Calum Drummond received a PhD in Physical Chemistry from The University of Melbourne in 1987. He is Chief of CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE) and holds an Australian Research Council (ARC) Federation Fellowship hosted by CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies (CMHT). As Chief of CMSE, Calum has management responsibilities for over 500 research staff and an annual budget of ca. $100 million.

As an ARC Federation Fellow, Calum is also an active research scientist and directly leads the research activities of a group of 15 researchers. As well, Calum has adjunct Professorial appointments at The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland and The University of Sydney. Prior to his current appointments, he was seconded from CSIRO to be the inaugural Vice President Research at CAP-XX. CAP-XX manufactures supercapacitors for consumer electronic products. The World Economic Forum designated CAP-XX as a 2005 global Technology Pioneer. CAP-XX was awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2006 Nanotechnology-enabled Energy Devices Technology Innovation of the Year Award. In April 2006 CAP-XX listed on the London AIM with a market capitalisation of AUS$ 110 million.

Calum’s research interests are in the area of advanced materials, including application to energy storage and biomedical products. Calum also has a strong interest in the commercialisation of research for Australia’s benefit. He has been an author of over 170 publications including 4 invited book chapters, over 100 refereed journal papers, 9 patents and 54 CSIRO reports for companies. The refereed journal papers have received more than 3200 citations, and his citation h-index is 32. Calum is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE), a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD) and a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI).

Calum is a member of the Australian federal government’s Future Manufacturing Industry Innovation Council. The calibre of his research has been recognised through the award of;

• ARC Federation Fellowship
• ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship
• The inaugural R.J.W. Le Fevre Memorial Prize from the Australian Academy of Science
• The RACI Rennie Memorial Medal
• The RACI Applied Research Award
• The RACI Industrial Chemistry Division RK Murphy Medal
• The RACI Green Chemistry Challenge Award
• The RACI Physical Chemistry Division Medal
• CSIRO Medal for Outstanding Research Achievement
• Distinguished Paper Award of The Soap and Detergent Association (USA)
• The American Oil Chemists Society
• The David Syme Research Prize
• The Grimwade Prize in Industrial Chemistry from The University of Melbourne
• Rothmans Foundation Fellowship .