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Research at Macquarie is supported by five portfolios. Each portfolio is responsible for the development and strategic enhancement of Macquarie University’s research and innovation profile.
Macquarie University has established an enviable reputation for research excellence through our strategic research framework. As a result our researchers are responsible for revolutionary discoveries that have changed the world. Learn more about our research portfolios and teams.
The DVC (Research) portfolio
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) portfolio is responsible for developing and implementing strategies for improving research quality, capacity and capability across the University while maximising research funding streams, collaborations and higher degree research enrolment and completions.
Professor Sakkie Pretorius
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
In addition to consulting with the University community on the creation of the Research Strategy 2025, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) promotes achievement of the framework’s four research objectives and five future-shaping research priorities.
The DVC (Research) is supported by a research management team consisting of:
