing recommendations for fundable applications to the ARC CEO
• 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 College 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.

ARC College of Experts nominations are called for annually. Once approved by the ARC CEO, appointments are for a three year duration.

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ARC College of Experts Nominations for 2024 are now open

The ARC is seeking nominations from suitably qualified and experienced individuals, including from senior research academics, people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin, researchers with industry expertise, and end-users across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors who possess extensive peer review experience, with a multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary expertise considered advantageous. Nominations are welcome from all disciplines, especially those identified below.

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

International nominees are eligible to apply.  

Areas of Interest

The 2024 College of Experts call for nominations has particular interest in the following areas:

3101 Biochemistry and cell biology	4016 Materials engineering
3103 Ecology	4017 Mechanical engineering
3105 Genetics	4018 Nanotechnology
3107 Microbiology	41 Environmental sciences
3209 Neurosciences	43 History, heritage and archaeology
33 Built environment and design	4407 Policy and administration
3403 Macromolecular and materials chemistry	45 Indigenous Studies
3406 Physical chemistry	4602 Artificial intelligence
3502 Banking, finance and investment	4701 Communication and media studies
3705 Geology	4702 Cultural studies
3801 Applied economics	48 Law and legal studies
4004 Chemical engineering	49 Mathematical sciences
4005 Civil engineering	5101 Astronomical sciences
4008 Electrical engineering	5109 Space sciences

Important Dates

Activity	Date
Nominations Open	Tuesday 18 April 2023
Nominations Close	Thursday 1 June 2023

Resources

• ARC College of Experts 2024 Nomination Kit – Word Format (295KB) PDF Format (220KB)
• The Nomination Form is available in RMS
• Instructions to Applicants – Word Format (187KB) PDF Format (316KB)
• Frequently Asked Questions – Word Format (81.4KB) PDF Format (116KB)
• Sample Form – PDF Format (893KB)
• 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 5:00 pm (AEST), Thursday 1 June 2023.

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.

International nominees should submit a nomination through the Australian higher education institution they are affiliated with. If an international nominee is not affiliated with any Australian organisation, the nomination should be submitted through their primary employer.

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 November 2023.

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ARC College of Experts 2023

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

There are currently 269 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 2023)

