Professor Laura Parry was appointed to the role of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Excellence) in August 2021. She has three decades of experience in higher education, as a researcher, research leader and award-winning educator, and is internationally-renowned for her expertise and ground-breaking research in reproductive and vascular biology.

During her career, Laura has received three Fellowships (ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, ARC QEII Fellowship), authored more than 100 journal articles and book chapters, and has attracted more than $11 million in research funding to her own team’s research. She was a member of the ARC College of Experts.

From 2015 until 2019, Laura was Professor in BioSciences and Associate Dean of Research and Industry at the Faculty of Science, the University of Melbourne. In September 2020, she was appointed interim Executive Dean of Sciences at the University of Adelaide, after a 10-month appointment as Head of School, Biological Sciences. Professor Parry is also a champion of the greater participation of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).