School of Natural Sciences Dean

The search for the Dean of Natural Sciences will resume at the start of August 2025.

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
• TBD, 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