Professor Peter Rathjen is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania. Prior to taking up this position, Professor Rathjen was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Melbourne, where he had also held the position of Dean of Science from 2006. Previous to this he was Executive Dean, Faculty of Sciences at the University of Adelaide.

Professor Rathjen has specialised in embryonic stem (ES) cell research. He established an internationally recognised research program into stem cell biology and stem cell therapies.

Professor Rathjen was a founding member of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Special Research Centre for the Molecular Genetics of Development, and the Australian Stem Cell Centre (ASCC).

As the University Librarian at the University of Wollongong (UOW), Margie Jantti provides leadership and direction for library services spanning six onshore campus locations and guidance for offshore library partnerships in the UAE and Asia. She is a member of UOW governance committees such as Deans and Senior Executive and Academic Senate. Within CAUL, she chairs the CAUL Quality Assurance Committee. Key outcomes at UOW for the past two years include: significant restructuring of the organisation to extend capacity to support the research community, revitalisation of the physical space to support student learning, the creation of the Library Cube (an enterprise reporting system focussing on the impact of library resource usage and students’ academic performance), integration of a suite of resource sharing services, unlocking special collections through digitisation initiatives, and revising organisational performance monitoring and reporting frameworks.

Margie was the recipient of the inaugural CAUL Achievement Award; she is an alumnus of the Frye Leadership Institute and; she has presented at a numerous national and international conferences.