Australia's national research university in Canberra, world-leading in physics and astronomy and celebrated across the sciences, engineering, medicine, economics, law, public policy, and the humanities.
24 professors and academic leaders celebrated so far, cited on every card. In pursuit of every professor, everywhere.
Professor of Biology and Dean, ANU College of Science and Medicine
Research School of Biology
A malaria researcher who unravels how the parasite resists drugs, he now leads the College of Science and Medicine as its dean.
Distinguished Professor of Astronomy
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
His High-Z team's discovery that the universe's expansion is accelerating earned the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics and changed how we picture the cosmos.
Distinguished Professor of Theoretical Physics
Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, Research School of Physics
Her relativity group helped achieve the first direct detection of gravitational waves, listening to black holes collide across the universe.
Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
She maps the hydrogen gas and magnetic fields that shape the Milky Way, and serves as chief scientist of the SKA Observatory.
Distinguished Professor of Biology
Research School of Biology
His models of photosynthesis and water-efficient crops earned the first Kyoto Prize won by an Australian and help feed a warming world.
Professor of Earth Sciences
Research School of Earth Sciences
He reads Earth's climate history in the magnetism of ancient sediments, using tiny magnetic fossils as clues to the deep past.
Emeritus Professor of Physics
Research School of Physics
For decades he has grown the semiconductor nanostructures behind better lasers, solar cells and sensors, and he has led Australian science as Academy president.
Emeritus Professor, Duffield Professor of Astronomy
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
He was among the first to show that spiral galaxies are full of dark matter, and he helped found the field of galactic archaeology.
Distinguished Professor
School of Cybernetics
She brings an anthropologist's eye to technology, founded the School of Cybernetics, and asks how we build safe and humane systems for people.
Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering
His work with two-dimensional quantum materials and tiny sensors won him a Prime Minister's Prize for Science for big ideas at the nanoscale.
Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Crawford School of Public Policy
His global economic models help policymakers weigh climate and monetary choices, drawing on years of central-bank and public-policy experience.
Professor of Economics and ARC Laureate Fellow
Crawford School of Public Policy
He brings economics to the world's water and fisheries, holding a UNESCO chair and working for fairer, more sustainable resource use.
Distinguished Professor of International Law
School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet)
Her feminist analysis reshaped international law, and she became the first Australian woman elected to the International Court of Justice.
Professor of International Law
ANU College of Law
One of Australia's leading voices on the law of the sea and the polar regions, he has written dozens of books that guide the field.
Professor of Health Equity and ARC Laureate Fellow
School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet)
She studies how politics and commerce shape health, championing planetary health equity so good health and a stable Earth can go together.
Emeritus Professor and Founding Director, Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions
Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions
A long-time IPCC contributor, he helps farmers and communities adapt to climate change and shares in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the IPCC.
Geneticist and Group Leader
John Curtin School of Medical Research
He uses CRISPR gene editing to study how our bodies fight infection, and generously explains the science of genetics to the public.
Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
Her large-scale studies turn evidence into better health policy, from tobacco control to healthy ageing and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Professor of International Security and Intelligence Studies
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
A former military intelligence officer turned historian, he writes openly about Australian security, signals intelligence and the region.
Professor and Head, National Security College
National Security College
He helped popularise the idea of the Indo-Pacific and has led the National Security College for a decade of practical, thoughtful scholarship.
Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
He thinks clearly and candidly about Australia's defence and its place between great powers in a changing Asia.
Emeritus Professor of Economics
Crawford School of Public Policy
Widely seen as the intellectual architect of APEC, he has spent a lifetime building economic cooperation across East Asia and the Pacific.
Professor of History
School of History
He tells Australia's political history with wit and generosity, and shares it widely as a teacher and public historian.
Professor of Computer Vision
School of Computing
His computer-vision research helps machines see and navigate the world, from 3D perception to autonomous driving.
This directory is unbounded, in pursuit of every professor at every university, everywhere. Every person is real, public, and cited; anyone featured can ask to be updated or removed.
A celebration of the faculty and academic leaders of Australian National University, assembled entirely from public information as an act of credit and gratitude. It is not a claim of endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, or partnership by anyone featured or by the university. Every person is real and publicly documented, with a cited source of truth on their card; we never invent a person or a claim, and we prize accuracy over speed. Anyone featured can ask to be updated or removed at any time. Names and marks belong to their owners.