POSTED: 16 Aug, 2021
Congratulations to the Australian Cobotics Centre Chief Investigators and Research Program Co-Leads Jared Donovan and Matthias Guertler on their recent promotions.
- Jared Donovan co-lead of the Human-Robot Interaction program was promoted to Associate Professor. Jared was successful in the recent QUT promotion round
- Matthias Guertler, co-lead of the Designing Socio-Technical Robotic Systems program was promoted to Senior Lecturer in UTS’s recent promotion round.
These promotions are an acknowledgement of both of their extensive contributions to their university’s educational, research and leadership goals. The Centre will benefit immensely from their expertise and leadership.
The Centre is incredibly lucky to have both of these researchers on board!


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