Melbourne Laureate Professors

The University from time to time may appoint Melbourne Laureate Professors, including

  • Nobel Laureates
  • Scholars equivalent in standing to Nobel Laureates (who will be in fields in which Nobel prizes are not awarded)
  • Distinguished professors from existing University of Melbourne professoriate.

All such appointments will carry the title of Melbourne Laureate Professors.

Appointment as a Melbourne Laureate Professor represents a significant honour and the University will ensure that prominence is given to the work of such professors.

Current Nobel Laureate Professors

Microbiology and Immunology Peter Charles Doherty, AC BVScQld. MVScQld. PhD Edin.HonDVScQldHonDVScANUHonDScEdin. HonDScTufts.HonDScWarsawHonDMSc Rhodes HonDPh Kyorin FAA FRS RACP.
Appointed 1 July 2002.

Previous Nobel Laureate Appointments

Economics and Commerce

Professor Sir James Mirrlees
Appointed 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2007.

Professor Sir Clive Granger
Appointed 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2007.

Current Melbourne Laureate Professors

  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Timothy Baldwin, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Kim Bennell, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Samuel Frank Berkovic AM, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Frank Caruso, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Hilary Charlesworth AM, Melbourne Law School
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Rob Evans, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Ary Hoffmann AC, Faculty of Science
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Lloyd Hollenberg, Faculty of Science
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Sharon Lewin, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Paul Mulvaney, Faculty of Science
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Anne Orford, Melbourne Law School
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Sundhya Pahuja, Melbourne Law School
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Eric Charles Reynolds AO, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Ingrid Scheffer AO, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Kate Smith-Miles, Faculty of Science
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Adrienne Stone, Melbourne Law School
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Hugh Ringland Taylor AC, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Melbourne Laureate Professor Emeritus

  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Emerita Cynthia Hardy, Faculty of Business and Economics
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Emeritus John Hattie, Melbourne Graduate School of Education
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Emeritus Marshall William Lightowlers, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Emeritus Cheryl Saunders, Melbourne Law School
  • Melbourne Laureate Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Wayne Stevens, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology