Doctor of the University is an honorary degree conferred on the recipient for their contribution as a result of their studies, research, academic or community pursuits and accomplishments.
From 2004, the term honoris causa was applied to recipients whose achievements were outside of the University, but omitted for those whose contribution was made for the University.
In 2013 a change in the allowed a nominated person who has rendered exceptionally distinguished service to the University or to society and is not a serving member of the staff of the University to be admitted to the Degree of Doctor of the University (honoris causa) - DUniv (hc) (Adel).
1979
Brian Robinson Elliott, AM, MA, DLitt, FAHA
Ronald Robert Hirst, MEc
James Melville, CMG, MS, PhD
George Sved, DipMechEng
1980
Professor Sir Geoffrey Malcolm Badger, AO, MSc, PhD, DSc, FAA
Victor Allen Edgeloe, AM, BA, Registrar Emeritus
Henry Elliot Wesley Smith, BEd, DipEd, BA
1982
Annie Winifred Wall, AM, MB, BS
1983
John Jefferson Bray, AC, LLD
Samuel Joshua Jacobs, AO, LLB
Howard Edgar Zelling, AO,CBE, LLB.
Mervyn Keith Smith, AO,CBE, MB, BS
1985
Roma Flinders Mitchell, AC, LLB, DBE, CVO
George Melrose Elton Mayo, BAgSc, PhD
Harold James Rodda, MSc, PhD
Allan Kerr Grant, AO, FRD, ED, MB, BS, MRACP, FRACP, FRCP, FRCPE,FACP, Hon MD, MB, BS
Bertram Speakman Hanson, OBE, ED, MB, BS.
Donald Allen Simpson, AM, MD, DipAppHist, MS, FRCS, FRACS.
Changes to the Special Degree Rules in 2013 allowed for the Honorary Degree of Doctor to be awarded to a graduate of this or another university in recognition of their exceptional eminence in a branch of learning taught by the University. It may be awarded in Architecture, Economics, Education, Engineering, Law, Letters, Music, Science, Veterinary Science, or any other field for which a higher doctorate by examination exists in the University.
Professor Robert Norman AO, BSc (Hons) (Birm), MBChB (Hons) (Birm), MD (Natal), MD (Hons) (Adel), FRANZCOG, FRCPA, FRCPath, FRCOG, CREI, Doctor of Medicine (hc) (Adel)
Dr Graeme Killer AO, MSc, MBBS, Dip Av Med, DIH, FAFOEM, FAFPHM, ARACMA, Doctor of Medicine (hc) (Adel)
Dr Robyn Archer AO, BA (Hons) (Adel), Dip Ed (Adel), DLitt (Sydney), Doctor of the University (Flinders) CdOAL (France), FAHA (Belgium), Doctor of Music (hc) (Adel)
James Morrison AM, Doctor of Music (hc) (Edith Cowan), Doctor of the University (Griffith), Doctor of Music (hc) (Adel)
Dr Anne Summers AO, BA (Adel), PhD (Adel), Doctor of the University (Flinders), Hon DLitt (NSW), Doctor of Arts (hc) (Adel)
2016
Dr Robert Seamark, BAgSc (Adel), PhD (Cambridge), Doctor of Medicine (hc) (Adel)
Professor Donald Richard Stranks, AO, MSc, PhD, Vice-Chancellor 1977-1986
Professor Kevin Marjoribanks, BSc, DipEd (UNSW), BA (UNE), MEd (Harvard), PhD (Toronto), FASSA, FACE, FSS, Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1986-1987, Vice-Chancellor 1987-1993 (Emeritus Professor 2005)
Professor Gavin Brown, MA, (StAnd), PhD (N'cle,UK), FAA, Vice-Chancellor 1994-1996 (Emeritus Professor 1996)
Professor Mary Josephine O'Kane, BSc (Qld), PhD (ANU), FTSE, Vice-Chancellor 1997-2001 (Emeritus Professor 2001)
