Attila Brungs

Attila Brungs
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Vice-Chancellor of the University of Technology Sydney
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Personal details
Born	Australia
Residence(s)	Sydney, New South Wales
Alma mater	University of New South Wales University of Oxford
Profession	University vice-chancellor, academic
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Attila Brungs is the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He was appointed to the role in July 2014.

Career

Brungs has been a researcher in both industry and academia, with interests in the area of heterogeneous catalysis.

As Vice-Chancellor of UTS, Brungs has been instrumental in the university's rise to Australia’s position amongst the world’s top young universities, including supporting the transformation of the UTS campus with the addition of the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, designed by Frank Gehry, the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Building and the Vicki Sara Building through a $1.3 billion campus master plan.

Prior to his appointment as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at UTS in September 2009, Brungs was General Manager, Science Investment, Strategy and Performance at CSIRO. His role incorporated the determination of broad research direction and resource allocation, performance monitoring of CSIRO research programs, including its flagship programs, and the development and implementation of organisational strategy.

Before joining CSIRO in 2002, Brungs was a senior manager at McKinsey and Co, managing teams in North America, Asia, New Zealand and Australia.

Some of Brungs’ present key appointments include the Federal Government Research Data Infrastructure Committee; the NSW Innovation and Productivity Council; Convenor, NSW Vice-Chancellor’s Committee; Chair, UniProjects; and the Federal Government’s National University Precincts Advisory Committee. His experience includes many distinguished past board and committee memberships, including for not-for-profit organisations, in addition to numerous state and federal government and institutional appointments.

Education

Brungs is a Rhodes Scholar, with a Doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry from Oxford University, and a recipient of the University Medal in Industrial Chemistry from UNSW. He is an alumnus of Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview in Sydney.

Personal life

Brungs grew up in Sydney and is married to artist Kate Gradwell. Brungs and Gradwell have two children together. He is a member of the Sydney Sabre and UTS Fencing Club.