Kate McGrath

Professor McGrath is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research) at the University of Technology Sydney. In this role Kate provides the vision and leadership to build UTS’s national and international profile in research training, external research engagement and innovation. She is responsible for the strategic direction, operations and support of research across the university.

With an extensive background in research and the translation and commercialisation of research and IP-led research partnerships with industry, Professor McGrath was previously Vice-Provost (Research) at Victoria University of Wellington and led the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, a New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence.

Professor McGrath has been a director of university start-ups, not for profits and Callaghan Innovation, the New Zealand Government’s innovation Crown entity.