Brian Schmidt
Vice-Chancellor, The Australian National University
Professor Brian P. Schmidt was appointed the 12th Vice-Chancellor of ANU in January 2016.
Professor Schmidt is one of Australia’s most eminent scientists. Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, alongside many other academic awards and distinctions, Professor Schmidt spent most of his academic career as an astrophysicist at the ANU Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics before becoming Vice-Chancellor.
