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Dean, School of Natural Sciences

Position Profile & Constituent Input

Position Profile

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AY 25-26 Membership - SNS Dean Search Advisory Committee

  • Hrant Hratchian, Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate Education, Chair 
  • Laura Beaster-Jones, Associate Teaching Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
  • Ajay Gopinathan, Professor, Physics
  • Ryan Baxter, Chemistry and Biochemistry Representative
  • Jay Sexton, Associate Professor, Life and Environmental Sciences 
  • Lei Yue, Teaching Professor, Applied Mathematics
  • Dora Lopes, Personnel Director, School of Natural Sciences 
  • Whitney Williams, MCB/LES Department Coordinator, School of Natural Sciences
  • Parveen Kumar, Technical Director, Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry, Non-Senate Academic Council Representative 
  • TBD, Undergraduate Student Representative
  • TBD, Graduate Student Representative
  • Maggie Saunders, Executive Director, Space & Capital Strategies and Real Estate