List of Macquarie University people explained

This is a list of Macquarie University people.

Academia and science

Name	Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role	Notability	Notes
Donald Adamson		Australian biologist	^[1]
Ronald Aitchison	Professor	Australian physicist
	Professor	Australian political scientist	^[2]
Munjed Al Muderis	Associate Professor	Iraqi Australian surgeon
John Alroy		American paleobiologist
Hamidullah Amin		Afghan academic and the chancellor of Kabul University
Francis Andersen		Australian Biblical scholar
Leanne Armand		Australian marine scientist
Gordon Aylward	Professor	Australian chemist
Dana Bergstrom	BSc, MSc, PhD	Australian Antarctic researcher, author	^[3]
Pete Bethune	MBA	New Zealand conservationist
Jeffrey Braithwaite	DPhil and professor	Australian academic at Macquarie University	^[4] ^[5]
Barry Brook	BSc (Hons) and DPhil	Australian climate scientist and academic at the University of Tasmania
Anne Castles	DPhil and professor	Australian cognitive scientist and academic at Macquarie University
Lyndley Craven	MSc	Australian botanist
Janine Deakin	BSc (Hons) and DBiology	Australian geneticist
Steve Donnellan	DPhil	Australian biologist	^[6]
Frank Duarte	BA (Hons) and DPhil	American physicist
Vic Dudman	Professor	Australian logician
Cathy Foley	BSc (Hons), DipEd, DPhil, Hon.DSc	Australian scientist and chief at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia’s Chief Scientist
	BA (Hons)	Australian psychologist
Peter Goodall	Dean of Humanities at Macquarie University	Australian writer and academic at the University of Southern Queensland
Ghassan Hage	BA (Hons) and DPhil	Australian anthropologist and academic at the University of Melbourne
Alex Haslam	DPhil	British psychologist and academic at the University of Queensland	^[7]
Lesley Hughes	Distinguished Professor, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity & Development), DPhil	Australian climate scientist and Climate Councillor	^[8] ^[9]
Jana Jones	PhD, research fellow	Australian Egyptologist	^[10]
	DPhil	Australian indigenous rights activist and academic at the University of New South Wales	^[11]
Alan Mackay-Sim	PhD
Larry Marshall	BSc (Hons)	Australian venture capitalist, physicist, CEO of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation	^[12]
Peter Mason	Professor	British-Australian physicist	^[13]
	LLB	Australian former politician and legal academic
Pat Michie	DPhil	Australian neuroscientist/psychologist and academic at Newcastle University
Nicki Packer	Distinguished Professor	Australian glycobiologist	^[14]
Andrew Parker	DPhil	Australian zoologist
Andrew Pitman		Australian-British atmospheric scientist
Ian Ramsay	BA and LLB (Hons)	Australian legal scholar and academic at the University of Melbourne	^[15]
Amanda Reid	DPhil	Australian biologist at Australian Museum	^[16]
Gregory Retallack	BSc	Australian-American paleontologist, geologist, University of Oregon faculty, Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Lyndall Ryan	DPhil	Australian academic and historian at Newcastle University
	Musician-in-Residence at Macquarie University	Australian classical pianist
Frances Separovic	BA (Hons)	Australian biophysical chemist and academic at the University of Melbourne	^[17]
Igor Shparlinski (de)	Professor	Russian-Australian mathematician
Bill Thompson	Professor	Canadian cognitive scientist
Neil Trudinger	Professor	Australian mathematician and academic at the Australian National University	^[18]
John Clive Ward	Professor	British-Australian physicist	^[19]
Marc Wilkins	BSc (Hons) and DPhil	Australian geneticist and academic at the University of New South Wales
	BEcon and LLB (Hons)	Australian human rights activist, legal scholar and academic at the University of New South Wales	^[20]