• Professor Marie-Isabel Aguilar Monash University
• Professor Amin Abbosh The University of Queensland*
• Professor Igor Aharonovich University of Technology Sydney*
• Associate Professor Emma Kate Aisbett The Australian National University*
• Professor Peter Anderson
• Professor Barton Anderson The University of Sydney*
• Professor Mats Andersson Flinders University
• Professor Nigel Reece Andrew Southern Cross University*
• Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot The University of New South Wales
• Professor Maziar Arjomandi The University of Adelaide*
• Professor Adil Bagirov Federation University Australia
• Professor Sarah Louise Baker Griffith University*
• Professor Andrew Baker The University of New South Wales
• Professor Colin James Barrow Deakin University*
• Professor Markus Barth The University of Queensland
• Professor Andrew Peter Bassom University of Tasmania*
• Professor Jacqueline Batley The University of Western Australia
• Professor Travis Beddoe La Trobe University
• Professor Sarah Jayne Bell The University of Melbourne*
• Professor Gabrielle Belz The University of Queensland
• Professor Belinda Bennett Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Christopher Berndt Swinburne University of Technology
• Professor Katherine Biber University of Technology Sydney
• Associate Professor Britta Bienen The University of Western Australia
• Professor Christine Bigby La Trobe University
• Professor Stephen Billett Griffith University
• Professor Michael Ian Bird James Cook University*
• Professor Cyrille Boyer The University of New South Wales
• Professor Corey Bradshaw Flinders University
• Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer University of Wollongong
• Professor David Bright Deakin University
• Professor Alexander Broom The University of Sydney
• Professor Paula Ann Brough Griffith University*
• Professor Adam Brumm Griffith University
• Professor Katherine Buchanan Deakin University
• Professor Jean Burgess Queensland University of Technology
• Associate Professor Mark Stephen Byron The University of Sydney*
• Professor Graziella Caprarelli University of Southern Queensland
• Associate Professor Rona Chandrawati The University of New South Wales*
• Professor Chengrong Chen Griffith University
• Professor Jinjun Chen Swinburne University of Technology
• Associate Professor Ling Chen University of Technology Sydney
• Professor Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen La Trobe University
• Associate Professor Nicholas Chileshe University of South Australia
• Professor Catharine Siobhan Coleborne The University of Newcastle*
• Professor Alex Collie Monash University*
• Professor Alan Stephen Collins The University of Adelaide*
• Professor Darren Croton Swinburne University of Technology
• Associate Professor Martin Crotty The University of Queensland
• Professor Lin Cui The Australian National University
• Dr Elisabete da Cunha The University of Western Australia
• Professor Bruno David Monash University
• Dr Michael de Percy University of Canberra
• Professor Jan DeGier The University of Melbourne*
• Professor Fariba Dehghani The University of Sydney
• Professor Timothy Paul Denham The Australian National University*
• Professor Joanne Devlin The University of Melbourne
• Professor Gerard Docherty Griffith University
• Professor Mirella Dottori University of Wollongong*
• Professor Robin Drogemuller Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Dr Aijun Du Queensland University of Technology*
• Professor Ullrich Karl Heinrich Ecker The University of Western Australia*
• Professor Robert Edwards Flinders University
• Professor Mark Elgar The University of Melbourne
• Professor Abigail Elizur University of the Sunshine Coast
• Professor Anthony Elliott University of South Australia
• Professor Nir Eynon Monash University*
• Professor Eduardo Eyras The Australian National University*
• Professor Bradley Eyre Southern Cross University
• Professor Matthew Peter Fitzpatrick Flinders University*
• Professor Marcus Foth Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Adrian Stephen Franklin University of South Australia*
• Professor Bronwyn Lea Fredericks The University of Queensland*
• Professor Gary Froyland The University of New South Wales
• Professor Katharine Fullagar Australian Catholic University
• Professor Carmen Gaina Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Alan John Gamlen The Australian National University*
• Professor Maria Garcia de la Banda Monash University
• Professor Anna Giacomini The University of Newcastle
• Associate Professor Heloise Gibb La Trobe University
• Professor Philip Giffard Charles Darwin University
• Associate Professor Stephanie Gilbert The University of Queensland
• Professor Bronwyn Gillanders The University of Adelaide
• Professor Michael Gillings Macquarie University
• Professor David S G Goodman The University of Sydney*
• Professor Merrilyn Enid Goos University of the Sunshine Coast*
