Prof Greg Skilbeck
Professor Greg Skilbeck
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Greg Skilbeck has a thirty year career as a research and teaching academic at the University of Technology Sydney. He retired as an Emeritus Professor and Assistant Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) in 2019, where his main focus was on developing and fostering international research collaborations which UTS’ Key Technology Partners in China, South America, Europe and the UK, and developing and assessing the performance of UTS Research Strengths. He briefly returned to academia in 2022 as Deputy Head of the UTS Graduate Research School. He has previously been Head of Department of Applied Geology and of Environmental Sciences at UTS, and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Science.
He holds a PhD in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Sydney, and briefly worked as a petroleum exploration scientist, before returning to academia. He has a research track record in sedimentary geology, marine geology, palaeoclimate science and environmental science. In retirement, he is continuing to undertake research on Ocean Drilling Program legacy deep sea cores. He is a co-author on the Springer text “Applications of Paleoenvironmental techniques in Estuarine Studies” (2017).
His research record is very strong in international collaboration, including 4 research cruises on the JOIDES Resolution, the Marione DuFresne and the now-retired Aurora Australis, and he was a Project Leader on the IAEA Program “Use of Radioisotopes in the Study of El Nino” which ran from 2005-2012.
He has experience in ARC Grants preparation, submission and review and has assessed LIEF, Laureate and Future Fellow applications for the ARC. He was an invited participant in the review of the Science Faculty at the University of Newcastle. As a Head of Department and Associate Dean he led several reviews of curricula and teaching practices and played a leading role in the introduction of online teaching at UTS through the development of remote teaching materials.