Institute of Advanced Studies

Professors-at-Large

 

DiotimaThe Professors-at-Large initiative enables people who have achieved intellectual distinction to visit the university and roam widely across disciplines and the intellectual life of the campus community.

The program aims to attract eminent visitors to the University on a regular and coordinated basis. Professors-at-large are not necessarily academics, they may also be writers, public intellectuals and artists.Tasks include presenting public lectures and advanced seminars, and consultations with scholars and students.

Professors-at-Large 2012

Professor Julianne Baird (2012 -2013)
Distinguished Professor of Music, Department of Fine Arts, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

Hosts: Paul Wright and Suzanne Wijsman, Music, Kieran Dolin, English and Cultural Studies, John Kinder, European Studies and Ted Snell, Cultural Precinct.

Professor Mike Bonell (2011-2013)
Professor in Catchment Science, UNESCO IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, Scotland

Hosts: Neil Coles, Centre for Excellence in Echohydrology and Keith Smettem, Environmental Systems Engineering

Professor Michael Collins (2012 - 2014)
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton

Hosts: Chari Pattiaratchi, Oceans Institute and School of Environmental Systems Engineering, Liang Cheng, Scholl of Civil and Resource Engineering and Gary Kendrick, School of Plant Biology and Oceans Institute.

Professor Anne Dell (2012 - 2013)
Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College, London

Hosts: Colin Raston, Centre for Nano-fabrication, Mark Spackman, Discipline of Chemistry, Steven Smith, ARC Centre of Excellence Plant Biology, and Peter Leedman, Western Australia Institute of Medical Research

Professor Eleanor Dodson (2011-2012)
York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, UK

Hosts: Alice Vrielink, Structural Biology and Charlie Bond, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences.

Professor Derek Elsworth (2010-2012)
Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State University, US

Host: Jishan Liu, Petroleum Engineering

Professor Alan Grodzinsky (2011- 2012)
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and Center for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, US

Hosts: David Smith, Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, Ming-hao Zheng, Orthopedic Research Unit and Bruce Gardiner, Computer Science and Software Engineering.

Professor Peter Hartley (2011-2012)
George and Cynthia Mitchell Professor of Economics, and James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Rice Scholar in energy policy,  Rice University

Hosts:
Winthrop Professor Izan H. Y. Izan, Deputy Dean UWA Business School; Winthrop Professor Ken Clements, Head of Discipline, Economics; Winthrop Professor David Pannell, ARC Federation Fellow, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy; Professor Benedict White, Head of School, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Mr Tim Shanahan and Dr Jim Limerick, UWA Energy and Minerals Institute; Winthrop Professor Mark Cassidy,  Director, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems; Winthrop Professor Dongke Zhang, Director, UWA Centre for Energy; Associate Professor Melinda Hodkiewicz, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering 

Professor Eric Higgs (2012-2013)
Professor and former Director of the School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Canada.

Hosts: Associate Professor Andrea Gaynor, History and Professor Richard Hobbs, Plant Biology 

Professor David Konstan (2011-2013)
Professor Emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, US

Hosts: Philippa Maddern, Centre for the History of Emotions, Yasmin Haskell, Latin Humanism, Sergio Starkstein, Neuropsychiatry and Colin MacLeod, Psychology

Professor Naomi Oreskes (2012-2013)
Professor of History and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Geosciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Hosts: Stephan Lewandowsky, Psychology, Mark Edwards, Business, Jan Dook, Centre for Learning Technology, Alex Gardner, Law, David Hodgkinson, Law, Kevin Judd, Mathematics and Statistics, Carmen Lawrence, Psychology, Grady Venville, Education and John Inverarity and Richard Pengelley, St George’s College.

Professor Federico Rosei (2010-2012)
Canada Research Chair in Nanostructured Organic and Inorganic Materials Universite du Quebec, Canada
Hosts: Colin Raston, Colin Raston, Centre for Nano-fabrication, Steven Smith, ARC Centre of Excellence Plant Biology, David Sampson, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, Dongke Zhang, Centre for Petroleum, Fuels and Energy and Ian MacArthur, Physics.

Professor Akshay Venkatesh (2011-2013)
Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, US
Hosts: Cheryl Praeger, Mathematics and Alan Robson, Vice-Chancellor.