1952 – 1972: Professor John Conrad Jaeger MA, DSc, F.Inst. P, FAA

1973: (Acting) Professor Alfred "Ted" Ringwood: MSc PhD Melb., FAA, FRS

1973 – 01/05/1978: Professor Anton Hales: MSc PhD Cape Town, MA Cambridge, FRSSAF, FRAS, FAA

02/05/1978 - 23/01/1983: Alfred Edward "Ted" Ringwood: MSc PhD Melb., FAA, FRS

23/01/1983 - 1992: Professor Kurt Lambeck: BSurv NSW, DPhil DSc Oxford, FAA

1993 (Interim): Professor Brian Kennett: MA PhD ScD Cambridge, FAA, FRS

1994 - 01/08/2001: Professor David Green: BSc MSc, DSc, DLitt (Hon) Tas, PhD Cambridge, FAA FRS

02/08/2001 - 01/04/2006: Professor Mark Harrison: BSc British Columbia, PhD ANU, FAA

02/04/2006 – 03/09/2006 (Interim): Professor Ross Griffiths: BSc, PhD ANU, FAIP, FAA

2006 –31/01/2010: Professor Brian Kennett: MA PhD ScD Cambridge, FAA, FRS

01/02/2010 –17/08/2012: Professor Andrew Roberts: BSc Massey, BSc (Hon) PhD, DS Victoria University

18/08/2012 -14/10/2012 (Interim): Professor Vickie Bennett: BSc PhD UCLA

15/10/2012 - 2014: Professor Ian Jackson: BSc Qld, PhD ANU, FAA

2015 - 31/10/20: Professor Steve Eggins: BAppSci UNSW, PhD UTas

01/11/2020 - Present: Professor Dorrit Jacob: Dr. rer. nat. Georg August University Germany (equivalent PhD) Diplom in Mineralogy, Johannes Gutenberg Univ, Germany (equivalent MSc)