Paul Wellings (academic)
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Professor Paul Wellings CBE FRSA |
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| Born |
Paul William Wellings November 1, 1953 |
| Education | King's College London (BSc Hons) Durham University (MSc) University of East Anglia (PhD, 1980). |
| Occupation | Vice-Chancellor of University of Wollongong |
Paul William Wellings CBE FRSA (born 1 November 1953) is an English ecologist and academic administrator. He is the current Vice-Chancellor of University of Wollongong taking over on 1 January 2012 having previously been Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University, Chair of the now defunct 1994 Group of smaller research-intensive universities and is a member of the Board of the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
Born in Nottingham, Wellings was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, King's College London (BSc Hons), Durham University (MSc) and the University of East Anglia (PhD, 1980).
In 1981 he moved to Australia as a research ecologist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), becoming Chief of the Entomology Division in 1995. In 1997 he was seconded to the Australian Commonwealth Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources as Head of the Science and Innovation Division and returned to CSIRO in 1999 as Deputy Chief Executive. He has also been of Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and the Cumbrian Rural Regenaration Company.
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