When Professor Jennifer Marjorie Corbett arrives on 31 March to take up the role of Fellow with Griffith University’s Asia Institute, she won’t have long to adjust to her new surroundings before embarking on another remarkable journey.
From April, Professor Corbett will undertake a two-year role at the University of Tokyo’s School of Engineering as the first Professorial Fellow in the Rio Tinto Australia-Japan Collaboration Program.
During her time in Tokyo, Professor Corbett will be spending her time helping the University to identify, develop and promote collaborative research programs, exchanges and other activities to engage in with academic and industry partners both in Japan and at home in Australia.
“I am honoured to be appointed the inaugural Rio Tinto Fellow, and look forward to helping develop new cooperative research links that deepen and enrich the Australia-Japan relationship,” Professor Corbett said in a statement.
Given Griffith’s commitment to being Australia’s most Asia-engaged university and its long
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