IARU Presidents

Each IARU partner is represented by the head of the institution. Presidents meet annually to discuss specific topics of interest related to the higher education trends.

IARU Chair

The IARU Chair is elected from among the IARU Presidents for a period of 2 years. The current Chair of IARU is Professor Daya Reddy, the Interim Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town.  

Past IARU Chairpersons: Dr Anthony Freeling, 2022-2023 (University of Cambridge); Professor Stephen J. Toope, 2021-2022 (University of Cambridge); Dr Makoto Gonokami, 2018-21 (University of Tokyo); Chancellor Carol Christ, 2017-18 (University of California, Berkeley); Professor Nicholas Dirks, 2017 (University of California, Berkeley); Professor Ralf Hemmingsen, 2015-16 (University of Copenhagen); Professor Ralph Eichler, 2013-14 (ETH Zurich); Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, 2009-12 (National University of Singapore); Professor Ian Chubb, 2005-08 (Australian National University).

IARU Presidents

  • AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITYProf. Brian Schmidt AC, President
  • ETH ZURICH Prof. Joël Mesot, President
  • NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Prof. Tan Eng Chye, President
  • PEKING UNIVERSITYProf. GONG Qihuang, President
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY Prof. Carol Christ, Chancellor
  • UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGEProfessor Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor
  • UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Prof. Daya Reddy, Interim Vice-Chancellor
  • UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGENProf. Dr. Henrik Caspar Wegener, Rector
  • UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Prof. Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYODr. Teruo Fujii, President
  • YALE UNIVERSITY Prof. Peter Salovey, President

  • AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

    Prof. Brian Schmidt AC, President

    Professor Schmidt is the 12th Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University (ANU). Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, Professor Schmidt was an astrophysicist at the ANU Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics before becoming Vice-Chancellor.

    Professor Schmidt received undergraduate degrees in Astronomy and Physics from the University of Arizona in 1989, and completed his Astronomy Master's degree (1992) and PhD (1993) from Harvard University. Under his leadership, in 1998, the High-Z Supernova Search team made the startling discovery that the expansion rate of the Universe is accelerating. Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, The United States Academy of Science, and the Royal Society, he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2013.

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  • ETH ZURICH

    Prof. Joël Mesot, President

    Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, took up his new responsibility on 1 January 2019. Prior to his appointment, he served for more than 10 years as the Director of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), the largest publicly funded research institute in Switzerland. In addition, Dr. Mesot has been a full professor in physics, both at ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne. Since July 2010, he has also served as a member of the ETH Board.

    Dr. Mesot studied physics at ETH Zurich and earned his doctoral degree in the field of solid state physics using neutron scattering, both at ETH and the Institute Laue-Langevin (France). Following his first position at the PSI, he spent several years at the Argonne National Laboratory in the USA, where he specialized in synchrotron techniques. In 1999, he returned to Switzerland to head the ETH and PSI’s joint laboratory for neutron scattering.

    For his scientific achievements, Dr. Mesot has received several awards, among which the Swiss Physical Society’s IBM Award in 1995 and ETH Zurich’s Latsis Prize for excellence in research in 2002. He is member of several national and international advisory boards, among them the Swiss Innovation Park’s Foundation Board and the Senate of the Helmholtz Association, Germany.

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  • NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

    Prof. Tan Eng Chye, President

    Professor Tan Eng Chye is the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) 5th President and he will be the 23rd leader to head Singapore’s oldest higher education institution, which traces its roots to a modest medical school founded in 1905.

    Prof Tan obtained his Bachelor in Mathematics at NUS and his PhD at Yale University. He joined NUS as a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics in 1985. Prof Tan's research interests are in the Representation Theory of Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, and Invariant Theory and Algebraic Combinatorics.

    Prof Tan was a pioneer architect of the current academic system in NUS, and has seeded many initiatives such as the Special Programme in Science, University Scholars Programme, University Town Residential College Programme, Grade-free Scheme, Technology-enhanced Education, etc.

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  • PEKING UNIVERSITY

    Prof. GONG Qihuang, President

    Professor Gong Qihuang serves as President of Peking University, the Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of Peking University. He is also the Dean of the Graduate School of Peking University. He is the Cheung Kong Professor of Physics and Boya Chair Professor of Peking University, as well as the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and fellow of the World Academy of Sciences.

    He served as Vice Dean of the School of Physics, Deputy Director of the Development and Planning Department, Executive Vice Dean of the Graduate School, Provost, Vice President, and Executive Vice President of Peking University.

    He served as the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Artificial Microstructures and Mesoscopic Physics at Peking University (April 2001–March 2017), and he is the Director of the Academic Committee (March 2017 - Present). He was elected as a fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK (2007), the Optical Society of America (2010) and the International Society for Optics and Photonics (2018), a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013) and a fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (2018).

