Professor David Lloyd

Professor David Lloyd is Vice Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia and co-Vice Chancellor of Adelaide University. 

A Dublin-born and educated chemist with a specialisation in computer-aided drug design, Prof Lloyd has positioned UniSA as Australia's university of enterprise, reshaping the institution’s activities to better meet the challenges of today’s learners. Most recently he has co-led the creation of the new Adelaide University – the first comprehensive public Australian university to be created this century – formed through the amalgamation of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia.

Prof Lloyd is currently a ministerially-appointed member of the Australian Universities Accord Implementation Advisory Committee (IAC). He has chaired the Australian Technology Network – a group of technology-focused universities – and Universities Australia (UA), the peak body representing the university sector. He was also UA's lead Vice Chancellor for Indigenous issues and for Research and Innovation. Additionally, Prof Lloyd served on the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Advisory Committee, where he helped enhance the ARC’s ability to support research and innovation in Australia by providing advice on strategy and key research policy issues. Prof Lloyd was also a member of South Australia’s Economic Development Board (EDB) from 2014 to 2018. 

Before joining UniSA, Prof Lloyd was Vice President for Research, and later, Bursar and Director of Strategic Innovation at Trinity College Dublin. Prof Lloyd was also Chair of the Irish Research Council and, prior to entering academia, worked in the pharmaceutical industry in the UK. He holds an Honorary Professorship from Tianjin University and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. 

Prof Lloyd holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Applied Chemistry and a PhD in Medicinal Organic Chemistry from Dublin City University. He also holds an MA (j.o.) from Trinity College and an Honorary Doctorate from the late Sir Terry Pratchett’s Unseen University. 

Chartered Chemist (C. Chem)

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philisophy (Medicinal Organic Chemistry) Dublin City University

• Bachelor of Science (Honors) Applied Chemistry Dublin City University