• Associate Professor Susanna Guatelli University of Wollongong
• Professor Rosanne Guijt Deakin University
• Professor Fei Guo Macquarie University*
• Professor Wenshan Guo University of Technology Sydney
• Associate Professor Xiaojing Hao The University of New South Wales
• Professor Mark Norman Harris Curtin University*
• Professor Robert Harvey University of the Sunshine Coast
• Associate Professor Sadie Heckenberg University of Tasmania
• Professor Alexander Heger Monash University*
• Professor Christopher Hilliard The University of Sydney
• Professor Larissa Hjorth RMIT University*
• Associate Professor Hui Hu Swinburne University of Technology*
• Professor Yuxia Hu The University of Western Australia
• Professor Zi (Helen) Huang The University of Queensland
• Professor Alfredo R Huete University of Technology Sydney*
• Professor Terry Hughes*
• Professor David Hume The University of Queensland
• Professor Dr Daniel Douglas Hutto University of Wollongong*
• Professor Michael Ireland The Australian National University
• Professor Helen Irving La Trobe University
• Professor Marcel Gerard Jackson La Trobe University*
• Professor Paul Jackson The University of Adelaide
• Professor Jolanda Jetten The University of Queensland
• Professor Baohua Jia RMIT University
• Associate Professor Yijiao Jiang Macquarie University
• Associate Professor Yan Jiao The University of Adelaide
• Associate Professor Katherine Johnson The University of Melbourne
• Emeritus Professor Bruce Johnson ED Consulting
• Associate Professor Anna Johnston The University of Queensland
• Professor Tiffany Mary Jones Macquarie University*
• Professor Peter Junk James Cook University
• Professor Tristan James Kennedy Monash University*
• Associate Professor Damon Kent University of the Sunshine Coast*
• Professor Cameron Kepert The University of Sydney
• Associate Professor Olivia Su-Lin Khoo Monash University*
• Professor Levente Kiss University of Southern Queensland
• Professor Hamid Laga Murdoch University*
• Associate Professor Bradley Steven Launikonis The University of Queensland*
• Associate Professor Kristin Laurens Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Elizabeth Mary Leane University of Tasmania*
• Professor Huijun Li University of Wollongong*
• Associate Professor Qin Li Griffith University
• Professor Weihua Li University of Wollongong*
• Professor Xiaodong Li RMIT University*
• Professor Yan Li University of Southern Queensland
• Professor Jo Lindsay Monash University
• Professor Martina Linnenluecke University of Technology Sydney
• Professor Xia-Ji Liu Swinburne University of Technology
• Professor Yan Liu The University of Queensland
• Professor Yun Liu The Australian National University
• Professor Samanthika Liyanapathirana Western Sydney University*
• Professor Heather Caroline Lovell University of Tasmania*
• Professor Susan Luckman University of South Australia
• Professor Jun Ma University of South Australia*
• Associate Professor Alexander Charles Mackay University of Wollongong*
• Professor Pushkar Maitra Monash University*
• Professor Ilya Mandel Monash University
• Professor Elizabeth Manias Monash University
• Professor Timothy Marjoribanks Swinburne University of Technology
• Professor Dr Lina Markauskaite The University of Sydney*
• Professor Andrew McCallum Martin The University of Melbourne*
• Professor Brian Martin Monash University
• Professor Hamish John Maxwell-Stewart University of New England*
• Professor Bernadette McCabe University of Southern Queensland
• Professor Duncan Alexander McDuie-Ra The University of Newcastle*
• Professor Annabelle McIver Macquarie University
• Professor Lisa McManus Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Gavan Patrick McNally The University of New South Wales*
• Professor Felicity Meakins The University of Queensland
• Professor David John Miller James Cook University*
• Professor Paul Christian Mills The University of Queensland*
• Professor Catherine Mills Monash University
• Professor Budiman Minasny The University of Sydney*
• Professor Angela Tina Moles The University of New South Wales*
• Professor Jason Monty The University of Melbourne
• Professor James Morley The University of Sydney*
• Professor Janna Morrison University of South Australia
• Professor Dietmar Muller The University of Sydney
• Professor Colin Vincent Murray-Wallace University of Wollongong*
• Professor Michael Negnevitsky University of Tasmania*
• Professor Amanda Nettelbeck The University of Adelaide
• Professor Alexander Newman Deakin University*
• Professor Shu-Kay Angus Ng Griffith University
• Professor Nam-Trung Nguyen Griffith University*
• Adjunct Associate Professor Kerry-Ann O'Grady Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Elena Ostrovskaya The Australian National University
• Professor Michael Ostwald The University of New South Wales
• 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
• Associate Professor Ekaterina Pas (née Izgorodina) Monash University