Business

Name	Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role	Notability	Notes
Rodney Adler		Australian businessman and former HIH director
Matt Barrie	MAppFin	Australian businessman
Peter Bush	BA	Australian businessman, Chairman of Pacific Brands and Nine Entertainment Co. and a director of Insurance Australia Group, former CEO of McDonald's Australia
Greg Coffey	BEcon	Australian hedge fund manager
David Leckie		Australian businessman and former CEO of Seven West Media
	BA (Hons)	Australian businesswoman and President of the Business Council of Australia, the Chairwoman of Telstra and a Director of Macquarie Group and WorleyParsons
David Murray	MBA	Australian businessman, former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Chairman of the Australian Government Future Fund Board of Guardians
Napoleon Perdis		Australian makeup artist and businessman
Iggy Pintado		Australian writer and businessman
Marco Pozzolungo		Australian businessman
Stephen Ting	BEcon	Hong Kong businessman and CEO of Next Media

Government and politics

Australia

• Peter Andren, Australian politician, former Member for Calare in the Australian House of Representatives
• Kerry Bartlett, Australian politician, former Member for Macquarie in the Australian House of Representatives
• Meredith Burgmann, Australian politician, former President of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• Sam Dastyari, Australian politician, Senator representing New South Wales^[21]
• Peter Debnam, Australian politician, former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Vaucluse
• Victor Dominello, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Ryde and NSW Cabinet minister
• Trish Doyle, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Blue Mountains
• Harry Edwards, Australian politician and economist
• John Faulkner, Australian politician, former Senator representing New South Wales^[21]
• John Hewson, Australian politician and former leader of the Liberal Party of Australia^[2]
• Stephen Jones, Australian politician, Member for Throsby in the Australian House of Representatives^[21]
• Mike Kelly, Australian politician, former member for Eden Monaro in the Australian House of Representatives
• David Leyonhjelm, Australian politician, Senator representing New South Wales^[21]
• Jann McFarlane, Australian politician, former Member for Stirling in the Australian House of Representatives
• Sally McManus, Australian union leader, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions
• Tania Mihailuk, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Bankstown
• Rev. Fred Nile, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• Rob Oakeshott, Australian politician, former Member for Lyne in the Australian House of Representatives
• Jamie Parker, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Balmain
• Tanya Plibersek, Australian politician, Member for Sydney in the Australian House of Representatives^[21]
• Steven Pringle, former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• Eric Roozendaal, Australian politician, former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• Janelle Saffin, Australian politician, Member for Page in the Australian House of Representatives
• Carl Scully, Australian politician, former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Smithfield
• Helen Sham-Ho, Australian politician, former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• Lisa Singh, Australian politician, Senator representing Tasmania^[21]
• Jim Soorley, Australian politician, former Lord Mayor of Brisbane^[5]
• Karin Sowada, Australian politician, former Senator representing New South Wales^[5]
• Rob Stokes, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Minister for Planning (New South Wales)

International

Name	Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role	Notability	Notes
Maliina Abelsen	MPol, AppSocRes	Greenlandic politician, Finance minister of Greenland
Patricia Holmes		Australian diplomat, former Australian Ambassador to Argentina
Martin Indyk		American academic and former diplomat, United States Ambassador to Israel
Freddie Pitcher		Nauruan politician, former President of Nauru
David Stuart		Australian diplomat, former Australian Ambassador to Austria

Other

• Peter Anderson, Australian former police minister and former Director of the Centre for Policing^[5]
• John Avery, Australian Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force^[5]
• Alison Broinowski, Australian academic, journalist, writer and former Australian public servant^[22]
• John Connor, Australian chief executive of Climate Institute of Australia^[5]
• Kathryn Greiner, Australian politician, alderman of the City of Sydney^[5]
• Frank Howarth, Australian public servant; former Director of the Australian Museum^[5]
• Greg Lindsay, Australian founder and executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies^[5]
• Judy Mundey, Australian feminist and activist^[5]
• Cameron Murphy, Australian civil libertarian^[5]
• Christine Nixon, Australian former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police and Chair, Monash College and Deputy Chancellor, Monash University^[5]
• Kathryn Paterson, Australian New Zealand public servant^[5]
• Andrew Scipione, Australian Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force^[5]
• Patricia Scott, Australian public servant^[5]
• Jeannette Young, Australian medical doctor and Chief Health Officer of Queensland