Professor Clifford Douglas Blake, AO, PhD (Lond), BSc (Hons) (Syd), DUniv (Charles Sturt), PhD (aeg) (Adel), Hon. DEduc Admin (Syd), (Emeritus Professor, Charles Sturt, 2001), Vice-Chancellor 2001-2002
Professor James Alexander McWha, AO, BSc, BAgr (Hons) (Belfast), PhD (Glasgow), PhD (aeg) (Adel), DSc (hc) (Massey) Vice-Chancellor 2002-2012 (Emeritus Professor 2012)
Professor Warren Bebbington, MA, MMus, MPhil, PhD, Hon FMUSA, Vice-Chancellor 2012-2017 (Emeritus Professor 2017)
[Interim] - Professor Michael Brooks, BSc Hons (Hull), MSc, PhD (Essex), Vice-Chancellor 2017-2018 (Emeritus Professor 2021)
Professor Peter Rathjen AO, BSc (Hons) (Adel), DPhil (Oxon) Vice-Chancellor 2018-2020
[Acting] - Professor Michael Brooks, BSc Hons (Hull), MSc, PhD (Essex), Vice-Chancellor 2020 (Emeritus Professor 2021)
[Interim] - Professor Michael Brooks, BSc Hons (Hull), MSc, PhD (Essex), Vice-Chancellor 2020-2021 (Emeritus Professor 2021)
Professor Peter Hoj, AC, FAA, FTSE, FNAI 2021-2026
Professor Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson, DSc (Melb), MA, 1924-1938
Professor James Arthur Prescott, CBE, DSc, FRAI, FRS, FAA, 1938-1955
Dr James Melville, CMG, MSc (NZ), PhD (Lond.), DUniv (Adel), 1956-1973, (Emeritus Professor 1974)
Professor James Patrick Quirk, AO, BScAgr (Syd), PhD, DSc (Lond), Hon DAgrSc (Louvain), FAIAS, FRACI, FANZAAS, FTS, FAA, 1974-1989, (Emeritus Professor 1990)
Professor Harold William Woolhouse, BSc (Hons) (Reading), PhD, Hon DSc (East Anglia) 1990-1996
Professor John Malcolm Oades, AM, BSc (Hons), PhD (Leeds), DUniv (Adel), DSc (Leeds) 1996-2001 (Emeritus Professor 2002)
Professor Geoffrey Bruce Fincher, BAgSc, PhD (Melb), 2003-2009 (Emeritus Professor 2015)
Professor Roger Leigh, BSc, MA (Camb), PhD (Wales), CBiol, FIBiol, 2010-2012 (Emeritus Professor 2014)
Professor Michael James Wilkinson, BSc (Hons), PhD (Leic), 2013-2014
Professor David Galliver, 1966-1976 (Emeritus Professor 1986)
John David Swale, 1977-1979
Clemens T Leske, 1980-1983
Patrick S Brislan, 1984-1987
Professor Heribert Esser, 1988-1990
David R Shephard, 1991-1992
David Robert Lockett, 1993-1996
David R Shephard, 1997-1998
Professor Charles Bodman Rae, 2000-2006
Professor David Robert Lockett, 2007-2009 (Emeritus Professor 2010)
Associate Professor Carl Crossin, 2010-2014
Professor Graeme Koehne, 2015-2021
Professor Anna Goldsworthy, 2022 - current
Due to the large number of entries, from 2018 only Professors who are awarded the title of Emeritus will be added to this list.
Professor Emeritus is an honour awarded by the University Council in recognition of distinguished service to the University over a period of time. Its conferment is usually confined to professors entering upon retirement or leaving the University to assume some other highly responsible office associated with tertiary education. The Professor Emeriti of the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø are indicated by the title and year of conferral in brackets.
Note that date ranges indicate the period of the professorship, which is not always the same as the full period of appointment.
