Professor Kerrie Wilson
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Professor Kerrie Wilson, a leading environmental scientist and researcher into conservation science, strategy and policy is Queensland’s new Chief Scientist.
Professor Wilson, who will take up her appointment in November, has had a distinguished career in leadership positions with respected scientific institutions.
She is one of Australia’s leading researchers into the science, strategy and policy of conservation.
Professor Wilson is currently QUT’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability and Research Integrity) and formerly the Executive Director of QUT’s Institute for Future Environments.
Before joining QUT in 2019, Professor Wilson was the Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions and an ARC Future Fellow at The University of Queensland.
She is also an Affiliated Professor in Conservation Science at The University of Copenhagen, a member of the Australian Heritage Council, and previously a member of the Reef 2050 Plan Independent Expert Panel.
Professor Wilson has held leadership positions including Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy Australia and the Australian Natural Sciences Commissioner for UNESCO.
She has received numerous awards, including the Prime Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year, the Australian Academy of Science Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science, two ARC Research Fellowships and an Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Outstanding Young Researcher.
She holds a Bachelor in Environmental Science (First Class Honours) from the University of Queensland and a PhD from The University of Melbourne, undertaken in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre, based in Cambridge.