Arts

Name	Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role	Notability	Notes
Rosemary Blight		Australian film producer
Murray Cook		Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles
Nevill Drury	MA (Hons)	Australian writer
Anthony Field		Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles
Adam Hills		Australian comedian
Linda Klarfeld		Czech Australian sculptor
Chris Lilley	BA	Australian comedian
Jennifer Maiden		Australian poet
Greg Page		Australian musician, founding member of The Wiggles

• Thea Astley, Australian writer, four time Miles Franklin Award winner^[23]
• Boey Kim Cheng, Singapore-born Australian poet^[24]
• Timothy Hawkes, Australian educator and writer, headmaster of The King's School, Parramatta^[5]
• Paul Kraus, Australian writer^[5]
• Jeni Mawter, Australian writer^[5]
• Liane Moriarty, Australian writer
• Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî, Kurdish writer^[5]
• Kimberley Starr, Australian writer^[5]
• Les Wicks, Australian poet^[5]

Media

Name	Macquarie University qualifications or faculty role	Notability	Notes
Rachael Carpani		Australian film actress, television actress
Sophie Falkiner		Australian television presenter
Yalda Hakim		Australian television presenter and news presenter
Margaret Pomeranz		Australian film critic

• Jane Caro, Australian writer^[5]
• Anja Coleby, Australian model, television actress, television producer^[5]
• Miranda Devine, Australian journalist^[5]
• Michael Duffy, Australian journalist, writer, radio presenter^[5]
• Martin Flood, Australian quiz show contestant, top prize winner on Australia's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?^[5]
• Kate Forsyth, Australian writer and journalist^[5]
• Hugh Mackay, Australian journalist, novelist, psychologist and sociologist^[5]
• Robert Ovadia, Australian journalist and television presenter^[5]
• Peter Overton, Australian journalist and television presenter^[5]
• Hugh Riminton, Australian journalist and television presenter^[5]
• Magdalena Roze, Australian meteorologist and television presenter^[5]
• Keith Windschuttle, Australian historian and writer, editor of Quadrant^[5]
• Irfan Yusuf, Australian social commentator and writer^[25]

Law

• Lloyd Babb, Australian barrister and NSW Director of Public Prosecutions^[5]
• Jayne Jagot, Australian judge, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia^[5]
• Lindy Jenkins, Australian judge, Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia^[5]
• Brian Preston, Australian judge, Chief Justice of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales^[5]

Religion

• Paul Barnett, Australian Anglican bishop, historian and biblical scholar^[5]
• Graham Joseph Hill, academic at the University of Divinity^[26]
• Tony Nichols, Australian Anglican bishop^[5]

Sport

• Grant Brits, Australian swimmer^[5]
• Christine Jensen Burke, Australian-New Zealand mountain climber^[5]
• Liz Ellis, Australian netball player, former captain of Australian netball team
• Rachael Gunn, Australian Olympian and academic
• Patrik Hefti, Liechtenstein association football player^[5]
• Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
• Holly Lincoln-Smith, Australian water polo player^[5]
• Joel Milburn, Australian athlete^[5]
• Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer (attended)^[5]
• Tom Trbojevic, rugby league player, currently playing for Manly Sea Eagles
• Melissa Wu, Australian diver

Administration

Chancellor

Order		Years	Notes
1		19671978
2	Percy Partridge	19781984
3		19841993	^[27]
4		19942001
5		20022008	^[28] ^[29]
6		20082019
7		2019present

