Rate My Professor Hamish Campbell

Professor Hamish Campbell is a Professor in the Engineering faculty at Charles Darwin University, serving as Director of the North Australia Centre for Autonomous Systems (NACAS) since 2022. He holds a B.Sc. and Ph.D. and leads a multi-disciplinary research program that integrates emerging technologies into sectors critical to the Australian economy and livelihoods, including spatial science, environmental science, marine biology, agriculture, horticulture, primary health, electrical engineering, mechatronics, aviation, information technology, AI, and Indigenous studies. His integrative approach tackles contemporary regional and global challenges. Previously, he was Associate Professor in the School of Environment at Charles Darwin University from 2016 and Lecturer at the University of New England School of Environmental and Rural Science from 2014 to 2016.

Under Campbell's leadership, NACAS has pioneered facilities such as Australia's first UAV Airspace Integration Facility (AIR-F), an Advanced Manufacturing Test Lab, and a High Performance AI processing Data Centre, expanding industry partnerships, attracting substantial external funding, and bolstering North Australia's capabilities. He oversees grant administration, research integrity, risk management, and governance while serving as a research grant assessor and evaluator of scientific reports. His prolific research output includes key publications such as 'Climate-induced shifts in crocodile body temperature impact behavior and performance' (2025, Current Biology, with K. E. Barham et al.), 'Automated VHF telemetry reveals Gouldian Finches increase ranging behaviour in response to resource scarcity: implications for conservation management' (2025, Emu, with B. K. Hayward-Brown et al.), 'Flexural properties of additively manufactured continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic polymers after exposure to elevated temperatures' (2025, Composites Communications, with E. Rogha et al.), 'Effects of food supplementation from tourism on crocodile bioenergetics and abundance' (2025, Journal of Environmental Management, with C. J. Baker et al.), and 'Background-Masked Lightweight Approach for Pear Leaf Disease Recognition' (2025, IEEE Access, with R. George et al.). With a Google Scholar h-index of 36, over 3,600 citations on ResearchGate, involvement in 42 projects, and 114 media coverage items, his work has received multiple awards for strategic partnerships and research excellence.