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Attila Brungs

Emeritus Professor And Vice-Chancellor Emeritus

Vice-Chancellor's Office

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  • Emeritus Professor And Vice-Chancellor Emeritus
    Vice-Chancellor's Office

BIO

Emeritus Professor Attila Brungs is Vice-Chancellor Emeritus, UTS.

Professor Brungs is a fellow of the Academy of Technology and Engineering, a Rhodes Scholar, with a Doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry from Oxford University, and recipient of the University Medal in Industrial Chemistry from the University of New South Wales.

Some of Professor Brungs’s present key appointments include the Chair of the Australian Technology Network; the NSW Innovation and Productivity Council; the Federal Government’s National University Precincts Advisory Committee; and the StartupAus Board. His experience also includes many distinguished past board and committee memberships, including not-for-profit organisations, in addition to numerous state and federal government and institutional appointments.

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS

  • Vice-Chancellor and President
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaJul 2014 - Oct 2021
  • Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia2009 - Jul 2014

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • General Manager, Science Investment, Strategy & Performance
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia2008 - 2009
  • General Manager, Science Investment and Strategy
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia2004 - 2008
  • General Manager, Business Improvement
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia2002 - 2004
  • Engagement Manager
    McKinsey & Company (United States), New York, United States1998 - 2002

DEGREES

  • DPhil Inorganic Chemistry
    University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • BSc
    UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia

PROFILE TYPE

  • Academic