Director, Innovative Planet Research Institute: Professor Allison Kealy

Director, Innovative Planet Research Institute: Professor Allison Kealy
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Professor Allison Kealy has been appointed as the inaugural Director of Swinburne University's Innovative Planet Research Institute.

Academic and Professional Leadership

Allison Kealy is an internationally recognised leading researcher in the field of Geodesy. Her research contributions are particularly focused in the high-impact application areas of transport, emergency management, defence, and critical infrastructure. Allison will be responsible for driving the strategic direction of Swinburne’s sustainability research agenda.

Professor Kealy brings a raft of industry and government experience to Swinburne, most recently as the Executive Director of Surveying and Spatial at the Department of Transport and Planning within the Victorian Government. She has also held senior positions at SmartSat CRC, Sir Lawrence Wackett Centre, RMIT University and The University of Melbourne.