Our Executive and Governance
On this page: Executive Governance Committees Policies and Procedures Past Presidents
Executive team
Ryan Winn
CEOScience & Technology
Australia
Prof Sharath Sriram
PresidentAustralian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society
Jasmine Chambers
Vice-PresidentAustralian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Mark Stickells AM
Governance ChairPawsey Supercomputing Centre & Astronomical Society of Australia
Dr Kathy Nicholson
Policy ChairAustralian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML)
Maria Di Gregorio
FAR ChairIndependent Board Director
Dr Jiao Jiao Li
EDI ChairUniversity of Technology, Sydney
Prof Chris Matthews
Board DirectorChair, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance (ATSIMA)
Dr Lila Landowski
Board DirectorAustralasian Neuroscience Society
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
UNSW - Associate Professor Vanessa Wong
Soil Science Australia - Dr Jiao Jiao Li
Early Career Researcher at University of Technology, Sydney - 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 - Dr Thom Dixon
ARC Centre of Excellence for Synthetic Biology - Friend of the Chair: Dr Martin Peeks
UNSW
- Dr Jiao Jiao Li (Chair)
University of Technology, Sydney - Professor Sharath Sriram
Science & Technology Australia President;
Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society - Dr Erin McGillick
Reproductive Health Australia - Kate Callaghan
Astronomical Society of Australia - Dr Katrina Wruck
Women in STEMM Australia - Dr Morley Muse
Women in STEMM Australia - Dr Ayan Dasvarma
Monash University - Kim Dyball
CSIRO - Professor Marc Kvansakul
La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science - Friend of the Chair: Adrienne Gooden
Australian Society for Fish Biology
- Maria Di Gregorio (Chair)
Independent Board Director - Mr Mark Stickells
Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre - Jasmine Chambers
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society - Dominic Canestrari-Soh
Senior Manager, Enterprise Risk, EY - Yogita Nath
Sanofi - Professor Sharath Sriram
Science & Technology Australia President;
Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society - Mr Ryan Winn
Chief Executive Officer Science & Technology Australia
- Jasmine Chambers (Co-Chair)
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society - Professor Mark Hutchinson (Co-Chair)
The Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT);
Australasian Neuroscience Society. - Professor Stephen Rodda
UNSW - Professor Veena Sahajwalla
UNSW - Dr Matt Wenham
The Royal Society of Victoria - Ingrid Marsh
Cicada Innovations - Jonathan Lacey
Cruxes Innovation
Policies and Procedures
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.