For confirmation of titles and date range or other enquiries relating to former staff, contact the University Archives at archives@adelaide.edu.au.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
Professor Roger James Thomas, 2005-2011
Professor Lester-Irabinna Rigney, BEd, MEd (UniSA), PhD (Flind), 2011-2015
Accounting
Dennis William Taylor BEc (Hons) (Monash), MBA (Melb), PhD (Hong Kong), GradDipCom (ChrisholmIT), FCPA, FHKSA, 2002-2006
Agricultural Biochemistry
Professor David James Donald Nicholas, BA (Camb), PhD (Brist), DSc (Lond), FRACI, FRSC, 1964-1986 (Emeritus Professor 1987)
Agricultural Business
Professor Suresh Nicholas Samuel, BSc (Lond), MSC (Michigan), PhD (Michigan) 1992-1996
Agricultural Chemistry
Professor James Arthur Prescott, CBE, DSc, FRACI, FRS, FAA, 1924-1955 (Emeritus Professor 1956)
Professor Robert Kerford Morton, BScAgr (Syd), PhD (Camb), FAA, 1957-1962
Agriculture
Professor Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson, DSc (Melb), MA, 1924-1938
Agriculture Food and Wine
Professor Roger Leigh, BSc, MA (Camb), PhD (Wales), CBiol, FIBiol, 2006-2014 (Emeritus Professor 2014)
Professor Mark Alfred Tester, BSc (Hons) (Adel), PhD (Cam), 2009-2013
Professor Maria Hrmova, BSc, MSc, PhD, DrSci (Comenius), 2013-2016 (Emeritus Professor 2019)
Professor Michael Wilkinson, BSc, PhD (Leicester), 2011-2015
Professor Michael Keller, BA, BSc (Delaware), MSc (Florida), PhD (North Carolina), 2010-2017 (Emeritus Professor 2017)
Professor Stephen Tyerman, BSc (Hons), PhD (Syd), 2001-current (Emeritus Professor 2018)
Professor Sally (Sarah) Smith, BA, MA, PhD (Camb), DSc (Adel), 1995-2018 (Emeritus Professor 2019)
Professor Robert Gibson, BSc (Carlton), PhD (Adel), 2002-current (Emeritus Professor 2019)
Professor Eileen Scott, BSc (Hons) (Edin), PhD (Camb), 2003-2020 (Emerita Professor 2020)
Agronomy
Professor Hugh Christian Trumble, MAgrSc (Melb), DSc, 1941-1953
Professor Colin Malcolm Donald, CBE, BAgrSc (Syd), MAgrSc, FAIAS, FAA, 1954-1973 (Emeritus Professor 1973)
Professor Colin Joseph Driscoll, MScAgr (Syd), PhD (C'nell), DSc (NSW), 1976-1986
Professor Donald Robert Marshall, BScAgr (Syd), PhD (Calif), 1987-1991
Agronomy and Farm Systems
Professor Brian Peter Setchell, BVSc (Syd), PhD (Camb), ScD (Camb), 1982-1996 (Emeritus Professor 1996)
Professor Timothy Gerald Reeves, BScAg (Nottingham) MAgrSc (Melb), 1992-1995
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Professor Mathilde Clara Regin Peters, DMD, PhD, FADM, 1994-1996
Anatomical Science
Professor Janis Priedkalns, BVSc (Syd), PhD (Minn), MA (Cantab), MRCVS (Eng), FRS (SA), MNYASc (NY), MLASc (Latvia), Elder Professor, 1972-1996 (Emeritus Professor 1997)
Anatomy
Professor Archibald Watson, MD (Paris and Gott), FRCS, 1885-1919 (Emeritus Professor 1919)
Professor Frederic Wood Jones, MB, DSc (Lond), FRS, 1920-1926
Professor Herbert Henry Woollard, MD, DSc (Melb), 1927-1929
Professor Herbert John Wilkinson, MD (Syd), BA, 1930-1936
Professor Frank Golby, MA, MD (Camb), MRCP (Lond), 1937-1944
Professor Andrew Arthur Abbie, MD, DSc (Syd), PhD (Lond), FRACP, FRAI, 1945-1970 (Emeritus Professor 1971)
Animal Sciences
Professor Walter Victor MacFarlane, MA, MD (NZ), FAA, 1964-1978 (Emeritus Professor 1979)
Professor Simon Maddocks, BAgrSc (Hons), PhD, 2000-2002
Professor Michael Reichel, VS (Berlin), DVPH, MVSC (Massey), Dr med vet (Hanover), DTVM (Berlin), PhD (Tech, Syd), MBA (Macq), 2009-2015
