ITRI leadership team confirmed

Professor Andrew Parratt has been appointed as the Executive Director of ITRI, Deakin University's new Institute for Technology Research and Innovation.

Announcing the appointment, Deakin's Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Professor David Stokes said he was thrilled that Professor Parratt had accepted the appointment.

"Since joining Deakin as the Director of BioDeakin, Andrew Parratt has played a key role in helping us move towards the next step in our research growth," Professor Stokes said.

"Andrew has been particularly good at recruiting quality researchers, as well as building partnerships with industry.

"Andrew will join Professor Peter Hodgson, who is Director of Research for ITRI, Professor Xungai Wang who is the Director of the Materials Group in ITRI and Professor Saeid Nahavandi who is the Director of the Intelligent Systems Group in ITRI. Together they make a world-class team."

Professor Parratt said he was excited about what lies ahead for ITRI and for Deakin’s research.

"In the time I have been at Deakin, we have seen some really fantastic advances in our research," Professor Parratt said.

"There is a great sense of pride in the work being done in the areas that will now come under the ITRI banner. There is also a great sense of team work and that gives you great confidence when you go out and talk to industry or Government about entering into a new partnership with us.

"You know that you have this really great group of people behind you.

"I am really looking forward to the future, and also with working alongside the ITRI team.”

For more information on ITRI: www.deakin.edu.au/research/itri/

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