Alex Zelinsky
AO,FAA,FTSE,FRSN
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Professor Alex Zelinsky on 27 January 2014
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Newcastle
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2018
Preceded byCaroline McMillen
Chief Defence Scientist
In office
March 2012 – November 2018
Preceded byRobert Clark
Succeeded byTanya Monro
Personal details
Born(1960-03-05)5 March 1960(age 62)
Wollongong, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Wollongong
AwardsOfficer of the Order of Australia
M. A. Sargent Medal
Scientific career
FieldsMobile robotics
InstitutionsUniversity of Newcastle
Defence Science and Technology Group
CSIRO
Australian National University
University of Wollongong
ThesisEnvironment exploration and path planning algorithms for mobile robot navigation using sonar (1991)