Centre Executive
Directors and Deputy Directors, over the years (from left to right): Gerard Milburn, Andrew White, Andrew Doherty, Tom Stace, Sally Shrapnel, Thomas Volz and John Bartholomew.
The Centre Executive comprised the Centre Director, Deputy Directors, Chief Operating Officer, Node Directors, Translational Research Program Director and Centre Manager. Together, they provided leadership and strategic direction, ensuring EQUS was managed responsibly and positioned for success.
Over the years, EQUS was led by:
- Professor Gerard Milburn, Director (2011–2015)
- Professor Andrew White, Deputy Director (2011–2015), Director (2016–2025)
- Professor Andrew Doherty, Deputy Director (2016–2018)
- Professor Tom Stace, Deputy Director (2018–2021)
- Professor Thomas Volz, Deputy Director (2021–2024)
- Associate Professor Sally Shrapnel, Deputy Director (2021–2025)
- Dr John Bartholomew, Deputy Director (2024–2025)
Scientific Advisory Committee
Scientific Advisory Committee members (from left to right): Kae Nemoto, John Clarke, Peter Knight, Rainer Blatt and Yvonne Gao at EQUS’ final workshop.
The Scientific Advisory Committee advised the Centre Director and Centre Executive on the direction of research undertaken within the Centre, as well as providing guidance on emerging international trends and scientific developments. The Scientific Advisory Committee was comprised of:
- Emeritus Professor Sir Peter Knight FRS (Chair), Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London, Fellow of the Royal Society and Chair of the UK National Quantum Technology Programme Strategic Advisory Board.
- Professor Alain Aspect ForMemRS, Research Director and Professor at Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique.
- Professor Birgitta Whaley FAPS Professor, Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Professor John Clarke FRS, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley.
- Professor Kae Nemoto, Professor at the National Institute of Information (NII) and the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Director of the Global Research Center for Quantum Information Science at NII.
- Professor Rainer Blatt ForMemNAS, Professor of Experimental Physics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Universität Innsbruck.
- Associate Professor Yvonne Y. Gao, Associate Professor in the Deparment of Physics at National University of Singapore.
Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee members (from left to right): Ben Greene, Christine Williams, Jim Williams and Scott Foster at EQUS’ final workshop.
The Advisory Committee assisted the Centre Executive by contributing to the development of strategies and vision for the future and by serving as a vehicle for creating better linkages between academia, industry, and government. The Advisory Committee was comprised of:
- Professor Christine Williams, Chair of the Board of Life Sciences Queensland, Member of the Innovation Advisory Council, Activator at SheEO, Adjunct Professor at The University of Queensland.
- Dr Bronwyn Evans AM, Commissioner of the Independent Planning Commission, Director at GME, Non Executive Director at EBR Systems, Non Executive Director at ACOR Consultants Pty Ltd Inc., Fellow at Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Chair at Building 4.0 CRC and an Honorary Fellow at Engineers Australia.
- Dr Ben Greene, Chief Innovation Officer at Electro Optic Systems
- Dr Gregory J Clark AC FAA FTSE, Non-Executive Director at Next DC, Honorary Professor at the Australian National University, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science(link is external), a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
- Professor Jim Williams AM FAA FTSE, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Materials Physics, Australian National University.
- Dr Scott Foster, Principal Scientist with the Defence Science & Technology Group