Professor Bronwyn Fox

• Advisory Board Chair
• University of New South Wales

Professor Bronwyn Fox is the Deputy Vice Chancellor Research and Enterprise at the University of New South Wales, and is the Chair of COE-CSI’s Advisory Board.

Prior to joining UNSW in mid-2024, she was the Chief Scientist at CSIRO and previously held the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) at Swinburne University. She is an internationally recognised expert on carbon fibre and composite materials and was the founding Director of Swinburne’s Manufacturing Futures Research Institute as well as Deakin’s Carbon Nexus facility.

In October 2023, Professor Fox was appointed by The Minister for Science and Industry as Australia’s Expert Adviser to the International Scientific Report on Advanced AI Safety, led by Yoshua Bengio. She represents Australia at the Expert Advisory Panel alongside representatives from 30 countries including USA, Japan, Singapore, the EU and the UN.

Professor Fox is a former Chair of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (Victorian Division), a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, a Fellow of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She was appointed by the federal government to serve as a member of the National Quantum Advisory Committee and was also appointed as Chair of the National Robotics Strategy Advisory Committee.

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