Attila Brungs (born 1972) is the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
[2] Brungs has been a researcher in both industry and academia, with interests in the area of heterogeneous catalysis.
As Vice-Chancellor of UTS, Brungs has been instrumental in the university's rise to Australia's position among the world's top young universities,[4][5] including supporting the transformation of the UTS campus with the addition of the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, designed by Frank Gehry, the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Building,[6] the Vicki Sara Building and the UTS Central Building through a $1.5 billion campus master plan.
Prior to his appointment as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at UTS in September 2009, Brungs was General Manager, Science Investment, Strategy and Performance at CSIRO.
[7] His role incorporated the determination of broad research direction and resource allocation, performance monitoring of CSIRO research programs, including its flagship programs, and the development and implementation of organisational strategy.