DrGreg Knowles

Consultant, Research Tenders (Education)

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education

  • Consultant, Research Tenders (Education)
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education
  • +61 3 924 45103 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

I have proven to be a successful, strategic and innovative commercialisation, science and technology business professional, and academic. Through diverse roles and experiences, and with particular focus at the university/industry interface, I’ve demonstrated strong expertise in leading end-to-end business development and project management, strategic business planning, analysis and reporting, scientific research, technology innovation and commercialisation, academic research supervision, scientific reporting & communication, academic teaching (science & business), and major facilities management. Notably, I’ve delivered substantial innovation, reliability and success in end-to-end commercial university business engagement, development and management including development of comprehensive process map and digital management system for such, constructive positive understanding of issues of the strategic management of university-industry engagement, world leading contributions to the development, characterisation and assessment of adsorbents, catalysts, adsorption & catalysis processes, and chemical sciences more broadly over two decades (including carbon capture & conversion science and technologies) successfully building national and international research collaborations and winning and helping win Victoria Fellowship, AFAS Associate, Monash-Warwick Alliance Research Catalyst Fund, ARC and CRC awards, developed and managed Monash University's Porous Adsorbent & Catalyst Materials and Process Characterisation Laboratories & Services for two decades, and supported the Monash University tertiary courses Technology Management For Scientists I & II, including lecturing, tutoring and course coordination, and so helped facilitate winning substantial research funds for both Deakin and Monash universities. Refer www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-knowles-b4443176

 

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Consultant, Research Tenders (Education)
    Deakin University, School of Education

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Fellow / Senior CO2CRC Researcher
    Monash University, School of Chemistry, Melbourne, Australia1 Jul 2006 - 30 Jun 2014
  • Research Associate
    Monash University, School of Chemistry, Melbourne, Australia12 Jan 2000 - 30 Jun 2006

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Research Manager
    Monash University, School of Chemistry, Melbourne, Australia1 Jul 2014 - 5 Jul 2019
  • Senior Tenders Advisor
    Deakin University, Research & Innovation, Geelong, Australia1 Jul 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
  • Senior Consultant, Scientist
    CO2CRC, Melbourne, Australia1 Feb 2020 - 15 Apr 2020

DEGREES

  • PhD (Science, Chemistry)
    Monash University, Melbourne, Australia1 Jul 2006 - 30 Jun 2013
  • MBA
    Australian Institute of Business, Adelaide, Australia1 Jan 2016 - 30 Jun 2017
  • Bachelor Of Arts
    Monash University, Melbourne, Australia1 Mar 1987 - 31 Dec 1989
  • BSc
    Monash University, Melbourne, Australia1 Mar 1991 - 31 Dec 1994

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Education