520 About the Contributors Kevin DowningistheSecretaryoftheUniversityCouncilandDirectorKnowledge,Enterprise andAnalysisatCityUniversityofHongKong.HeisaCharteredPsychologistandCharteredScientist withacurrentLicencetoPractice,andAssociateFellowoftheBritishPsychologicalSocietywithwide internationalexperienceincludingsenioracademicandadministrativepostsinEuropeandAsia.His publishedworkcentresonpsychology,educationandmetacognitivedevelopment.Dr.Downingwas -awardedtheCityUniversityofHongKongTeachingExcellenceAwardin2004/2005forhiscontribu -tiontothedevelopmentofblendedlearningwiththeinnovativeuseoftechnology.Heisalsotherecipi entoftheprestigiousInternationalAwardforInnovativeuseofTechnologyinTeachingandLearning .conferredintheUSAinApril2004 Fraide A. Ganotice Jr.isaLecturerinFacultyofMedicine,TheUniversityofHongKong.Partof .hisresearchinterestisUniversityrankings *** Bertil Andersson,sincebecomingPresidentofNTUSingaporein2011,hasledtheUniversity to global distinction. NTU is the world’s fastest-rising young university and is ranked first among theworld’syounguniversities.ItalsoleadsthetopAsianuniversitiesinnormalisedresearchcitation impact.Inthe2015QSWorldUniversityRankings,NTUisranked13thglobally.Aprominentplant biochemist,ProfessorAnderssonhasauthoredmorethan300papersinbasicphotosynthesiscovering topicsfromphotosystemstructuretolightstressinplants.BeforejoiningNTUasitsProvostin2007,he wasChiefExecutiveoftheEuropeanScienceFoundation(2004-2007),whereheconsolidatedresearch effortsacross30Europeancountries.Priortothat,hewasRectorofLinköpingUniversity,Sweden ProfessorAnderssonhashadalongstandingassociationwiththeNobelFoundation,and.(1999-2003) wasChairmanoftheNobelCommitteeforChemistryaswellasaTrusteeoftheNobelFoundation.A -FellowofImperialCollegeLondon,hewasinstrumentalinImperialCollegeLondoncomingtoSinga poretojointlyestablishamedicalschoolwithNTU.Hehasreceivedmorethan13honorarydoctorates andtheAustrianWilhelmExnerMedal,andservesontheboardsofinternationalfoundations,learned .societiesandpublicagencies Clive BaldockgraduatedfromtheUniversityofSussex,Brighton,UnitedKingdomin1987witha ,BSc(Hons)inPhysicsandwassubsequentlyemployedasatraineemedicalphysicistatGuy’sHospital LondonwhilestudyingforhisMScinRadiationPhysicsatStBartholomew’sMedicalCollege,University   About the Contributors ofLondon.HesubsequentlyworkedinanumberofUKhospitalsprovidingscientificsupporttoclinical nuclearmedicineandmagneticresonanceimaging(MRI)services.Hismainresearchinterestswerein thefieldofgeldosimetryforimprovedthree-dimensionalradiotherapy(radiationtherapy)dosimetryin cancertherapyforwhichhereceivedhisPhDfromKing’sCollegeLondon.HemovedtoQueensland UniversityofTechnology,Brisbane,Australiain1997andsubsequentlyworkedattheUniversityof Sydneyfrom2003to2012asDirectoroftheInstituteofMedicalPhysicsandthenasProfessorandHead oftheSchoolofPhysics.In2010,hecompletedaMasterofTertiaryEducationManagementthroughthe LHMartinInstituteattheUniversityofMelbourne.From2012hewasProfessorandExecutiveDeanof ScienceatMacquarieUniversity.In2014hejoinedtheUniversityofTasmaniaasProfessorandDeputy Dean,andthenactingDean,oftheFacultyofScience,EngineeringandTechnology.In2015hejoined theAustralianResearchCouncil(ARC),onsecondmentfromtheUniversityofTasmania,asExecutive DirectorforPhysicalSciences,Engineering,MathematicsandInformatics.HereturnedtotheUniversity ofTasmaniain2016asProViceChancellorforResearcherDevelopment.Hisresearchinterestscontinue tobeinthefieldsofgeldosimetry,radiationtherapy,dosimetry,andmedicalimaginginwhichhehas publishedover150researchjournalpapers.HehasbeenawardedFellowshipsoftheAustralianInstitute ofPhysics,theAustralasianCollegeofPhysicalScientistsandEngineersinMedicine,theInstituteof .