title: List of University of New South Wales faculty
text: # List of University of New South Wales faculty
  
  This is a list of notable University of New South Wales staff.
  
  ## Staff
  
  ### Computer scientists
  
  * Paul Justin Compton, Ripple Down Rules
  * Gernot Heiser, operating systems researcher
  * John Lions, Unix expert
  * Ken Robinson, formal methods researcher
  * Claude Sammut, AI researcher
  * Salil Kanhere, Cybersecurity researcher and ACM Distinguished Member
  * Sanjay Jha, Cybersecurity researcher and Chief Scientist of UNSW Institute for Cyber Security
  
  ### Historians
  
  * James Franklin
  * Alan Gilbert
  * Alfred McCoy
  * David P. Miller
  * Patrick O'Farrell
  
  ### Legal academics
  
  * Ronald Sackville
  
  ### Mathematicians
  
  * Gavin Brown
  * Michael Cowling
  * Matthew England, oceanographer
  * Ian Sloan
  * Trevor McDougall, oceanographer
  * George Szekeres
  * Norman Wildberger
  
  ### Medical doctors
  
  * David A. Cooper, immunologist
  * Gordian Fulde, emergency medicine
  * Fred Hollows, ophthalmologist
  * James Lawson, public health
  * Gordon Parker, psychiatrist
  
  ### Philosophers
  
  * Charles Leonard Hamblin
  * Stephen Hetherington
  * Genevieve Lloyd
  * David Stove
  
  ### Psychologists
  
  * John Sweller
  
  ### Others
  
  * Anthony Billingsley, senior lecturer in politics
  * Jeffrey Braithwaite, health policy professor
  * Jean Chaussivert, French studies professor
  * Elizabeth Fell, Arts and Social Sciences tutor
  * Martin Green, photovoltaics scientist
  * Tim Harcourt, economist
  * Donald Horne, political scientist
  * Rebecca Ivers, public health researcher
  * Katrin Meissner, climate scientist
  * John Milfull, German studies professor, European studies professor
  * Andrew Pitman, climate scientist
  * James Mahmud Rice, sociologist
  * Judith Robinson, French studies professor
  * Alta Schutte, Professor and Principal Theme Lead of Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine
  * John Shine, biochemist
  * Michelle Simmons, physicist and quantum computing researcher
  * Matthew Miles, veterinary and CEO of MS Research Australia
  
  ## Administration
  
  ### Chancellors
  
  * Wallace Wurth 1949–1960
  * The Hon. Sir John Clancy 1960–1970
  * Sir Robert Webster 1970–1975
  * The Hon. Gordon Samuels 1976–1994
  * The Hon. Sir Anthony Mason 1994–1999
  * John Yu 2000–2005
  * David Gonski 2005–present
  
  ### Vice Chancellors
  
  * Arthur Denning 1949–1952
  * Sir Philip Baxter 1953–1969
  * Sir Rupert Myers 1969–1981
  * L. Michael Birt 1981–1992
  * John Niland 1992–2002
  * Wyatt "Rory" Hume 2002–2004
  * Mark Wainwright 2004–2006
  * Fred Hilmer 2006–2015
  * Ian Jacobs 2015–2022
  * Attila Brungs 2022-present
  
  ### UNSW Canberra
  
  UNSW Canberra is a campus of the UNSW and is located at the Australian Defence Force Academy. Since 1967 the university has been providing tertiary education to officers in the Australian Defence Force through the Royal Military College, Duntroon. In 1986 the Australian Defence Force Academy, a tri-service military training institution, was established. The academy is run jointly by the commandant, who represents the Australian Defence Force side, and the rector, who represents the UNSW.
  
  **Deans and rectors**
  
  | Dean | Term |
  | - | - |
  | E. R. Bryan (Acting Dean) | 1967 |
  | Sir Leslie H. Martin | 1967–1970 |
  | B. D. Beddie | 1971–1972 |
  | J. C. Burns | 1973–1978 |
  | T. G. Chapman (acting dean) | 1975, 1978, 1980 |
  | Geoff Wilson | 1978–1986 |
  
  Past and present rectors
  
  | Rector | Term |
  | - | - |
  | Geoff Wilson | 1984–1991 |
  | Harry Heseltine AO | 1991–1996 |
  | John Richards FTSE | 1996–1998 |
  | Peter Hall (acting rector) | 1998–1999 |
  | Robert King | 1999–2004 |
  | David Lovell (acting rector) | 2004 |
  | John Baird | 2004–2010 |
  | Michael Frater | 2011–present |
  