    Professor Gong is Vice President of the International Commission for Optics, Standing Committee member of the China Association for Science and Technology and Vice Chair of the Beijing Association for Science and Technology. He also serves as the President of Chinese Optical Society, Vice President of Chinese Physical Society and Vice President of the Chinese Society of Academic Degrees and Graduate Education.

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

    Prof. Carol Christ, Chancellor

    Carol Tecla Christ began her term as the 11th chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley on July 1, 2017. A celebrated scholar of Victorian literature, Christ is also well known as an advocate for quality, accessible public higher education, a proponent of the value of a broad education in the liberal arts and sciences, and a champion of women’s issues and diversity on college campuses.

    Christ spent more than three decades as a professor and administrator at UC Berkeley before serving as president of Smith College, one of the country’s most distinguished liberal arts colleges, from 2002 to 2013. She returned to Berkeley in January 2015 to direct the campus’s Center for Studies in Higher Education, and was appointed interim executive vice chancellor and provost in April 2016 before being named chancellor in March 2017. Since returning to Berkeley, Christ has played an instrumental role in efforts to stabilize the institution’s budget, confront sexual violence and sexual harassment on campus, create a long-term plan for housing students and scholars, and more.

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  • UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

    Professor Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor

    Professor Deborah Prentice became the University of Cambridge’s 347th Vice-Chancellor on 1 July 2023. An eminent psychologist, Professor Prentice carried out her academic and administrative career at Princeton University, which she first joined in 1988. She rose through the academic ranks and took on administrative responsibilities of increasing scope, chairing the Department of Psychology for 12 years, serving as Dean of Faculty for three years, and then serving six years as Provost, with primary responsibility for all academic, budgetary, and long-term planning issues. Her academic expertise is in the study of social norms that govern human behaviour – particularly the impact and development of unwritten rules and conventions, and how people respond to breaches of those rules. She has edited three academic volumes and published more than 50 articles and chapters, and she has specialised in the study of domestic violence, alcohol abuse and gender stereotypes.

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  • UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

    Prof. Daya Reddy, Interim Vice-Chancellor

    Daya Reddy graduated with a BSc degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cape Town in 1973, with first-class honours, and a PhD degree in Engineering from Cambridge University in 1977. He held a post-doctoral position during 1978 at University College London, and joined the University of Cape Town in 1979 as a Lecturer, jointly in the Departments of Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics. He was appointed Professor of Applied Mathematics in 1989, and to the South African Research Chair in Computational Mechanics in 2006. He has held various leadership positions in the Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics (CERECAM) and its predecessors, in particular as Director 1999 to 2021. At the University of Cape Town he has served as head of the Department of Applied Mathematics (1989–1994); and as dean of the Faculty of Science (1999–2005). He was elected by the Senate to serve three terms on the Council, the governing body of the university (1996–1999, 2002–2005, 2005–2008). He also served as an acting deputy vice-chancellor over three periods, for a total of over two years. Daya Reddy’s research interests lie in the broad area of solid and computational mechanics, straddling applied mathematics and engineering sciences. He enjoys considerable recognition nationally and internationally as a leader in his research field. Particular areas of interest include plasticity, finite element methods, and biological and biomedical mechanics. Professor Reddy is the author, co-author or editor of over 200 publications, including two research monographs, two texts, and three edited volumes of invited papers. He has taught across the curriculum at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and supervised to graduation 33 PhD and 38 Masters graduates, as well as 21 post-doctoral researchers. These include students and postdoctoral fellows from 14 African countries. Editorial activities include membership of the editorial boards of a number of journals, service as a reviewer of book manuscripts for a major scientific publisher, and as a reviewer for more than 20 journals. Daya Reddy is the only South African to be an elected fellow or member of all four South African academies: the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), by legislation the official academy of South Africa; the South African Academy of Engineering; the Royal Society of South Africa; and the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. He is also a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the African Academy of Sciences, a founding Fellow of the Academy of Engineering and Technology of the Developing World; and a Fellow of the International Science Council. He has held NRF A ratings (1996 – 2007, 2014 – 2021) and a B1 rating (2008 – 2013). 2 He has held visiting positions at various universities, including the Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany (as a Humboldt Research Awardee); the University of Texas at Austin (Visiting Faculty Fellowship, Institute for Computational Sciences and Engineering, 2006) and Stanford University (Timoshenko Lecturer, 2008). Daya Reddy was elected a Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics in 2008. In 2009 he received the Award for Distinguished Service from the South African Association for Computational and Applied Mechanics, and in 2016 the Award for Research Distinction of the South African Mathematical Society. He received the National Order of Mapungubwe (Bronze), bestowed by the President of the Republic of South Africa, in 2004, for distinguished international achievements. In 2012 he received the prestigious Georg Forster Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. The award “is granted in recognition of researchers whose fundamental discoveries … have had a significant impact on their own discipline and beyond and who are expected to continue developing research-based solutions to the specific challenges facing … developing countries”. In 2021 he received the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, from the University of Stellenbosch. Daya Reddy served (1999–2008) as a member of the Board of the National Research Foundation, and from 2002 to 2008 as Board chair. He was elected a Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa in 1996, and served as its President over the period 2012 – 2016. Professor Reddy played a leading role in the establishment of the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC), a South African national facility, in 2005. The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a pan-African network of centres of excellence for postgraduate education, research and outreach, in six African countries. Daya Reddy was a founder member in 2003 of AIMS South Africa, the first such institute and the model for those established subsequently. He is a Council member and former Council Chair of AIMS South Africa and a Trustee of the AIMS Trust. He has recently been appointed to the Governing Council of the African Open Science Platform. Daya Reddy serves on the Steering Committees of the national Centres of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CoE-MaSS), and in Scientometrics and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (SciSTIP) (also Chair). He also serves on the scientific advisory board of the National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS), and is an editorial advisory board member of the South Africa Journal of Science. Activities at the global level Daya Reddy served for three years, from 2018, as the President of the International Science Council (ISC), a body comprising 45 international scientific unions and associations, and national and regional scientific organizations from around 150 countries. He also served as co-chair of the policy arm of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global body comprising 140 national and regional merit-based academies. He currently serves on the steering committee of the Office for Astronomy Development, a body established by the International Astronomical Union to further the use of astronomy as a tool for development globally. Daya Reddy is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany, and currently chairs the Board. He is invited on a regular basis to speak at international meetings concerned with aspects of science and public policy, promotion of science, academic and scientific freedom, and science diplomacy.

