Provost and Senior Vice-President

Professor Vicki Chen is UTS's Provost and Senior Vice-President. As the primary academic officer, the Provost is the second-in-charge to the Vice-Chancellor and oversees the academic activities of the university.

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A portrait shot of Vicki Chen, Provost and Senior Vice-President

Professor Vicki Chen

Vicki's role includes a particular focus on:

  • the overall academic operations of the university, including management of the faculties
  • overseeing the whole of institution deployment of Indigenous strategy, education and support
  • promoting social inclusion and widening participation initiatives
  • university-wide strategic planning, quality assurance and performance monitoring and reporting, including oversight of key performance indicators
  • developing university planning targets
  • the Commonwealth funding agreement and broad academic profile management.

Prior to joining UTS in 2022, Professor Chen was Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and IT at the University of Queensland (UQ) and served as Head of School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW Sydney. During her time at UQ Professor Chen led an impressive array of initiatives to uplift UQ's standing via high profile partnerships, curriculum innovations and cross-disciplinary research relationships.

Professor Chen is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, holds Chartered Status in Leadership and Management with Engineers Australia, and is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Professor Chen was previously the Director of UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology and a board member of Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy.

Professor Chen has over twenty-five years of academic expertise in membrane separation, biocatalytic systems, nanomaterials and water treatment. She has over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and two patents.

Professor Chen graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

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Contact

Melissa Oey
Executive Assistant

+61 2 9514 1350

Melissa.Oey@uts.edu.au

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.