# Provost
**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/leadership-governance/senior-executive-team/provost
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/bel/about/contact
## Professor Mark Blows
BSc, PhD, La Trobe, FAA
Provost and Senior Vice-President
### Areas of responsibility
As Provost and Senior Vice-President, Professor Mark Blows is the Vice-Chancellor's senior deputy and a critical contributor to the management of the University. The Provost deputises for the Vice-Chancellor in their absence.
The Provost is responsible for building the University’s academic capability and embedding a performance culture in support of UQ's strategic objectives.
The Office of the Provost leads the University budget and strategic planning process, and is responsible for the performance of UQ's faculties and major research institutes.
### Biography
Mark received his PhD in genetics from La Trobe University in 1994. He subsequently held an NSERC International Fellowship at York University and an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship at James Cook University, before joining The University of Queensland in 1998. At UQ he was awarded 2 further Australian Research Council Fellowships.
His major interests are in statistical genetics, with a particular focus on how genetic variance evolves, the distribution of genetic variance in high-dimensional phenotypes, and how genetic variation limits evolutionary change.
In 2011, Mark was elected to the Australian Academy of Science. After serving for 7 years as the Head of the School of Biological Sciences, he became Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) in 2017.
Mark was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research and Innovation) in 2022 before becoming Provost in 2024.
### Contact
Jane Campbell, Executive Assistant
[provost.ea@uq.edu.au](mailto:provost.ea@uq.edu.au)\
[+61 7 3365 7277](tel:+61733657277)
Janey Saunders, Director, Office of the Provost
[j.saunders2@uq.edu.au](mailto:j.saunders2@uq.edu.au)\
[+61 7 3365 1313](tel:+61733651313)
[Level 4, Brian Wilson Chancellery, St Lucia campus](https://maps.uq.edu.au/?zoom=20.017558195847478&campusId=406&lat=-27.498506062139683&lng=153.01129460630216&zLevel=1&pitch=27.999999999999954&identifier=5135feaf-6734-4243-bdd7-49de8e090a22)
## Executive team
### Professor Pauline Ford
#### Deputy Provost
The Deputy Provost assists in the operations of the Provost portfolio and takes forward initiatives sponsored by the Offices of the Vice-Chancellor and Provost. This includes providing direction for strategic projects and working with committees and groups to drive performance agenda.
[View Pauline Ford's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1228)
##### Contact
Lu Apruzzese, Executive Assistant
[deputy.provost@uq.edu.au](mailto:deputy.provost@uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 3346 9888](tel:+61733469888)
## Faculties
The Executive Deans are responsible for the academic and administrative leadership of UQ's faculties and their associated schools.
### Professor Andrew Griffiths
#### Executive Dean, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
[View Andrew Griffiths's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/bel/about/leaders)
##### Contact
Hollie Duncan-Tibbey and Denise Morgan, Executive Assistants
[execdean@bel.uq.edu.au](mailto:execdean@bel.uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 3365 6204](tel:+61733656204)
### Professor Liesl Folks
#### Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
[View Liesl Folks's profile](https://www.eait.uq.edu.au/profile/12173/liesl-folks)
##### Contact
Sarah Flett, Executive Assistant
[exec.dean@eait.uq.edu.au](mailto:exec.dean@eait.uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 3365 3329](tel:+61733653329)
### Professor Danny Liew
#### Executive Dean, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
[View Danny Liew's profile](https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/hmbs/about/leaders)
##### Contact
[hmbs.execdean@uq.edu.au](mailto:hmbs.execdean@uq.edu.au)
### Professor Heather Zwicker
#### Executive Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
[View Heather Zwicker's profile](https://hass.uq.edu.au/profile/3697/heather-zwicker)
##### Contact
Liisa Partanen, Faculty Executive Officer
[execdean@hass.uq.edu.au](mailto:execdean@hass.uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 3346 1615](tel:+61733461615)
### Professor Melissa Brown
#### Executive Dean, Faculty of Science
[View Melissa Brown's profile](https://science.uq.edu.au/profile/939/melissa-brown)
##### Contact
Libby Liguet, Executive Assistant
[science.dean@uq.edu.au](mailto:science.dean@uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 3365 1609](tel:+61733651609)
## Institutes
The Directors of UQ's institutes are responsible for their academic and administrative leadership.
### Professor Alan Rowan
#### Director, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
[View Alan Rowan's profile](https://aibn.uq.edu.au/profile/3533/alan-rowan)
##### Contact
Lesley Green, Executive Assistant
[executive.office@aibn.uq.edu.au](mailto:executive.office@aibn.uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 3346 4305](tel:+61733464305)
### Professor Ian Henderson
#### Executive Director, Institute for Molecular Bioscience
[View Ian Henderson's profile](https://imb.uq.edu.au/profile/9708/ian-henderson)
##### Contact
Deb Gwynne, Executive Assistant
[director@imb.uq.edu.au](mailto:director@imb.uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 3346 2110](tel:+61733462110)
### Professor Matthew Morell
#### Director, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
[View Matthew Morell's profile](https://qaafi.uq.edu.au/profile/8810/matthew-morell)
##### Contact
Tanya Spresser, Principal Administration Coordinator
[id\_ea\_qaafi@uq.edu.au](mailto:id_ea_qaafi@uq.edu.au)
[+61 7 3443 8730](tel:+61734438730)