Susan Pond

Susan Margaret Pond is an Australian scientist and technologist active in business and academia, and is recognised for her contributions to medicine, biotechnology, renewable energy and sustainability. She was the first woman to be appointed to a Personal Professorial Chair in the Department of Medicine at the University of Queensland, the first woman to receive the Wellcome Australia Medal, and the first female Managing Director of a Johnson & Johnson Company in Australia. She is currently Chair of the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN). From February 2017 to May 2018 she was the Director of Sydney Nano (The University of Sydney Nano Institute).
Previous positions have included: adjunct professor, faculty of engineering and information technologies, University of Sydney; Chairman & Managing Director of Johnson & Johnson Research Pty Limited; Adjunct Professor in sustainability, United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney; Professor of Medicine at the University of Queensland 1984–1996.
Awards include Member of the Order of Australia (1994), Doctor of Medicine honoris causa from the University of Queensland and the Centenary Medal. In 2013 she was named as one of Australia's Top 100 Women of Influence by The Australian Financial Review and Westpac. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1972), the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Pond has served as Vice President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and Chair of the Clean Technology committee. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN).