Personal profile
Biography
Graeme returned to The University of Western Australia campus, rejoining his inaugural alma mater in September 2023. Currently the TeraNet Project Manager in the Astrophotonics Group, within the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Graeme is a former astronomer, senior military officer, general manager and consulting aerospace engineer with qualifications in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, mathematics, satellite communications, information technology and management.
He is a graduate of the Universities of Western Australia, Texas A&M, Adelaide and Canberra; the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; and the Royal Australian Air Force Command and Staff College.
Experience has spanned:
- military fast jet operations (F-111 & F/A-18);
- research and concept creation in military space programs covering surveillance, ballistic missile defence, navigation and communications;
- establishing bi-lateral (AU-US) space capabilities;
- integrating space services into aviation and terrestrial operations;
- developing the first Australian operational commercial space launch facility; and
- senior executive management
Career passions include advances in space technologies across disciplines, terrestrial space precinct development and space medicine. Practiced interests embrace cultivating team growth and cohesion, including the benefits of emotional intelligence.