Deputy Chancellor

Order	Name	Title	Years	Notes
1			19762000
		Emeritus Deputy Chancellor	20002011

Vice-Chancellors

Order		Years	Notes
1	Alexander Mitchell	19651975
2	Edwin Webb	19761986
3		19872006
4		20062012
5		2012present	^[30] ^[31]

Other faculty

Notable past and current faculty members include:

• Wally Abraham, Australian architect and town planner^[32]
• Deidre Anderson, Australian sports psychologist and Deputy Vice-Chancellor^[33]
• Joan Beck, Egyptian archaeology, Honorary Fellow of Macquarie University^[34]
• David Christian, British-American historian
• Max Coltheart, Australian cognitive scientist and academic at Macquarie University^[2]
• Raewyn Connell, Australian sociologist
• Stephen Crain, American-Australian linguist
• Paul Davies, British physicist, writer and broadcaster
• Patrick De Deckker (de), Australian paleontologist
• William Dumbrell, Australian biblical scholar
• Tim Flannery, Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist
• Jacqueline Jarrett Goodnow, Australian cognitive psychologist^[35]
• Jenny Hammond, Australian linguist
• Anita Heiss, Australian writer, presenter and commentator
• Ann Henderson-Sellers, Australian climatologist
• Ian Hogbin, British-born Australian anthropologist^[36]
• Bryan Horrigan, Australian legal academic
• Geoffrey Hull, Australian linguist
• Sohail Inayatullah, Pakistani-Australian futurologist
• Naguib Kanawati, Egyptian-Australian Egyptologist
• Daniel Kane, Australian linguist
• Konrad Kwiet, German Australian historian
• Marion Maddox, Australian writer, academic and political commentator
• Richard Makinson, Australian physicist
• Gabriele Marranci, Italian anthropologist
• John Mathews, Australian competitive dynamics and global strategist
• Christian Matthiessen, Swedish linguist^[37]
• Pat Michie, Australian neuroscientist/psychologist and academic at Newcastle University
• B. K. Misra, neurosurgeon^[38]
• Michael Morgan, Australian neurosurgeon^[2]
• José Enrique Moyal, Israeli-Australian mathematician
• Alanna Nobbs, Australian historian and writer
• Marlene Norst, Austrian Australian linguist
• Boyo Ockinga, Australian Egyptologist, epigrapher, and philologist
• Suzanne O'Reilly, Australian geologist
• Brian Orr, Australian physicist
• Pam Peters, Australian linguist
• Josef Pieprzyk, Polish-Australian cryptologist
• Ingrid Piller, Australian linguist
• Jim Piper, New Zealand-Australian physicist^[2]
• Andrew Pitman, British atmospheric scientist
• Arthur William Pryor, Australian physicist
• Murry Salby, American atmospheric scientist
• Leonie Sandercock, Canadian Australian urban theorist
• Patricia Margaret Selkirk, Australian biologist
• David Skellern, Australian electronic engineer and computer scientist^[2]
• Christina Slade, Australian academic and vice-chancellor of Bath Spa University
• Ross Street, Australian mathematician and Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society^[39]
• Keith Suter, Australian social scientist
• Esther Szekeres, Hungarian–Australian mathematician
• David Throsby, Australian economist^[2]
• Andrew Tink, Australian former politician, writer and legal academic^{[40] [2]}
• Alfred van der Poorten, Dutch Australian mathematician and Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society^[39]
• John Veevers, Australian geologist
• Neil Weste, Australian inventor and engineer
• Clive Williams, British Australian political scientist