Professor Peter Cockcroft, BA (Cantab), MA (Cantab), VET MB (Camb), MSc (Edin), Dip Dat (Southern Africa), Cert CHP (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons), DVM&S (Edin), DCHP (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons), RCVS Specialist, Dip ECBHM (Diploma European College of Bovine Herd Management), European Specialist, 2009-2016
Professor Philip Hynd, BRurSc (Hons 1) (New England), PhD (Adel), 1982-2018 (Emeritus Professor 2018)
Antarctic Research
Professor Frederick John Jacka, BSc, PhD (Melb), 1965-1990
Anthropology
Professor Bruce Kapferer, BA (Syd), PhD (Manc), FASSH, 1973-1985
Professor James Fredric Weiner, MA (Northwestern), PhD (ANU), FASSA, 1994-1999
Professor John Neville Gray, BA (Bucknell), MA (NWU), PhD (Hawaii), FAAS, 2003-2012 (Emeritus Professor 2013)
Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy
Professor Maciej Henneberg, MSc, PhD, DSc (A Mickiewicz University), FAIBiol, 1996 - current (Emeritus Professor 2018)
Applied Mathematics
Professor Renfrey Burnard Potts, AO, BSc, DPhil, DSc (Oxf), FTSE, FAA, FTS, Professor 1959; Elder Professor 1975-1990 (Emeritus Professor 1991)
Professor Jens Rainer Maria Radok, MA (Melb), DIng (Munich), 1964-1966
Professor Ernest Oliver Tuck, BSc (Hons) PhD (Camb), FAA, FTSE, 1974-2002; Elder Professor 1991-2002Â (Emeritus Professor 2002)
Applied and Molecular Ecology
Professor Hugh Phillip Possingham, BSc (Hons) (Adel), DPhil (Oxford), FAA, 1991-2000 (Emeritus Professor 2000)
Professor John Randles, BAgSc (Hons) (Adel), MAgSc, PhD (Auckland) 2000-2014
Architecture
Professor Antony Radford, PhD (Syd), Dip TP (Edin), BArch (Hons) (Newcastle), FAIA, 1989-2011 (Emeritus Professor 2012)
Professor Judith Brine AM, BArch, DipTPR (Melb), MATPI, FRAIA, 1997-2023 (Emerita Professor 2023)
Architecture and Town Planning
Professor Rolf Arthur Jensen, Barch (Liv), FRIBA, FRAIA, FTPI, MInstRE, FRAPI, 1956-1976 (Emeritus Professor 1976)
Professor David Arthur Lewis Saunders, MArch, DipTRP (Melb), DipArch (RMIT), FAIA, MRAPI, 1977-1986
Art History
Professor Catherine Speck, DipT (UniSA), BA (Hons) (Flinders), MEd (Canb), PhD (Monash), AAANZ, 2002-2021 (Emerita Professor 2021)
Asian Studies
Professor Gavan Patrick McCormack, BA, LLB, MA (Melb), BA, MA, PhD (Lond), 1988-1990
Professor Andrew John Watson, BA (Lond) 1991-2002, (Emeritus Professor 2002)
Professor Purnendra Jain, MA (Patna), MPhil (Delhi), PhD (Griffith), 1994-2019 (Emeritus Professor 2020)
Australian Linguistics
Professor Theodor George Henry Strehlow, BA (Hons), MA, DLitt (Adel), Hon PhD (Uppsala), FAHA, 1970-1973 (Emeritus Professor 1974)
Automotive Safety Research
Professor Alexander John (Jack) McLean, 2003-2012, Road Accident Research Unit 1999-2003, BE, ME (Adel), MSc (Harv), DSc (Harv) (Emeritus Professor 2013)
Professor Mary Lydon, BSc (Hons) (Sussex), MEngSc (Monash), PhD (Qld), 2008-2015
Bacteriology
Professor Albert Edward Platt, PhD (Camb), DTM, DTH (Syd), DipBact (Lond), MD, 1938-1941
Biochemistry
Professor George Ernest Rogers, MSc (Melb), PhD (Camb), DSc, FAA, 1978-1992 (Emeritus Professor 1993)
Professor Peter David Rathjen, BSc (Hons)(Adel), PhD (Oxf), 1996-1999
Professor John Barry Egan FAA, BSc (Hons)Â (Melb), MSc (Melb), PhD (Colorado), 1999-2001 (Emeritus Professor 2013)
Professor James Paton, BSc (Hons), PhD, (Adel), FASM, FAA, FAAM, 2000 – 2024 (Emeritus Professor 2024)
Biomedicine
