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Distinguished Professors Recognised
13 December 2011
Distinguished Professors Recognised
Thirteen professors at The University of Auckland have been appointed to the rank of Distinguished Professor.
The title recognises professors who have achieved international eminence of the highest order in their fields of research and study. There are five other Distinguished Professors at the University appointed in 2001: Professor Ted Baker, Professor Brian Boyd, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, Professor Peter Hunter and Professor Dame Anne Salmond.
“Our Distinguished Professors are held in high esteem by the scholarly community across the world and we take pride in recognising them in this way,” said the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stuart McCutcheon. “We have some 261 professors in the University, many of them outstanding teachers and researchers. To be named a Distinguished Professor among such company is therefore a truly special achievement.”
The new appointees are:
Professor Bruce
Baguley
Co-Director
Auckland Cancer Society Research
Centre
Professor Debes Bhattacharyya
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Professor
John Boys
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Professor Margaret
Brimble
School of Chemical Sciences
Faculty of
Science
Professor Marston Conder
Department of
Mathematics
Faculty of Science
Professor Stephen
Davies
Department of Philosophy
Faculty of
Arts
Professor Bill Denny
Co-Director
Auckland
Cancer Society Research Centre
Professor Rod
Ellis
Department of Applied Language Studies and
Linguistics
Faculty of Arts
Professor Richard
Faull
Department of Anatomy with Radiology and Director
of the Centre for Brain Research
Faculty of Medical and
Health Sciences
Professor Jane Harding
Deputy
Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Professor Peter
Phillips
Department of Economics
Faculty of Business
and Economics
Professor Ian Reid
Acting Dean
Faculty
of Medical and Health Sciences
Professor Viviane
Robinson
School of Teaching, Learning and
Development
Faculty of
Education
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