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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Birgit Lohmann
Professor Birgit Lohmann
BSc (Hons) Adel., PhD Flin.
Professor Birgit Lohmann commenced in the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor on 14 February 2011.
Professor Lohmann is a graduate of the University of Adelaide (BSc Honours - Physics) and Flinders University (PhD in Atomic Physics).
Her research interests are in experimental atomic physics, and she spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University after graduating from Flinders University. In 1986 she took up a position as a lecturer at Murdoch University.
In 1990 she moved to Griffith University, where she was a teaching and research academic in physics, and served in a number of leadership roles including Head of the School of Science and Director of the Centre for Quantum Dynamics.
In 2007 she took up the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Quality) at the University of Adelaide, providing leadership in the areas of learning and teaching and oversight of the University’s quality assurance processes, including the University’s AUQA audit.
In this role she contributed to the strategic goals of the University, played a major role in policy development within the University and engaged significantly with national policy initiatives in the higher education sector.
She was Chair of numerous high level University committees and working parties, including the program approval committee, and was the University’s representative on state and national committees.
Professor Lohmann is an internationally known researcher in atomic and molecular physics, and is the Australian representative on the Executive Committee of the International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions.
She is currently Interim Chair of the Regional Universities Network Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) group, and a member of the Executive Group of the Universities Australia Deputy/ Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) group.