Professor Bob Hill

Professor Hill is currently the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Adelaide. A graduate of the University of Adelaide, he completed his Ph.D. on Tertiary plant macrofossils in 1981, and his D.Sc. on the interaction between climate change and the evolution of the living Australian vegetation in 1997.

In 1979 Bob accepted a position as Tutor in Botany at James Cook University, and in 1980 he was offered a lecturing position in the Department of Botany at the University of Tasmania. He remained at the University of Tasmania until 1999, after being promoted to Professor in 1993. He was Head of the School of Plant Science for six years prior to his departure and was awarded Professor Emeritus status by the University of Tasmania Council in 2000.

In 1999 Bob returned to the University of Adelaide as an Australian Research Council (ARC) Senior Research Fellow. In 2001 he was appointed Head of Science at the South Australian Museum and in 2003 became Head of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He was appointed to his current position of Executive Dean in September 2006.

During his career Bob has won many awards, including the Clarke and Burbidge Medals for his research into the impact of long-term climate change on the evolution of Australian vegetation.

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