Professor David Haynes BSc, Hons, PhD (Med) 2010-2024 (Emeritus Professor 2024)
Professor Stan Gronthos PhD (Adel), 2012 - 2024 (Emeritus Professor 2024)
Biotechnology
Professor Edwina Cecily Cornish BSc, PhD (Melb), FTSE, FAIM 2000-2003
Botany
Professor Theodore George Bentley Osborn, DSc (Manc), 1912-1928 (Emeritus Professor 1962)
Professor Joseph Garnett Wood, PhD (Camb), DSc, FAA, 1935-1959
Professor Sir Rutherford Ness Robertson, AC, CMG, DSc (Syd), ScD (Camb), FRS, FAA, 1962-1969 (Emeritus Professor 1969)
Professor Peter Gordon Martin, BSc, PhD, 1967-1984 (Emeritus Professor 1984)
Professor Hugh Bryan Spencer Womersley, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, DSc (Adel), FAA, 1946-1988 (Emeritus Professor 1988)
Business School
Ercan Tirtiroglu, PhD, MS (Union College & University), MA (Bosphorus), BSc (Middle East Technical), 2009-2015
Professor Manuel Becerra, School of Marketing & Management, BEc/BA (Complutense), MBA (Madrid), MScMgmt (Southern Calif), PhD (Maryland), 2014-2015
Professor Mark Gabbott, BA (Hons) (Essex), MSc (London), PhD (Stirling), 2016-2017
Cancer Care
Professor Ian Norman Olver MD, PhD, CMin, FRACP, FAChPM, MRACMA, 2001-2006
Cardiology
Professor Philip John Barter, MBBS (Adel), PhD (ANU), MRACP, FRACP 1992-2003
Professor John Horowitz, BMedSc (Hons), MBBS (Adel), PhD (Melb), FRACP, 1996-current (Emeritus Professor 2018)
Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor Stephen Worthley, MBBS (Adel), FRACP, PhD (Adel), 2004-2016
Chemical Engineering
Professor Robert William Francis Tait, BSc (Edin), PhD (Birm), 1955-1983 (Emeritus Professor 1983)
Professor David Ross Miller, MSc, PhD (Melb), PhD (Camb), FIEAust, CPENG, 1966-1995 (Emeritus Professor 1996)
Professor Eric Hutton Dunlop, BSc (Strathclyde), PhD (Strathclyde), CChem, CEng, MRIC, 1996-2000
Professor Keith Douglas King, BSc (Hons) (UNSW), PhD (UNSW), 2000-2011 (Emeritus Professor 2011)
Professor Mark Biggs, BSc (Adel), PhD (Adel), 2008-2014
Chemistry
Professor Edward Henry Rennie, MA (Syd), DSc (Lond and Melb), 1884-1927
Professor Alexander Killen Macbeth, CMG, MA (StAnd), DSc (Belf), 1928-1954) (Emeritus Professor 1955)
Professor Michael Ian Bruce, BA (Hons), MA (Oxf), PhD, DSc (Bristol) FAA, FRACI, 1982-2008 (Emeritus Professor 2008)
Professor John Hamilton Bowie, BSc (Hons) (Melb), MSc (Melb), PhD (Nott), DSc (Adel), FRACI, FRSC, FRSSA, 1993-2011 (Emeritus Professor 2011)
Professor Stephen Lincoln, BSc (Hons) (Manch), PhD (Adel), DSc (Manch), 1999-2015 (Emeritus Professor 2015)
Professor Simon Pyke BSc (Hons), PhD (Syd), FRACI, CCHem, FRSC, 2009-2024 (Emeritus Professor 2024)
Chemistry and Physics
Professor Robert Alan Vincent, BSc (Hons) (Cantaur), PhD (Cantaur), 2000-2011 (Emeritus Professor 2011)
Professor Roger William Clay, BSc (Hons) (Lond), PhD (Lond), 2003-2012 (Emeritus Professor 2012)
Professor John Adrian Carver, BSc (Hons), PhD (ANU), 2004- 2008
China
Professor Lawrence Abeln, MPhil, PhD (Camb), 2013-2016
Civil Engineering
Professor Rowland Cuthbert Robin, ME, 1939-1951
Professor Frank Bertram Bull, MA (Camb), BSc (Lond), 1952-1972 (Emeritus Professor 1972)
Professor Cheung Yau Kai, BSc (Canton), PhD, DSc (Wales), 1974-1977
Professor Robert Falcon Warner, BE, ME, PhD (Lehigh), 1979-1999 (Emeritus Professor 1999)
Professor Michael Griffith, BSc, MSc (Wash), PhD (Calif), AEES, EERI, NZSEE, CPEng, NPR-3, 1998-2020 (Emeritus Professor 2021)
