ProfKate McGrath
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
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BIO
Educated in New Zealand and Australia, Kate is the chair of numerous start-up companies and national committees; she has taught extensively, developed curricula and new degrees, supervised students, published 80 research papers, and worked to help primary school and early childhood teachers in New Zealand introduce STEM into their classrooms.
Following a BSc (Honours) in Chemistry from the University of Canterbury, Kate completed her PhD at ANU before taking up a postdoctoral position with the Universite de Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. She undertook two years as a research fellow at Princeton before returning to New Zealand, as a researcher and academic at the University of Otago. In 2004, Kate joined Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) and was appointed Director of New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence, the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology in 2011.
Kate was the Vice-Provost (Research) at the Victoria University of Wellington for the three years prior to joining UTS in 2018.
Following a BSc (Honours) in Chemistry from the University of Canterbury, Kate completed her PhD at ANU before taking up a postdoctoral position with the Universite de Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. She undertook two years as a research fellow at Princeton before returning to New Zealand, as a researcher and academic at the University of Otago. In 2004, Kate joined Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) and was appointed Director of New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence, the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology in 2011.
Kate was the Vice-Provost (Research) at the Victoria University of Wellington for the three years prior to joining UTS in 2018.
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President ResearchUniversity of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaMay 2018 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Vice-Provost (Research)Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandJan 2015 - Apr 2018
- Professor of ChemistryVictoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand2011 - Apr 2018
- Interim Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability)Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandJun 2015 - May 2016
- DirectorMacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Kelburn, New Zealand2011 - Jul 2015
- Lecturer / Senior LecturerUniversity of Otago, Dunedin, New ZealandJun 1997 - Dec 2003
- Postdoctoral FellowPrinceton University, Princeton, United StatesOct 1995 - Jun 1997
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- DirectorCallaghan Innovation, Wellington, New ZealandFeb 2016 - Apr 2018
- DirectorAuramer Bio Ltd, Wellington, New ZealandSep 2015 - Apr 2018
- Chair of BoardViclink (New Zealand), Wellington, New ZealandJan 2015 - Apr 2018
DEGREES
- PhD, Physics/ChemistryAustralian National University, Canberra, Australia1991 - 1994
- PGDipCom, FinanceUniversity of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand2003 - 2003
- BSc (Hons)University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand1987 - 1990
PROFILE TYPE
- Academic