Internationally-respected University of Queensland marine expert Professor Peter Mumby has been appointed to the key role of Chief Scientist with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.

24 July 2018
Professor Kerrie Wilson

Equality, diversity and saving the planet – these are just a few things on the to-do list for University of Queensland Professor Kerrie Wilson, who has been appointed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Committee.

2 March 2018
James Watson ... with a critically endangered mountain gorilla in east Africa.

Australia has a stronger voice in conservation, with the election of Associate Professor James Watson as president of the Society for Conservation Biology.

1 October 2014

The strength of social and behavioural sciences at The University of Queensland has been demonstrated by three significant appointments at the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA).

20 December 2012

University of Queensland lecturer Associate Professor Pradip Thomas was named Vice President of The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) at a conference in Durban early this month.

9 August 2012
Dr Dan Angus has been appointed as an inter-school Research Fellow with the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering  and the School of Journalism and Communication.

Dr Dan Angus began his academic career looking at ants. Now he’s a very busy bee buzzing between two Schools at The University of Queensland (UQ).

25 January 2012
David LaMotte. Image: Johnno Chen

Recent UQ graduate and former Rotary World Peace Fellow David LaMotte has been appointed to a prestigious committee that selects Nobel Peace Prize nominees.

21 December 2010

UQ’s Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P) has appointed a new Director of Research, Professor Tim Dunne.

22 October 2010

UQ mathematicians are Queensland’s latest tool to increase the sustainability and profitability of its fisheries and resources.

18 May 2010

Distinguished ARC Laureate Fellow and eminent Pew Fellow, Professor Peter J Mumby has been appointed to a newly created position as Professor in UQ's School of Biological Sciences from April 1, 2010.

31 March 2010

The School of Mathematics and Physics at UQ will soon be home to award-winning Danish astrophysicist, Dr Signe Riemer-Sorensen.

4 February 2010