Professor Angus Simpson, BE Hons (Monash), MSc (Colorado), PhD (Michigan) 2000-2021 (Emeritus Professor 2021)
Professor Mark Jaksa, BE (Hons), PhD (Adel), MIEAust CPEng, AGS, ISSMGE, AFSE, SA Footings Group 2007- 2023 (Emeritus Professor 2023)
Professor Martin Lambert, BE (Newcastle), PhD (Newcastle), 2005-2024 (Emeritus Professor 2024)
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor Graeme Dandy, BE (Civil), M Eng Sc, PhD (MIT), 2000-2014 (Emeritus Professor 2014)
Civil Environmental and Mining Engineering
Professor Deric John Oehlers, BSc (London), MSc (Warwick), PhD (Warwick) MICE, 2007-2012 (Emeritus Professor 2013)
Professor Stephen Donald Priest, BSc (Hons) (Bristol), PhD (Durham), CEng, MICE, 2008-2012
Classics
Professor Reverend Henry Read, MA (Camb), 1874-1878
Professor David Frederick Kelly, MA (Camb), 1878-1894
Professor Edward Vaughan Boulger, MA, Dlitt (Dublin), 1894
Professor Edward Von Blomberg Bensly, MA (Camb), 1895-1905
Professor Henry Darnley Naylor, MA (Camb), 1907-1927 (Emeritus Professor 1927)
Professor John Aloysius Fitzherbert, MC, MA (Camb), 1928-1957 (Emeritus Professor 1958)
Professor John Reginald Trevaskis, MA (Camb), 1958-1983 (Emeritus Professor 1983)
Professor Robert Glenn Ussher, MA (Dub), PhD (Belf), MRIA, 1984-1992 (Emeritus Professor 1993)
Climate Change
Professor Barry William Brook, BSc (Hons), PhD (Macquarie), 2007-2014
Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology
Professor Ivan Stanley de la Lande, AO, MSc, PhD (Melb) Reader 1958; Professor 1970-1990 (Emeritus Professor 1990)
Professor Paul Rolan, MBBS, MD (Adel), FRACP, FFPM, DCPSA, 2005-2014
Clinical Nursing
Professor Alan Pearson, RN, MSc (Manch), PhD (Lond), FRCN (UK) 1995-1999 (Emeritus Professor 2014)
Professor Alison Joan Tierney CBE, BSc (SocSc-Nurs), PhD (Edin), HonDNurs (Napier), RGN, FRCN, 2003-2005
Clinical Pharmacology
Professor Felix Bochner MBBS, MD (Qld), FRACP, 1980-2005 (Emeritus Professor 2005)
Professor Derek Brian Frewin AO, MBBS (Ceylon), MD (Adel), FRACP, FRCP, FRACMA 1991-2005 (Emeritus Professor 2005)
Commerce
Professor Russell Lloyd Mathews, BCom (Melb.), 1958-1964
Professor Frederick Kenneth Wright, BMetE, BCom (Melb), FASA, 1965-1977
Professor Murray Scott Henderson, BEc, MEc, PhD (Calif) FASA, FCPA, CA 1979-2002 (Emeritus Professor 2003)
Community Medicine
Professor Anthony John McMichael, PhD (Monash), MB, BS, FACOM, 1986-1993
Professor Timothy George Calvert Murrell, DTM and H (Syd), MB, BS, MD, FRACGP, 1975-1994 (Emeritus Professor 1994)
Computer Science
Professor John Allen Overstone, BSc (Syd), PhD (Camb), 1964-1970
Professor Frank Hirst, MS, PhD (Melb), FInstP, FAIP, 1972-1984, (Emeritus Professor 1984)
Professor Christopher John Barter BE (Hons) (Adel), PhD (UNSW), FIEAust, FACS 1984-2003 (Emeritus Professor 2003)
Professor Zbigniew Michalewicz, MSc (Warsaw), PhD, DSc (Polish Academy of Sciences), 2004-2013 (Emeritus Professor 2013)
Professor David Suter, BSc, DipEd (Flinders), GradDip Comp (RMIT), PhD (LaTrobe), 2008-2017
Professor Michael Brooks, BSc Hons (Hull), MSc, PhD (Essex), 1994-2007 (Emeritus Professor 2021)
Creative Writing
Professor Thomas William Shapcott AO, BA (Qld), HonDLitt (Macq), FCPA, 1997-2005 (Emeritus Professor 2005)
Crop Protection
Professor Allen Kerr AO, BSc (Edin), PhD, FAA, FRS. Lecturer in Plant Pathology, 1951; Senior Lecturer 1959; Reader, 1968; Professor 1980-1991 (Emeritus Professor 1992)