Colin Stirling
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Colin Stirling | |
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 Stirling at the Flinders University Investigator Lecture in Adelaide, 2016 | |
| Vice-chancellor of Flinders University | |
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| Salary | $1,225,000 |
Colin J. Stirling is a university executive and academic. He lives in Adelaide, South Australia, where he has held the position of vice-chancellor of Flinders University since 2015.[1]
His academic background is in biology.
Vice-chancellorships
Born and educated in Scotland, Stirling was the first in his family to attend university,[2] attaining a Bachelor of Science in microbiology, with first class honours, from the University of Edinburgh and completing a PhD in genetics at the University of Glasgow.
He held a NATO Research Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, in the lab of Nobel laureate Randy Schekman before being appointed to a lectureship at the University of Manchester in 1990. From 1998 to 2011 he was professor of genetics at the University of Manchester and served in various leadership positions, including education dean in the Faculty of Life Sciences, associate vice-president eLearning and vice-president for teaching and learning (2008–2011).
Stirling moved to Australia and became deputy vice-chancellor academic at Curtin University in 2011. He was later appointed provost and senior deputy vice-chancellor,[1] before accepting the position of vice-chancellor of Flinders University in South Australia commencing in January 2015. His annual salary at Flinders University is ~$1,225,000.[3]
He has extensive experience in university and corporate governance both in the UK and Australia and has served on a wide range of government committees, advisory boards and funding bodies. He is a lifetime member of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.
On Australia Day 2016, Stirling became an Australian citizen.[4]
Honours and awards
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Fellowship (2006–2011)
- University of Manchester Distinguished Achievement Medal, "Researcher of the Year" (2005)
- Balfour Prize from the Genetical Society (1998)
- Fleming Award from the Society for General Microbiology (1997)
- The Lister Jenner Research Fellowship from the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine (1993–1998)
- NATO Research Fellowship (1988–1990)