Our Executive and Governance
On this page: Executive Governance Committees Policies and Procedures Past Presidents
Executive team
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Ryan Winn
CEOScience & Technology
Australia
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Prof Sharath Sriram
PresidentAustralian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society
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Jasmine Chambers
Vice-PresidentAustralian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
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Mark Stickells AM
Governance andFAR Chair
Pawsey Supercomputing Centre & Astronomical Society of Australia
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Dr Kathy Nicholson
Policy ChairAustralian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML)
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Dr Jiao Jiao Li
EDI ChairUniversity of Technology, Sydney
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Prof Chris Matthews
Board DirectorChair, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance (ATSIMA)
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Dr Lila Landowski
Board DirectorAustralasian Neuroscience Society
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Prof Stephen Rodda
Board DirectorUNSW
Governance
We operate under the direction of our Board, which has 8-11 Directors at any given time. Six Directors and our President-Elect are elected by our membership every second year. The remaining Board Members are our President, our CEO, and up to two Board-Appointed Directors.
The Board appoints Office Bearers, including the Vice-President, Governance Chair, Financial Audit and Risk (FAR) Committee Chair, Policy Committee Chair, and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee Chair. See the next section for a list of STA Committees and committee members.
Committees
- Dr Kathy Nicholson (Chair)
Australian Centre for Machine Learning - Professor Sharath Sriram
Science & Technology Australia President;
Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society - Kate McGeoch
ARC Centre for Excellence in Exciton Science - Associate Professor Vanessa Wong
Soil Science Australia - Dr Jiao Jiao Li
Early Career Researcher at University of Technology, Sydney - Dr Miloš Tanurdžić
Genetics Society of AustralAsia - Dr Melissa Humphries
Statistical Society of Australia - Professor Richard de Grijs
Astronomical Society of Australia - Associate Professor Dr Parwinder Kaur
Genetics Society of Australasia - Dr Kalinda Griffiths
Statistical Society of Australia - Special advisor: Professor Les Field
Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- Dr Jiao Jiao Li (Chair)
University of Technology, Sydney - Professor Sharath Sriram
Science & Technology Australia President; Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society - Dr Muneera Bano
Computing Research and Education Association of Australia - Dr Erin McGillick
Reproductive Health Australia - Associate Professor Sumeet Walia
Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society - Professor Corey Tutt
Deadly Science - Kate Callaghan
Astronomical Society of Australia - Dr Katrina Wruck
Women in STEMM Australia - Dr Morley Muse
Women in STEMM Australia
- Mr Mark Stickells (Chair)
Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre - Jasmine Chambers
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society - Mark Bazzacco
Chief Operations, Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) - Dominic Canstrari-Soh
Senior Manager, Enterprise Risk, EY - Professor Sharath Sriram
Science & Technology Australia President, and Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society - Dr Sandra Gardam
Deputy Chief Executive Officer - Science & Technology Australia
- Jasmine Chambers (Co-Chair)
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society - Professor Mark Hutchinson (Co-Chair)
Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale (CNBP)
Past Presidents
Mark Hutchinson (2021–2023) Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale (CNBP) and Professor at Adelaide Medical School
Jeremy Brownlie (2019–2021) Deputy Head of School and Molecular Geneticist at Griffith University
Emma Johnston (2017–2019), then Dean of Science and Professor of Marine Ecology and Ecotoxicology, University of New South Wales
Jim Piper (2015–2017), then Research Leader at the Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Macquarie University
Ross Smith (2013–2015), then Director of environmental consulting company Hydrobiology.
Michael Holland (2011–2013), then Deputy Head of the School of Veterinary Science at the University of Queensland.
Cathy Foley (2009–2011), then Deputy and Science Director, CSIRO Manufacturing. Later became Chief Scientist of Australia.
Ken Baldwin (2007–2009), then Deputy Director, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Professor, Australian National University.
Tom Spurling (2005–2007), former CEO of the CRC for Wood Innovations; Professor, Swinburne University of Technology and member of the CSIRO Board.
Snow Barlow (2003–2005), Professor of Horticulture and Viticulture, University of Melbourne.
Chris Fell (2001–2003), former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of New South Wales.
Peter Cullen (March–November 2001) then Director, CRC for Freshwater Ecology, Canberra; Wentworth Group of Scientists.
Sue Serjeantson (1999–March 2001), then Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Australian National University.
Peter Cullen (1997–1999), then Director, CRC for Freshwater Ecology, Canberra.
Joe Baker (1995–1997), former ACT Commissioner for the Environment; Director of AIMS and Chief Scientist, Queensland.
Graham Johnston (1993–1995), then Professor of Pharmacology, University of Sydney.
Ditta Bartels (1991–93), then Counsellor for Science and Technology, Australian Embassy, Bonn.
Tony Wicken (1989–1991), then Professor of Microbiology, UNSW, formerly Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs) UNSW.
Frank Larkins (1987–89), then Professor of Chemistry, University of Tasmania, and also a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) at the University of Melbourne.
Fred Smith (1985–87), then Professor of Physics, Monash University and a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) La Trobe University.