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Executive Directors
Professor Margaret Clayton
Dr Ian Mackinnon
Professor Phyllis Tharenou
Professor Margaret
Clayton
Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Phone: +61 2 6287 6685
Fax: +61 2 6206 7291
Professor Margaret Clayton joined the ARC in March 2006 in the position of Executive Director, Biological Sciences and Biotechnology. Before joining the ARC, she was Associate Dean, Research and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science at Monash University.
Professor Clayton is a marine biologist. Her research helped to change the view, prevalent up to the 1980s, that many marine algae lacked sexual reproduction. This led to collaborative research with Professors D.G. Müller and W. Boland, which isolated and identified the active compounds and determined the sensitivity of pheromones (sperm attractants secreted by the eggs) in 12 species.
The author of 90 refereed journal articles and book chapters and several co-authored publications, Professor Clayton has received substantial competitive grant funding during her more than 30 years in research. In addition, she has participated in two expeditions to Antarctica and published a monograph and several papers on the biology of Antarctic marine benthic algae with Professor C. Wiencke.
Professor Clayton has a Bachelor of Science Honours Class 1 from Liverpool University, a PhD from The University of Melbourne and a Diploma of Education from Monash University. She has been a member of various professional committees and associations, including the Executive Council of the International Phycological Society, and has supervised more than 50 Honours and PhD students and postdoctoral fellows.
Dr Ian
Mackinnon
Engineering and Environmental Science
Phone: +61 2 6287 6610
Fax: +61 2 6206 7250
Dr Ian Mackinnon took up the position of Executive Director, Engineering and Environmental Science in late January 2006. Dr Mackinnon has a wealth of experience in academia and industry, previously as Professor at The University of Queensland and more recently as an Executive Director of a technology start-up company.
He spent 25 years as a researcher and research leader in university, government and commercial organisations in Australia and the USA. He has been awarded research and development grants in a range of fields including advanced materials, chemistry, mineralogy, cosmochemistry and wastewater treatment and authored more than 100 publications in the peer-reviewed literature.
Among his career highlights, Dr Mackinnon lists forming and leading successful technology development and commercialisation teams in new materials, managing a technology start-up company from initial phase to market sales and establishing the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis at The University of Queensland.
Dr Mackinnon has a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and geology and a BSc (Hons) in geochemistry from James Cook University. He undertook his research work for a PhD in crystallography (James Cook) at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights via an Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering fellowship. He is a member of the Mineralogical Society and the Clay Minerals Society of America and the Australian Water Association.
Professor Phyllis Tharenou
Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences
Phone: +61 2 6287 6653
Fax: +61 2 6206 7297
Professor Tharenou joined the ARC from the University of South Australia, where she has spent four years as the Dean of Research in the Division of Business.
Beginning her career as a lecturer in the Department of Management at the Queensland Institute of Technology, Professor Tharenou subsequently worked at Griffith University, the University of Queensland, and Monash University combining the disciplines of organisational psychology and management. She is an internationally renowned scholar for her research on gender differences in managerial career advancement, international careers, training and development, and employee self-esteem.
Professor Tharenou is no stranger to the work of the ARC. She was a member of the college of experts of the Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences from 2005 to 2007 and its chair in 2007 as well as a member of several other ARC committees.
Professor Tharenou has a strong record as consulting editor, editorial board member, and reviewer for top journals. She has just finished a term on the editorial board of the top international business journal, Academy of Management Review. She is a major contributor to community service with respect to research. This includes being a reviewer for many international journals, the Australian Research Council and various universities, Chair of a major Australian conference and various other conferences, and presenting her research at national and international forums.
Professor Tharenou is a Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Organisational Psychology and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours, Class 1) from the University of Queensland.
