Nial Wheate

Professor Wheate is a graduate of the Australian Defence Force Academy and served as an officer in the Royal Australian Navy in various roles prior to becoming an academic.

He has held an Associate Lecturer position in the School of Sciences at The University of New South Wales (UNSW), a Research Fellowship in the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences at Western Sydney University and was a Lecturer in the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland before taking up a position as Senior Lecturer, and later Associate Professor, in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at The University of Sydney.

During his time at Sydney, he held roles as Program Director of the pharmacy undergraduate degrees, Head of Cancer Research, and MPharm Director.

He has also been a member of the sunscreens panel for Standards Australia, an Pain Advisory Board member for Haleon Pty Ltd, a Board Director of the Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association, and a Director for three start-up companies in health and beauty, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices.

He joined Macquarie University in 2024. His research is split between drug delivery and medicines formulation and the factors that drive education success.