Professor John Coll PhD, DSc (Syd), FRACI Professor Coll joined ACU National in 1996 as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) and has held his current role of Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and International) since 2000. He is Professor in Chemistry at the University. Professor Coll commenced his academic career at James Cook University in Queensland as a lecturer in 1972. Before joining ACU National he was Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Central Queensland University. Professor Coll is the author or co-author of more than 150 refereed research papers with his students and research colleagues. His research in the areas of natural products chemistry and marine chemical ecology awarded him a Doctor of Science degree with his alma mater, the University of Sydney. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Professor Coll has researched extensively overseas, in the USA, London and Paris, and has collaborated with a number of pharmaceutical companies and cancer research institutes in the quest for drugs from the sea.