Deakin Distinguished Professors

The title of Deakin Distinguished Professor is the most prestigious honour that the University can bestow on its staff.

Deakin Distinguished Professors

2024 recipients

  • Professor Steve Allender
  • Professor Cassandra Atherton
  • Professor Julie Considine AO
  • Professor Douglas Creighton
  • Professor Judy Currey
  • Professor Andrea Driscoll
  • Professor Anita Harris
  • Professor Chris Hickey
  • Professor Trish Livingston
  • Professor Jane Matthews
  • Professor Mark Rose.

Past recipients

2022

  • Professor Catherine Bennett
  • Professor Rachel Huxley
  • Professor Felice Jacka
  • Professor Liz Johnson
  • Professor Emma Kowal
  • Professor Sarah McNaughton
  • Professor Kon Mouzakis
  • Professor Alex Newman
  • Professor Anna Peeters
  • Professor Andrea Witcomb

2019

  • Professor Brett Bryan
  • Professor Matthew Groves
  • Professor Alison Hutchinson
  • Professor Craig Olsson
  • Professor Julie Owens

2018

  • Professor Margaret (Leigh) Ackland
  • Professor David Boud
  • Professor Brenda Cherednichenko
  • Professor Matthew Clarke
  • Professor Wei Duan
  • Professor David Lowe
  • Professor Marj Moodie
  • Professor Julianne Moss

2017

  • Professor Tracey Bucknall
  • Professor Chris Doucouliagos
  • Professor John Grundy
  • Professor Beverley Oliver
  • Professor Christine Ure

2016

  • Professor Maxine Duke
  • Professor Ferdi Gul
  • Professor Baogang He
  • Professor Marcel Klaassen
  • Professor Ingrid Nielsen
  • Professor Yin Paradies
  • Professor Guang Shi
  • Professor Anna Timperio
  • Professor Russell Tytler
  • Professor David Watters

2015

  • Professor Mirko Bagaric
  • Professor Neil Barnett
  • Professor Colin Barrow
  • Professor Ian Chen

2014

  • Professor Mike Ewing
  • Professor Matthew Barnett
  • Professor Kylie Ball
  • Professor Clare Bradford
  • Professor Graeme Hays
  • Professor Ivan Stojmenovic

2013

  • Professor Rob Carter – Faculty of Health
  • Professor Wanlei Zhou - Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
  • Professor Jo Salmon – Faculty of Health

2012

  • Professor Michael Berk - Faculty of Health
  • Professor John Endler - Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
  • Professor Maria Forsyth - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • Professor Fethi Mansouri - Faculty of Arts and Education
  • Professor Michael Polonsky (Alfred Deakin Professor) - Faculty of Business and Law
  • Professor Svetha Venkatesh - Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

2011

  • Professor Jill Blackmore – Faculty of Arts and Education
  • Professor Mari Botti – Faculty of Health
  • Professor Paresh Narayan – Faculty of Business and Law
  • Professor David Walker – Faculty of Arts and Education

2010

  • Professor Marita McCabe – Faculty of Health

2009

  • Professor Boyd Swinburn – Faculty of Health

2008

  • Professor David Crawford – Faculty of Health

2006

  • Professor Xungai Wang – Institute for Frontier Materials
  • Professor Saeid Nahavandi – Centre for Intelligent Systems Research, Deakin Research

2003

  • Professor Peter Hodgson – Institute for Frontier Materials
  • Professor Julian Mercer – Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment