President

The President of the Academic Board for 2009 is Professor Susan Hamilton.

Susan Hamilton is a Professor of biochemistry with particular interests in the structure, function and engineering of proteins. Previous research has been on enzymes involved in bone resorption and enzymes with commercial application in brewing, sugar refining and meat processing. She has longstanding interests in science education and women in science. Susan chairs the Education Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and has ALTC funding for two projects on assessment.
 

The Deputy President of the Academic Board is Professor Kaye Basford. 

Kaye Basford is Professor of Biometry and Head of the School of Land, Crop and Food Sciences which undertakes teaching and research activities at the St Lucia and Gatton campuses. She also leads the Queensland Node of the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics. Her research is at the interface between applied statistics and quantitative genetics and she has published extensively on the analysis and interpretation of multi-way data from large-scale plant breeding experiments, particularly those involving genotype by environment interaction.

Kaye is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, and the Royal Statistical Society.

Professor Basford's term as Deputy President is until 31 December, 2009.