Learn from
the best
At Melbourne, you‘ll learn from renowned
researchers and industry leaders who
are internationally recognised for their
outstanding achievements. Our academic
staff includes business, government and
community leaders as well as Nobel
Laureates and Rhodes Scholars.
Graduate with
the best
We attract the highest calibre of graduate
students. It‘s not surprising that we have
a long list of distinguished alumni from
our graduate schools.
We‘re proud of our staff
Professor Margaret Abernethy, IBM Community
and Government Award
Laureate Professor Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine, 1996
Professor Ross Garnaut, Vice-Chancellor‘s Fellow
and Professorial Fellow in Economics
Dr Robin Gasser, Fulbright Senior Scholarship
Professor Trevor Kilpatrick, Eureka Prize for
Medical Research
Professor Peter Singer, Laureate Professor
Professor Rod Tucker, Laureate Professor and
Director of the Institute for a Broadband-
Enabled Society.
Our graduates go places
Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, frst Australian
woman awarded a Nobel Prize; Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine, 2009
Dr Ruth Bright (nee Ockenden, 1953), authored
13 books on music therapy and co-founded the
Australian Music Therapy Association
Marita Cheng, 2012 Young Australian of the Year
and founder of Robogals
Professor Eric Reynolds AO, recipient of the IADR
2011 Distinguished Scientist Award for Basic
Research in Periodontal Disease; developer of the
remineralisation technology Recaldent
TM
John Stocker, Company Director and former
Chairman, CSIRO; former chief scientist of Australia
Mechai Viravaidya, founder and chairman of
the Population and Community Development
Association (Thailand).