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Ian William Chubb (born 17 October 1943) is an Australian neuroscientist and academic, who was the
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from 23 May 2011 to 22 January 2016.


Career

Chubb has a Masters in Science, a
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from the
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, honorary doctorates from
Flinders University Flinders University, established as The Flinders University of South Australia is a public university, public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across a number of locations in South Australia and ...
,
Charles Darwin University Charles Darwin University (CDU) is an Australian public university with two campuses in Darwin and six satellite campuses in metropolitan and regional areas of the Northern Territory. It was established in 2003 after the merger of Northern Ter ...
,
Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...
,
Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...
, Sunshine Coast University and
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. He was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Wollongong The University of Wollongong (UOW) is an Australian public university, public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately south of Sydney. , the university had an enrolment of more than 33,000 s ...
(1986–1990), Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Monash University (1993–1995) and Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University (1995–2000). In 1999 he was appointed an Officer of the
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"for service to the development of Higher Education policy & its implementation at state, national & international levels, as an administrator in the Tertiary Education sector, & to research, particularly in the field of neuroscience". In 2001 he was awarded the
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"for service to Australian society through tertiary education and university administration". In 2006 he was appointed a Companion of the Order "for service to higher education, including research and development policy in the pursuit of advancing the national interest socially, economically, culturally and environmentally, and to the facilitation of a knowledge based global economy". He was the Vice-Chancellor of the
Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...
from 2001 to 2011. He is a former president of the
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, chairman of the
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university lobby group, and president of the
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(2006–2009). In April 2011, Chubb was announced as the Chief Scientist of Australia following the resignation of Penny Sackett from that role. Named ACT
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2011, Chubb was recognised for three decades of service to tertiary education and university governance in Australia, and internationally.Professor Ian Chubb AC Higher education icon
, ''ACT Australian of the Year'', 2011. In 2012 he was appointed a member of the board of the
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. Chubb's term as Chief Scientist ended on 22 January 2016.
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was appointed as his replacement. In 2022, the
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commissioned an Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units, that reported in December 2022. The independent panel was composed of Professor Ian Chubb AC (chair), the Hon Dr
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AC SC, Ms Ariadne Gorring and Dr Stephen Hatfield Dodds.Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units
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, accessed 2023-01-11


References


External links


ANU: ''An enduring legacy: Ian Chubb’s leadership of ANU''ACT Australian of the Year 2011
* *Chubb's doctoral thesis
"Studies on neuronal proteins"
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