NCI Staff

Sean Smith commenced as Director of the NCI in January 2018 and is conjointly Professor of Computational Nanomaterials Science and Technology at ANU. He has extensive theoretical and computational research experience in chemistry, nanomaterials and nano-bio science and technology.

Allan Williams has been the Deputy Director responsible for Innovative Compute Environments (previously named Associate Director for Services and Technology) at the National Computational Infrastructure since 2013. He is responsible for the delivery of both high-quality and innovative integrated research infrastructure services supporting Australia’s leading researchers.

Dr Ben Evans is NCI’s Deputy Director for HPC and Data Innovation/Chief Scientist (previously named Associate Director for Research Engagement and Initiatives). He is responsible for driving innovation in future HPC and data-driven science with NCI major collaborators in prioritised strategic activities, including NCI’s partners, research communities, and national and international collaborators.

Adam has been at NCI since 2016, helping communicate NCI's impact through the Annual Report, NCI visits, events, conferences and more. Before coming to NCI, he spent some time doing freelance science writing following his studies in science communication and linguistics.