Deputy Vice-Chancellor's Biography
Professor Greg Hill
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Brisbane Teach.Coll., BA(Hons)
Qld., PhD
Qld.
Professor Greg Hill began his career as a primary school teacher. He later completed a B.A. Honours in geography (additional major ancient/Asian history) and a PhD (Wildlife/Statistical Ecology) at the University of Queensland (UQ). He taught at UQ for 15 years and was appointed as Reader in Geographical Sciences and UQ Director of the (ARC) Key Centre in Land Information Studies.
He accepted the Foundation Chair in Tropical Environmental Science at, the now, Charles Darwin University in 1995 and was a Dean from 1997. He was actively involved in establishment, management and governance of university and national research centres including the Tropical Savannas Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), the Sustainable Tourism CRC, the Key Centre in Tropical Wildlife Management, the Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management and the Centre for Tropical Wetlands Management. He held various government appointments, including: Chair of the Northern Territory Board of Studies, and membership of the Kakadu National Park Research Advisory Committee.
Professor Hill has active research interests in remote sensing, wildlife ecology, resource management, environmental planning and education. He has gained national recognition for teaching innovation and technology transfer to developing countries. His experience in the Northern Territory cemented a commitment to the cause of indigenous Australians and he has served on the AVCC Indigenous Advisory Committee. He is privileged to be adopted into the community of the White Eagle (Mak Mak) people from the Finnis River district.
Professor Hill was appointed as Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of the Sunshine Coast from March 2005.