RMIT Professorial Academy
The RMIT Professorial Academy serve as ambassadors, advising on issues of importance to RMIT and the community, driving thought leadership and impact.
The awarding of an RMIT Distinguished Professorship title is a high honour, used to acknowledge and reward sustained, outstanding performance.
Pictured left to right: Distinguished Professor Baohua Jia, Distinguished Professor Anthony Forsyth, Distinguished Professor Irene Yarovsky, Distinguished Professor Mike Xie, Professor Calum Drummond AO(Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research & Innovation and Vice-President), Distinguished Professor Milan Brandt, Distinguished Professor Rachel Caruso, Professor Alec Cameron (Vice-Chancellor and President), Distinguished Professor Barbora de Courten, Distinguished Professor Xinghuo Yu, Distinguished Professor Magdalena Plebanski, Distinguished Professor Julian Thomas, Distinguished Professor Suresh Bhargava, Distinguished Professor Andy Ball, Distinguished Professor Tianyi Ma, Distinguished Professor Jie Yang, and Distinguished Professor Elena Ivanova. Absent: Distinguished Professor Larissa Hjorth, Distinguished Professor Helen Lingard, Distinguished Professor Arnan Mitchell, Distinguished Professor Jason Potts, Distinguished Professor Ma Qian, Distinguished Professor Cuie Wen, Distinguished Professor Charlie Xue, and Distinguished Professor Leslie Yeo.
The award is for a five year period and to be eligible for consideration as a Distinguished Professor, nominees must be eligible to hold the title ‘Professor’ of RMIT University.
RMIT Distinguished Professors are traditionally researchers who can demonstrate outstanding research outputs which include:
The RMIT Professorial Academy serve as ambassadors, advising on issues of importance to RMIT and the community, driving thought leadership and impact.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.