(Physics(UK)andtheInstituteofPhysicsandEngineeringinMedicine(UK Antonella BassoholdsaMSinEconomicsfromCa’FoscariUniversityofVeniceandaPhDin MathematicsappliedtoeconomicproblemsfromUniversityofTrieste.ShehasbeenDeanoftheFaculty ofEconomicsandiscurrentlyVice-ProvostforPlanningandValuationatCa’FoscariUniversityof .Venice.Herresearchaddressestheevaluationoftheperformanceoffinancialandculturalinstitutions Marta CardinholdsaMSinMathematicsfromUniversityofPadua.SheiscurrentlyRector’s DelegateforInternationalRankingsatCa’FoscariUniversityofVenicewhereshehasbeenstudying .evaluationmethodsandmodelsforresearchassessment -Winnie EleyjoinedTheUniversityofNewcastle,AustraliainMay2013.AsamemberoftheEx ecutiveCommitteeatTheUniversityofNewcastle(UoN),Winnietakesonstrategicleadershipofthe ,University’sinauguralglobalpartnershipplanwhichencompassesalumnirelationsanddevelopment ,globalengagementandfootprints,institutionalrelationsandreputation,philanthropyandsponsorship ,studentmobilityandexperience;andcontributestotheachievementoftheUniversity’svisionby2025 NeWFuturesStrategicPlan(2016-2025)andNeWStrategicDirections(2013-2015).Winniehasover -15yearsofseniormanagementexperiencewithappointedpositionsincludingfoundingdirectorofin ternationalaffairsandactinginauguraldirectorofadvancedexecutiveeducationinstituteatTheHong KongPolytechnicUniversity;deputycountrydirectoroftheBritishCouncilinNigeria;anddirector ofeducationservicesfortheBritishCouncilinHongKong.Winniecompletedherundergraduateand ;postgraduatestudiesinEnglandattheUniversityofNottingham.Sheholdsafirstdegreeineducation hasanMBA;andpostgraduateresearchtrainingandexperience.WinnieispursuingaDBAinHigher .EducationManagementattheUniversityofBath,UK Habib M. FardouncurrentlyoccupiesthepositionofDirectorofKAUObservatoryCenterfor AcademicStandardsandExcellence,andAdvisorofVice-PresidentforInternationalRelationsand UniversityRanking.Dr.HabibM.FardounhasaPhDinModel-BasedApproachfortheDevelopment 521 About the Contributors ofQualityHigherEducationalEnvironments(2011),andMasterinAptitudeforTeaching(2008),and Master in Advanced Computer Technologies (2007), by the University of Castilla-La Mancha. He obtainedhisMasterinManagementBusinessAdministrationbytheEuropeanUniversityofMadrid Currently,heisoccupyingthepositionofAssociateProfessorattheFacultyofComputingand.(2009) -InformationTechnology,andasAdvisoroftheVice-PresidentforDevelopmentfortheUniversityIn ternationalRelationshipsandRanking,attheKingAbdulazizUniversity(Jeddah,SaudiArabia).With severalyearsofexperienceoneffectivesolutionsfortheimprovementofuniversitiesrankings,Habibhas diversifiedhisworkalongmanyareasthatarekeyfactorsintheimprovementoftheoverallacademic andresearchreputation.And,gainedtheexperienceofthecreationoflong/short-termsstrategicplans .andmanagementtowardsexcellence -Achille GiacomettiholdsaMSfromUniversityofPaduaandaPhDinPhysicsfromPurdueUniver sity.HeiscurrentlyVice-ProvostforResearchatCa’FoscariUniversityofVenicewherehehasbeen .followingseveralnationalandinternationalprojectsonRankingsandResearchAssessments Leslie D. GonzalesisanAssistantProfessorofHigherEducationintheCollegeofEducationat :MichiganStateUniversity.Gonzales’sresearchagendaconsistsofthreeoverarchinglinesofinquiry a)legitimacywithinacademia;(b)relationsofpowerthatgoverntherecognitionofknowledgeand) -knowers;and(c)thepossibilityofagencyamongacademics.ShereceivedherB.A.inpoliticalsci encewithaminorinsociologyfromNewMexicoHighlandsUniversity,herM.A.inpoliticalscience andherEd.D.inhighereducationfromUniversityofTexasElPaso.Dr.Gonzalescanbereachedat [email protected]. Zulkarnain Hanafi wasappointedPresidentandVice-ChancellorofUniversitiBruneiDarussalam inAugust2008.AnOtorhinolaryngologist,HeadandNecksurgeonbytraining,hereceivedhisdegree fromLiverpoolUniversityandhisFellowshipfromtheRoyalCollegeofSurgeonsofEdinburgh,United Kingdom.PriortojoiningUBD,heheldanumberofpositionsincludingMedicalDirectorofRIPAS Hospital,ChairmanoftheCommitteeonClinicalStandards,andwasamemberoftheBruneiMedical -Board.In2007,ZulwasconferredanHonoraryFellowshipfromtheRoyalCollegeofGeneralPractitio .nersoftheUnitedKingdom,awardedfordistinguishedcontributionstotheworkoftheRoyalCollege (In2011,ZulwasawardedtheMostHonourableOrderoftheCrownofBrunei,SecondClass(DPMB byHisMajesty,TheSultanandYangDi-PertuanofBruneiDarussalam.InBruneiDarussalamZulhas servedasamemberofTheBruneiDarussalamNationalEducationCouncil,theBruneiDarussalam -ResearchCouncil,andtheSpecialCommitteeonPrivatisationundertheDepartmentofEconomic,Plan