Notes and References

1. News: Vale: Donald Argyle Adamson. Australian Antarctic Division. 5 Oct 2002. 15 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150415133315/http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-us/publications/australian-antarctic-magazine/2001-2005/issue-4-spring-2002/vale2/vale. 15 April 2015. dead.
2. Web site: It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours. Australian Government.
3. http://www.antarctica.gov.au/science/meet-our-scientists/dr-dana-bergstrom Bergstrom at the Australian Antarctic Division
4. Web site: Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite. Macquarie University.
5. Web site: Graduate Register . Macquarie University . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150312124204/https://students.mq.edu.au/student_admin/graduation/graduate_register/ . 2015-03-12 .
6. Web site: Professor Stephen Donnellan. 2015-01-16. 2015-03-25. University of Adelaide.
7. Web site: School of Psychology - Directory - People - Professor Alex Haslam. 12 August 2021. University of Queensland.
8. Web site: Lesley Hughes . 2022-05-12 . Macquarie University . en.
9. Web site: Lesley Hughes, Author at Climate Council . 2022-05-12 . Climate Council . en-GB.
10. Web site: Calling Dr Jones . This Week At Macquarie University . 5 February 2024 . en-AU . 14 September 2015.
11. Web site: Professor Marcia Langton - Indigenous Law Centre. University of New South Wales.
12. Web site: Larry R. Marshall Ph.D.. Bloomberg.
13. Web site: Mason, Peter. Encyclopedia of Australian Science.
14. Web site: Nicki Packer . 2022-05-12 . Macquarie University . en.
15. Web site: Professor Ian Ramsay - Staff Profile. University of Melbourne.
16. Web site: Mandy Reid - Australian Museum. australianmuseum.net.au. 2016-05-01.
17. Web site: Professor Frances Separovic - School of Chemistry. University of Melbourne. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140814080153/http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/professor-frances-separovic. 2014-08-14.
18. Web site: Trudinger biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics. University of St Andrews, Scotland.
19. Web site: Ward, John Clive. Encyclopedia of Australian Science.
20. Web site: George Williams - UNSW Law. University of New South Wales.
21. Web site: Parliamentary Handbook. Commonwealth of Australia.
22. Web site: University Governance - Biographies of Council Members. University of Adelaide.
23. Web site: Thea Astley. AustLit.
24. News: Roving poet Boey Kim Cheng returns to his Singapore roots. The Straits Times. 20 Jan 2013.
25. Yusuf, Irfan. 20 November 2008. Irfan Yusuf on Imams as Expert Witnesses. Conference '08. University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Victoria. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110218064245/http://www.nceis.unimelb.edu.au/event/conference-08-irfan-yusuf-imams-expert-witnesses. 18 February 2011.
26. Web site: Graham Joseph Hill Staff directory . 2022-11-10 . staff.divinity.edu.au . en-GB.
27. http://www.hcourt.gov.au/speeches/kirbyj/kirbyjbio.html High Court Bibliography
28. News: Mr Maurice Newman AC (Chairman). ABC Board Members. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
29. News: Thinker at the helm. The Australian. 15 December 2006.
30. Web site: Vice-chancellor. Macquarie University.
31. Web site: Our alumni - Our people. Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney.
32. News: Don Gazzard . The planning force for Macquarie University . . Fairfax Ltd . 50 . 4 November 2006.
33. News: Dee's new Macquarie gig. The Australian. Rowbotham. Jill. September 8, 2011. October 20, 2015.
34. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=SMH140306157D25GSS5M#Paul Weingott, (6 March 2014) Fearless fencer had force in the field: Joan Beck 1918-2014, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, p. 17
35. News: Vale Emeritus Professor Jacqueline Goodnow (1924-2014). Macquarie University. 27 June 2014.
36. Book: Biography - Herbert Ian Priestley Hogbin. The Australian Dictionary of Biography.
37. Web site: Biography. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 2015-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121854/http://www.polyu.edu.hk/iao/scholar-biography.php?id=105. 2015-04-02. dead.
38. http://www.neurosocietyindia.org/site/Past-president/Basant%20Kumar%20Misra,%20President%20NSI%202008.pdf
39. Web site: Aust MS Fellows. The Australian Mathematical Society.
40. Web site: Macquarie Law School: Honorary Associates: Andrew Tink. Macquarie University. Faculty of Arts.