• Professor John Paterson The University of New England
• Professor Alice Pébay The University of Melbourne
• Professor Sonja Pedell Swinburne University of Technology*
• Professor Neal Suresh Peres Da Costa The University of Sydney*
• Professor Ingrid Piller Macquarie University
• Associate Professor Michael Piper The University of Queensland
• Associate Professor Sally Plush University of South Australia
• Professor Roger David John Pocock Monash University*
• Dr Kellie Pollard Charles Darwin University
• Professor Adam Possamai Western Sydney University
• Professor Steven Prawer The University of Melbourne
• Associate Professor Erin Peta Price University of the Sunshine Coast*
• Associate Professor Tara Louise Pukala The University of Adelaide*
• Professor Anu Rammohan The University of Western Australia
• Professor Kim Rasmussen The University of Sydney
• Associate Professor Jorgen Rasmussen The University of Queensland
• Professor Des Raymond Richardson Griffith University*
• Professor Alison Rodger Macquarie University
• Professor Bernard Rolfe Deakin University
• Professor Gideon Rosenbaum The University of Queensland*
• Professor Andrew James Rosser The University of Melbourne*
• Professor Alan Rowan The University of Queensland
• 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 Matthew Salmon University of the Sunshine Coast*
• Associate Professor Emilie Sauret Queensland University of Technology
• Professor John Scott Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Cordelia Selomulya The University of New South Wales*
• Professor Edith Sevick
• Professor Piyush Sharma Curtin University
• Professor Rosemary Sheehan Monash University
• Professor Luming Shen The University of Sydney
• Professor Michael Sherburn The Australian National University
• Associate Professor Muhammad J. A. Shiddiky Griffith University*
• Professor Ho Kyong Shon University of Technology Sydney
• Associate Professor Kompal Sinha Macquarie University
• Professor Helen Skouteris Monash University
• Professor Jill Slay University of South Australia*
• Associate Professor Craig Allen Smith Monash University*
• Professor Timothy Smith University of the Sunshine Coast
• Professor Chongmin Song The University of New South Wales
• Associate Professor Sarah Spencer RMIT University
• Professor Wendy Elizabeth Steele RMIT University*
• Professor Michael Stockenhuber The University of Newcastle*
• Professor Natalie Stoianoff University of Technology Sydney
• Associate Professor Kathryn Sophia Stok The University of Melbourne*
• Professor Hongqi Sun Edith Cowan University
• Professor Wanning Sun University of Technology Sydney
• Professor Willy Susilo University of Wollongong
• Associate Professor Hang Ta Griffith University
• 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 Kristofer James Thurecht The University of Queensland*
• Associate Professor Yi-Chin Toh Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Daniela Traini Macquarie University
• Professor Jakelin Troy The University of Sydney
• Professor Ian Turner Queensland University of Technology
• Associate Professor Myfany Turpin The University of Sydney
• Professor Kim Usher The University of New England
• Associate Professor Thom van Dooren The University of Sydney
• Professor Antoine van Oijen University of Wollongong
• Professor Denise Varney The University of Melbourne
• Professor Laurene Vaughan RMIT University*
• Associate Professor Ana Vila Concejo The University of Sydney
• Professor Kim Vincs Swinburne University of Technology
• Associate Professor Vincent Wallace The University of Western Australia
• Professor Feng Wang Swinburne University of Technology
• Associate Professor Hongxia Wang Queensland University of Technology
• Professor Hua Wang Victoria University
• Professor Jingbo Wang The University of Western Australia
• Associate Professor Yuling Wang Macquarie University
• Professor Coral Warr La Trobe University
• Professor Michelle Watt The University of Melbourne
• Professor Kimberlee Weatherall The University of Sydney
• Professor Yongping Wei The University of Queensland
• Professor Dianne Wiley The University of Newcastle
• Professor Kim Wilkins The University of Queensland*
• Professor Andrea Witcomb Deakin University
• Associate Professor Withawat Withayachumnankul The University of Adelaide*
• Professor Elaine Wong The University of Melbourne
• Professor Asmi Wood The Australian National University
• Professor Moe Thandar Kyaw Wynn Queensland University of Technology*
• Professor Yusuke Yamauchi The University of Queensland*
• Professor Tan Yigitcanlar Queensland University of Technology*
• Associate Professor Yixia (Sarah) Zhang Western Sydney University
• Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao The University of New South Wales
• Associate Professor Tianqing Zhu University of Technology Sydney
• Professor Yan Zhuge University of South Australia

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