Professor Peter Høj, Vice-Chancellor and President

Professor Peter Høj
Professor Peter Høj

MSc, PhD DUniv (honoris causa), FTSE

Phone: +61 (7) 3365 1300
Fax: +61 (7) 3365 1266
E-mail: vc@uq.edu.au
Office:  Level 4, Brian Wilson Chancellery
Post: The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia 


Ms Sue Cox - Executive Assistant
Phone: +61 (7) 3365 1300
Fax: +61 (7) 3365 1266
Email: s.cox@uq.edu.au


Ms Jo Connah - Executive Officer
Phone: +61 (7) 3365 4412
Email: j.connah@uq.edu.au

Biography
Professor Peter Høj commenced as Vice Chancellor and President of The University of Queensland on 8 October 2012. Prior to this appointment Professor Høj was Vice-Chancellor and President UniSA from 1 June 2007. Before that, he was Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council (2004-07) and Managing Director of the Australian Wine Research Institute, based in Adelaide (1997-2004).

He was educated at the University of Copenhagen, majoring in biochemistry and chemistry, and has a Master of Science degree in biochemistry and genetics, a PhD in photosynthesis and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Copenhagen.

Professor Høj is Deputy Chair and Lead Vice-Chancellor Research of Universities Australia, a board member of CSIRO and a member of the Australian Qualifications Framework Council.

He has served as a private member of the Prime Minister's Science Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) from 1999-2004, and as an ex-officio member from 2006-2007.

He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a Foreign Member (Natural Sciences Class) of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

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