Complex sentence: In 2008 he became Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) of the University of Melbourne, having previously been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science in 2006 and prior to that appointment was Foundation Executive Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Adelaide.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2008 he became Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) of the University of Melbourne, having previously been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science in 2006. Prior to that appointment he was Foundation Executive Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Adelaide.