Provost
Professor Sheil has been appointed to the role of Provost at the University of Melbourne following an international search and selection process, and will begin in late April, 2012.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Pip Pattison, is Acting Provost in the interim.
Professor Sheil, has advanced the cause of research nationally and internationally through her work on the Research Council, where she was responsible for the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative.
She is a member of several national and international research bodies including the Cooperative Research Centres Committee, the Prime Minister's Science Innovation and Engineering Council, the National Research Infrastructure Council and the Board of the Australia-India Council.
From 2002 to 2007 Professor Sheil was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Wollongong (UOW), following 12 years there as a senior academic and then Dean of Science.
Before joining UOW, Professor Sheil held positions as a Research Fellow at the Australian National University and the University of Utah, in the US.
For further information regarding the Office of the Provost:
Level 9, Raymond Priestly Building
University of Melbourne Victoria 3010
Executive Assistant to the Provost
Sandra Ross
Phone: +61 3 8344 7290
Email: s.ross@unimelb.edu.au