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Professor Helen Garnett - Conference Speaker

Professor Helen Garnett is currently Vice-Chancellor at the Charles Darwin University, having commenced in that role in October 2003. 

Charles Darwin University is a multi sector institution delivering both Vocational and Higher Education across the Northern Territory.

Before taking up her role as Vice-Chancellor, Professor Garnett was the Executive Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), and Acting Executive Director since 1994. From 1992 to 1994 she was Deputy Executive Director of the same organisation.

Professor Garnett has a national and international reputation for her contribution to the life sciences and the peaceful development and application of nuclear technologies and as an Australian representative to the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency from 1994 until joining Charles Darwin University has played a significant role in numerous international initiatives.

Professor Garnett is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Wollongong and prior to joining ANSTO was Professor and Head of the Department of Biology at the University of Wollongong, Australia (1987-1992), and Foundation Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (1979-1986).

Professor Garnett was born in Australia and educated at the University of Sydney, where she gained first class honours for her Bachelor of Science degree (1969), the University of London, and the University of Wales, where she completed her Doctor of Philosophy in 1974.