Canberra, Friday 28 September 2001

New Dean of Science appointed

Professor Tim Brown has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science at The Australian National University. He is currently Professor of Statistics and Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne.

Announcing the appointment today, Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb said the national university was delighted to have an academic of Professor Brown's outstanding international reputation to lead its Faculty of Science.

"The Faculty of Science is a major national academic centre for teaching the core enabling disciplines and its staff have impressive international research records," Professor Chubb said. "It is a key element in the University's commitment to providing undergraduate and postgraduate students with unparalleled learning opportunities through the research and teaching links provided through ANU's National Institute of Science.*

"Professor Brown will have a major role in developing those links." Professor Brown has an honours degree in science from Monash University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Cambridge University. He has held teaching and research positions in numerous Australian and international universities, has been widely published, and has been an invited lecturer at a number of international academic conferences. He has extensive research and consulting experience.

He will join the University in early 2002.

* The Australian National University's 11 National Institutes enable researchers, teachers and students working in broad academic theme areas across the University to take new collaborative approaches to research, teaching and learning. The National Institutes demonstrate the extraordinary breadth and depth of scholarly activity in the University. By covering virtually every aspect of the University's academic endeavour, they are creating a superb teaching and research environment. Staff join Institutes that best fits their professional interests and expertise and may be members of more than one Institute.

The National Institute of Science combines academic staff from all the University's science research schools and the Faculty of Science to provide Australia's strongest groupings in the enabling sciences of physics, chemistry, astronomy and the earth sciences, and mathematics, ensuring ANU's leading-edge capabilities both in research and teaching.

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No: 86/2001

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