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Liz Sonenberg named Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Collaboration)

[ Research Review 0809 ]

Former Dean of Science Professor Liz Sonenberg will join Melbourne Research part-time in the role of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Collaboration) and will have oversight of development of the University Research Institutes and implementation of a strategy to manage research infrastructure.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Peter Rathjen says that Professor Sonenberg is an �€œoutstanding research leader�€� with a strong background in facilitating and engaging in collaborative research, including personal research engagement with colleagues in Psychology, Computer Science, Education and Medicine, and with colleagues in The Netherlands for over a decade.

She has also developed collaborative research links with industry partners, including the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute, Agent Oriented Software, Clarinox, the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Neuragenix, Hewlett Packard and Microsoft.

The University maintains 59 University research centres and 46 centres in collaboration with other groups. There are also 12 co-operative research centres across the faculties.

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