Paul Wellings
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Professor Paul Wellings | |
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Born | Paul William Wellings 1 November 1953 Nottingham, England |
Education | Lancaster Royal Grammar School |
Alma mater | King's College London (BSc) Durham University (MSc) University of East Anglia (PhD) |
Occupation | Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Wollongong |
Spouse | Annette Schmidt |
Relatives | Sam Wynne (great uncle) |
Paul William Wellings
Education
Wellings was born in Nottingham on 1 November 1953 and grew up in India and Nigeria. He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, King's College London (BSc Joint Hons, Zoology and Botany), Durham University (MSc Advanced Ecology) and the University of East Anglia (UEA) (PhD, 1980). His PhD "Qualitative changes in the regulation of Sycamore aphid numbers" was supervised by Professor Tony Dixon.
Career
He was awarded a NERC Personal Fellowship on life-history theory at UEA. In 1981 Wellings resigned his fellowship to take up a position in
He has been of Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR),the Cumbrian Rural Regeneration Company, the Bundanon Trust, University of Wollongong Global Enterprises, the General Sir John Monash Foundation and the Global Foundation. During his academic career he was a board member of Universities UK and chair of UUK's International and European Policy Committee, and a board member of Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Chair of HEFCE's Research Committee, Chair of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, convener of NSW Vice-Chancellors Committee.
Honours and Distinctions
Wellings was appointed
Portraits of Professor Wellings hang at Lancaster University (Tai-Shan Schierenberg, 2011) and the University of Wollongong (Sally Robinson, 2021). The University of Wollongong's Molecular Sciences building is named in honour of its former Vice-Chancellor.
Personal life
Paul Wellings is married to linguist and designer, Annette Schmidt. His Great Uncle was the English professional football player, Sam Wynne.
Footnotes
- ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 8.
- ^ Four new deputy lieutenants for Lancashire appointed