Professor Margaret Sheil
Chancellery Division,
Office of the Vice-Chancellor & President
Biography
Professor Margaret Sheil AO commenced as Vice-Chancellor and President of QUT in February 2018, having previously been Provost at The University of Melbourne (2012-2017) and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council (2007-2012).Professor Sheil has been an academic in chemistry and held a number of senior roles at the University of Wollongong, including as Dean of Science and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI). Professor Sheil was inaugural Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry (ANZSMS).
Professor Sheil is Chair of the Board of the Queensland Museum Network, Deputy Chair of the Board of Universities Australia, and the lead Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation for Universities Australia. She is also Chair for the Reef 2050 Plan Independent Expert Panel.
She was a member of the Australian Space Agency Advisory Group from 2019 -2023, a Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) from 2015-2019, and a Director of the Advisory Board for Coursera. She was a member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Innovation and Engineering Council, the National Research Infrastructure Council and the Cooperative Research Centres Committee from 2007-2012. In 2023 Professor Sheil chaired the “Trusting Australia’s Ability: Review of the Australian Research Council Act 2001.”
In 2017 Professor Sheil was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her distinguished service to science and higher education as an academic and administrator, through significant contributions to the national research landscape, and to performance standards. Professor Sheil holds a Bachelor of Science and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from The University of New South Wales and was presented with the Science and Technology Alumni Award from UNSW in 2016.
Personal details
Positions
- Vice-Chancellor and President
Chancellery Division,
Office of the Vice-Chancellor & President
Professional memberships and associations
- Chair, 'Trusting Australia's Ability: Review of the Australian Research Council Act 2001'
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (2021)
- Deputy Chair, Universities Australia Board (2020)
- Chair, Queensland Museum Board (August 2019 - )
- Member, Australian Space Agency Advisory Group (2019 - 2023 )
- Director, Universities Australia Board (2019 - )
- Officer of the Order of Australia (2017)
- Director, Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (2015 - 2019)
- Member, CSIRO Science Industry Endowment Fund (2008 - 2021)
- Fellow, Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry (2013)
- Member, Advisory Board, Coursera (2012 - 2015)
- Member, Australia India Council (2011 - 2012)
- Chair, Advisory Council, Australian Research Council (2007 - 2012)
- Member, Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (2007 - 2012)
- Member, Cooperative Research Centres Committee (2007 - 2012)
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (2009)
- Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (2005)
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Margaret, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- Fellow - Australian Academy of Science (AAS)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Officer General Division Order of Australia (AO)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Alumni Excellence Award University of New South Wales
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Fellow - Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- Fellow - Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2007
- Details
- Emeritus Professor, University of Wollongong
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2005
- Details
- Fellow - Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2003
- Details
- Morrison Medal (Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry)