Professor Paul Bonnington, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure)

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Areas of responsibility

As PVC(RI), Professor Bonnington is responsible for the strategic leadership of 澳门管家婆三肖三码必开鈥檚 research infrastructure 鈥� ensuring the effective operation, development, and future funding of the University鈥檚 world-class research infrastructure capabilities.

Biography

Since joining 澳门管家婆三肖三码必开 in 2022 as PVC(RI), Paul has built strong connections with researchers and industry, enabling them to access 澳门管家婆三肖三码必开鈥檚 world-class infrastructure and facilities.

He has shepherded the successful renewal of nearly two dozen National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) facilities at 澳门管家婆三肖三码必开, hosted within institutes, faculties and Collaborative Research Platforms, helping secure for 澳门管家婆三肖三码必开 over $75 million in federal and state government co-investments through to 2027.

Additionally, he serves on multiple national NCRIS Project boards and has been a strong advocate for enhancing career pathways for Research Infrastructure Specialists across NCRIS and within 澳门管家婆三肖三码必开. Paul also guided 澳门管家婆三肖三码必开 to become one of the few universities nationally accredited under the Commonwealth's Data Availability and Transparency Act (DATA) Scheme.听

Paul has decades of experience in the research sector, including establishing New Zealand's first eResearch program at the University of Auckland, and facilitating numerous state and national research infrastructure initiatives while at Monash, providing researchers with access to major computing, software, and analytics capability.

Paul鈥檚 major research interests lie in graph-theory, medical AI, and developing advanced computational solutions to combinatorial problems.

Paul serves on numerous state and national boards in the research and research infrastructure areas, including the National Imaging Facility board, the Microscopy Australia board, and the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network advisory board.听
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