Interim Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Professor Andrew Cheetham has a PhD in plasma physics (1976) and spent 15 years working in the field of plasma diagnostic systems in nuclear fusion energy research laboratories in Germany, Switzerland, Australia and the UK including as a Principal Scientific Officer at the Joint European Torus (JET).

In 1990 he returned to Australia and joined the then School of Electronics Engineering and Applied Physics at the University of Canberra where he has taught physics, electronics, power systems, signal processing, computer controlled instrumentation and automatic control systems.

Professor Cheetham is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He has published over 60 refereed articles and presented over 90 conference papers in the fields of: plasma and fusion physics, computer controlled instrumentation and data analysis.

Professor Cheetham is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is currently deputy Chair of the Board of the National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) and a board member of Intersect Australia Ltd. and AHURI Ltd.

Contact the Interim Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Teresa Kennedy
Executive Assistant
Email: t.kennedy@uws.edu.au 
Telephone: (02) 9678 7619