{{Short description|Australian Academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = David Lloyd | image = David Lloyd at the September-October 2025 Graduation Ceremonies (University of South Australia).jpg | caption = Lloyd in 2025 | office = 1st Vice-Chancellor of [[Adelaide University]] | alongside = [[Peter Høj]] | chancellor = [[Pauline Carr]] | term_start = March 2024 | term_end = January 2026 | predecessor = Position established | successor = [[Nicola Phillips]] | office1 = [[List of University of South Australia people#Vice-Chancellors|5th and final Vice-Chancellor]] and President of the [[University of South Australia]] | chancellor1 = [[Ian Gould (geologist)|Ian Gould]]<br>[[Jim McDowell]]<br>Pauline Carr<br>[[John Hill (Australian politician)|John Hill]] | term_start1 = 21 January 2013 | term_end1 = February 2026<ref>https://www.governor.sa.gov.au/vice-regal/speeches/farewell-dinner-for-professor-david-lloyd-vice-chancellor-and-president-university-of-south-australia</ref> | predecessor1 = Peter Høj | successor1 = ''Position abolished'' | birth_name = David George Lloyd | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1974|4|25}} | birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[Dublin City University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) }} '''David George Lloyd''' is a Dublin-born and -educated university executive and academic. His academic background was that of a chemist, specialising in computer aided drug design. He served as [[vice chancellor]] and president of the former [[University of South Australia]], and was a founding co-Vice Chancellor of [[Adelaide University]] (with the latter having been statutorily established in March 2024,<ref>https://adelaide.edu.au/content/dam/adelaideuniversity/documents/about/news-and-events/pdfs/adelaide-university-receives-formal-registration.pdf</ref> and commencing operations in early 2026).
He is the immediate{{when|date=May 2026}} past Chair of [[Universities Australia]] and the immediate past Chair of the [[Committee for Adelaide]]. Lloyd was also a past member of South Australia's [[Economic Development Board (South Australia)|Economic Development Board]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.unisa.edu.au/about-the-vice-chancellor/|title=About the Vice Chancellor|last=UniSA|website=www.unisa.edu.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2016-06-06}}</ref>
== Career == After graduating from [[Dublin City University]] with a PhD in Medicinal Organic Chemistry, Lloyd worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in [[Trinity College Dublin]] and later in the pharmaceutical industry for De Novo Pharmaceuticals in [[Cambridge]].
He returned to academia in 2004 to [[Trinity College Dublin]] where he was a appointed as the Hitachi Lecturer in Advanced Computing. A specialist in computer-aided drug design, he led the commercialisation and patenting of research developed in his laboratory, Trinity's Molecular Design Group.
In 2007, he was appointed Dean and Vice President of Research, before becoming Bursar and Director of Strategic Innovation at [[Trinity College Dublin]]. In 2008, he was elected as a fellow of Trinity College Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-05-08 |title=Trinity Monday 2008 - Fellows and Scholars |url=https://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/FellowsScholars/2008/index.php |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=Trinity College Dublin |archive-date=14 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414170412/https://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/FellowsScholars/2008/index.php |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
In 2012, Lloyd was appointed as the inaugural Chair of the [[Irish Research Council]].
He moved to [[Adelaide]] to take up the position of Vice Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia in 2013 at 38 years old, becoming Australia's youngest vice chancellor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/lloyds-mix-of-irish-chemistry-to-lift-unisa/story-e6frgcjx-1226586327105|title=Lloyd's mix of Irish chemistry to lift UniSA|last=Hare|first=Julie|date=2013-02-27|website=The Australian|access-date=6 June 2016|archive-date=6 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306000840/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/lloyds-mix-of-irish-chemistry-to-lift-unisa/story-e6frgcjx-1226586327105|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Announcement-UniSA-extends-term-of-appointment-for-Vice-Chancellor-Professor-David-Lloyd/|title=Announcement: UniSA extends term of appointment for Vice Chancellor Professor David Lloyd|last=UniSA|website=www.unisa.edu.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2017-02-08}}</ref>
He was appointed to the Economic Development Board of South Australia in 2014 and was also appointed Chair of the [[Australian Technology Network]], a group of technology-focused Australian universities.
In 2019, Lloyd was appointed Chair of the [[Committee for Adelaide]].
In 2015, his contract at the University of South Australia was extended to 2022; it was later extended further to 2027. Lloyd ultimately ended his tenure as Vice-Chancellor in February 2026,<ref>https://www.governor.sa.gov.au/vice-regal/speeches/farewell-dinner-for-professor-david-lloyd-vice-chancellor-and-president-university-of-south-australia</ref> shortly prior to UniSA's legal dissolution.<ref>https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/_legislation-documents/lz/c/a/adelaide-university-act-2023/current/2023.32.auth.pdf</ref>
Lloyd has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Applied Chemistry and a PhD in Medicinal Organic Chemistry from Dublin City University. He additionally holds an MA (j.o.) from Trinity College Dublin, an honorary Professorship from [[Tianjin University]] and is a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] and a Chartered Chemist.
A personal friend of the late [[Terry Pratchett|Sir Terry Pratchett]], he holds an Honorary Doctorate from the author's fictional [[Unseen University]] and has written about Pratchett's life and work in articles published by [[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/david-g-lloyd-187631/articles|title=David G. Lloyd|website=The Conversation|language=en|access-date=2017-02-08}}</ref> In October 2024 Lloyd was announced as a contributing author (introduction and annotations, with Dr. Daryl Jones) for the [[Penguin Modern Classics]] special edition of Pratchett's novel [[Night Watch (Discworld)]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pratchett |first=Terry |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/468139/night-watch-by-pratchett-terry/9780241759011 |title=Night Watch |date=2025-04-24 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2019, Lloyd was elected Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering|Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering]] (FTSE).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.applied.org.au/news-and-events/article/professor-david-lloyd-tertiary-education-champion/|title=Professor David Lloyd – Tertiary education champion|website=Applied|language=en|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=24 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024022107/https://www.applied.org.au/news-and-events/article/professor-david-lloyd-tertiary-education-champion/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2022, Lloyd and [[Peter Høj]] commenced work on the merger of [[University of South Australia|the University of South Australia]] and [[University of Adelaide|the University of Adelaide]] and the creation of the new [[Adelaide University]] – which opened to the public in January 2026.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-01 |title=University merger deal reached to create one of Australia's largest education institutions |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-02/sa-adelaide-university-merger-deal/102547600 |access-date=2025-01-09 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
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