Dr Ian Mackinnon

ARC Executive Director

Engineering and Environmental Science
Phone: +61 2 6287 6610
Fax: +61 2 6206 7250

Dr Ian Mackinnon took up the position of Executive Director, Engineering and Environmental Science in late January 2006. Dr Mackinnon has a wealth of experience in academia and industry, previously as Professor at The University of Queensland and more recently as an Executive Director of a technology start-up company.

He spent 25 years as a researcher and research leader in university, government and commercial organisations in Australia and the USA. He has been awarded research and development grants in a range of fields including advanced materials, chemistry, mineralogy, cosmochemistry and wastewater treatment and authored more than 100 publications in the peer-reviewed literature.

Among his career highlights, Dr Mackinnon lists forming and leading successful technology development and commercialisation teams in new materials, managing a technology start-up company from initial phase to market sales and establishing the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis at The University of Queensland.

Professor Frank Caruso

Professor, ARC Federation Fellow and ARC College of Experts member

Email: fcaruso@unimelb.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 8344 3461

Professor Rachel Webster

Professor and ARC College of Experts member

Email: r.webster@unimelb.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 8344 5450