Sam is currently the Acting Chief Operating Officer for UniSQ’s Innovative Launch, Automation, Novel Materials, Communications, and Hypersonics Hub (iLAuNCH) - a $200M research consortium with UniSA, ANU and 20+ industry partners, supported by the Federal Government’s Trailblazer program. Sam’s substantive position at UniSQ is the Director of the Office of Research, where she is responsible for leading research funding, research contract management, research ethics and integrity, and research performance and strategy. In previous roles at UniSQ, Sam has been responsible for the provision of high-level executive, project, strategy and research management support.