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  • UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

    Prof. Dr. Henrik Caspar Wegener, Rector

    Henrik C. Wegener had been rector at the University of Copenhagen since March 2017. He is an expert on food safety, zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and emerging infectious diseases. He has served as advisor to national and international authorities and governments, international organizations and private companies, and universities and research foundations, and he has served, and is presently serving, on several national and international committees and boards on food safety, veterinary public health, and research policy. Most recently Professor Wegener was appointed Chair of the High Level Group of the EC Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM).

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  • UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

    Prof. Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor

    Vice-Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey CBE FMedSci. led Merton College from 2019-22 and is also Professor of Anaesthetic Neuroscience in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, a department she led for several years. She was tenured in 2001 to the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics with Tutorial Fellowship in Medicine at Christ Church. Additionally, she held the Nuffield Chair in Anaesthetic Sciences for 12 years with a Fellowship at Pembroke College.

    She is also President of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS). Professor Tracey's research on the neuroscience of pain has contributed to a better understanding of pain perception and its relief in the human brain. She has also used neuroimaging to better understand anaesthesia-induced altered states of consciousness. Irene has served and continues to serve academia through her election to the Councils of the International Association for the Study of Pain, British Neuroscience Association, and Medical Research Council. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to Medical Research by Her Majesty The Queen in 2022. Professor Tracey completed her undergraduate degree and doctorate at Merton College, Oxford, in biochemistry; her doctoral work focused on early use of magnetic resonance imaging methods to study disease mechanisms.

    Professor Tracey held a postdoctoral position at Harvard Medical School, working at the Martinos Centre for Biomedical Imaging, before returning to Oxford in 1997, when she became a founding member and then Director for ten years of the world-leading institution now known as the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging. She has won many academic and international prizes throughout her career. Professor Tracey is married to Professor Myles Allen and they have three children.

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  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO

    Dr. Teruo Fujii, President

    Dr. Teruo Fujii became the 31th President of the University of Tokyo on April 1, 2021, with a six-year term. He was previously Executive Vice President in charge of finance and external relations for the university. He also served as Director General of Institute of Industrial Sciences (IIS) of the university from 2015 to 2018. He received his Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Tokyo (1993) and after joining RIKEN Institute became an associate professor (1999) and professor (2007) of IIS.

    Dr. Fujii was also an advisor to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) from 2005 to 2008 and Co-director of LIMMS-CNRS/IIS, a joint research lab between CNRS, France, and IIS, from 2007 to 2014. He served as the President of Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society (CBMS) and organized its MicroTAS conference held in Okinawa in 2012.

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  • YALE UNIVERSITY

    Prof. Peter Salovey, President

    Peter Salovey is the 23rd president of Yale University and the Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology. He began his tenure in July 2013. After receiving an A.B. (psychology) and A.M. (sociology) from Stanford University in 1980 with departmental honors and university distinction, Salovey earned three degrees at Yale in psychology: an M.S. (1983), M.Phil. (1984), and Ph.D. (1986). He holds secondary faculty appointments in the Schools of Management and Public Health, the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and the Sociology Department.

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