Professor Paulo De Souza is the Head of the School of Information and Communication Technology with Griffith University. He worked previously at the Australian National Science Agency (CSIRO) where he held several management positions including Research Director, Science Director and lately Office of the Chief Executive Science Leader and Chief Research Scientist with Data61. There he excelled in projects where innovation, cross-disciplinary capability, and team building skills were required to deliver remarkable impact in domains including environment, agriculture, biosecurity, mining, and biomedicine. He lead the establishment of strong partnerships with ICT industry groups as key players in those projects.
Professor De Souza completed his Ph.D. in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) at Johannes Gutenberg Universität in Mainz, Germany and his undergraduate and M.Sc (Eng.) studies at UFES in Brazil. His research interests lie in the area of micro-sensing and he explores applications of his instruments across different fields of science and in industry, including mining, space, and ICT. He contributed to the design, production, deployment, and operation of a sensor used by NASA onboard two rovers on Mars. Paulo is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He serves as editorial board member of several interdisciplinary and ICT journals and is a reviewer of several research funding programs in Australia and abroad. He has extensive international hands-on experience in industrial research, consultancy, government agencies, and academia. Paulo is an experienced postgraduate and early career researcher supervisor. He is co-author of several books and international patents, and of over 200 peer-review publications including several articles in the prestigious journals Science and Nature. He is co-author of a series of articles identified as the “Breakthrough of the Year” by Science Magazine, and received several international awards for his service to science particularly in the ICT sector. Paulo is an experienced science communicator having his research covered by major media including CNN, Al Jazeera, Time Magazine, Forbes, The Guardian, and BBC.
