Professor Nick Klomp is the Vice-Chancellor and President of CQUniversity, Australia’s largest regional university with 35,000 students and 3000 staff. As the Vice-Chancellor, he leads the University by driving its strategy and academic vision, enhancing its culture and external profile, strengthening its finances and supporting its communities, across a national network of campuses.
Professor Klomp is a member of several national committees and government advisory bodies, as well as being current and former chair of six companies and organisations.
Prior to his appointment as Vice-Chancellor of CQUniversity in 2019, Professor Klomp was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Canberra, reporting directly to Professor Deep Sani, Vice-Chancellor from 2016 – 2019.
Previous to this role, Professor Klomp was the Dean of the Faculty of Science at Charles Sturt University, leading a large and diverse faculty in seven schools across six campuses, with disciplines ranging from Veterinary Science to Dentistry, Nursing to Environmental Science, Forensic Biotechnology to Wine Science, Agriculture to Allied Health and more.
In addition to his extensive teaching career, Professor Klomp is recognised internationally for his research in applied ecology and environmental science, having produced two books and around 60 refereed publications, successfully supervised more than a dozen doctoral students, and attracted several nationally-competitive grants.
Professor Klomp is passionate about student engagement in learning, excellence in teaching, and research with impact. He has been presented with a teaching excellence award and has been nominated for awards in the promotion of science.