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Professor Chris Armstrong

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research - Office of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Phone: +61 2 6773 5427

Biography

Professor Chris Armstrong is the Deputy Vice Chancellor Research for the University of New England, a role he took up in October 2022. At UNE he is responsible for the research direction of the university, including strategy, research services and the Graduate Research School. Prior to his appointment at UNE he was the NSW Deputy Chief Scientist & Engineer. He was awarded a Public Service Medal for his services in science and engineering in the 2016 Queens Birthday Honours. He served in the public sector from 2003. Within government Chris worked on a range of technical and policy issues including air quality associated with road tunnels, coal seam gas, koalas in NSW, climate modelling, industry decarbonisation, coal dust in the Hunter Valley Coal Chain, longwall mining etc. Chris has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Sydney.

The University of New England respects and acknowledges that its people, courses and facilities are built on land, and surrounded by a sense of belonging, both ancient and contemporary, of the world's oldest living culture. In doing so, UNE values and respects Indigenous knowledge systems as a vital part of the knowledge capital of Australia. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of the Aboriginal community and pay our respects to the Elders past, present and future.