Professor Dan Johnson is the Pro Vice Chancellor – Research, Innovation and Enterprise at Macquarie University. He provides strategic and operational leadership on all matters relating to research and development, consultancy, innovation, translation, commercialisation, entrepreneurship, start-up company incubation and corporate partnerships.
Dan has worked in research, development, technology transfer and innovation for nearly 20 years, primarily in the not-for-profit sector. Dan has also been closely involved in the scientific disciplines of genomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, systems biology and synthetic biology and their application to agricultural industries.

Prior to joining Macquarie University Dan was Managing Director of The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) from 2011 to 2020, where he retains an Honorary Fellowship.
Dan has extensive experience as Chair, Director or member of numerous Boards and committees. He holds a PhD in Chemistry, an MBA majoring in strategy and finance, and has undertaken executive education at institutions including Harvard Business School, INSEAD, IESE and Oxford:SAID.