Prof Joe Shapter
Professor Joe Shapter
Senior Associate
Joe Shapter is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure) at the University of Queensland, responsible for the strategic leadership of the University’s research infrastructure. He is also a Senior Group Leader at the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
Prof. Shapter served as a member of the 'Frontier Technologies' Expert Working Group for NCRIS and was involved in writing the 2009 roadmap for science funding. Prof. Shapter has provided summaries of nanotechnology to the Australian Chief Scientist and was consulted by the Commonwealth government in building the National Enabling Technologies Strategy (NETS). He has also served on the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Materials Science and Engineering. Joe is currently serving on national boards in the research and research infrastructure areas.
Joe served as Dean of the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Flinders University and headed the Flinders involvement in both the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF) and the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) and was the South Australian Director for AMMRF. Other positions at Flinders included Associate Dean (International) in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI).
Joe has published 350+ refereed articles on novel nanomaterial production, nanometer scale of these materials and their applications in, for example, sensors or solar cells.
Joe has a long history of involvement in tertiary education which has been recognised with several awards. He held an Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) National Teaching Fellowship which explored “Developing Tailored Study Plans for the New Higher Education Environment: ‘Letting Go of Control’”. He also served as Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Flinders University.