Elanor Huntington

Professor Elanor Huntington is Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the Australian National University (ANU).  Elanor is an established senior academic leader, with Board appointments to Industry Innovation and Science Australia, Significant Capital Ventures, Questacon and other government scientific advisory roles.  In 2017 she was named an honorary Fellow of Engineers Australia, led the extended Group of Eight (Go8+) Engineering Deans as first female Chair up until 2019 and more recently became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in 2020. 

In 2000, Elanor completed her PhD in experimental Quantum Optics at the ANU. Her current research includes the control of quantum systems, more specifically, the interface between theory and applications. In 2009, Elanor