Position Profile and Constituent Input Links
- SNS Dean Position Profile
- Here you can share your perspectives and suggestions regarding the opportunities, challenges, and priorities for this position as well as the characteristics required for success. Please respond by May 20, 2024 to ensure your input is considered in finalizing the position description and launching the recruitment.
For questions, please contact Berkeley Executive Search at executivesearch@berkeley.edu.
Listening Sessions
| Stakeholder | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| SNS Faculty | Monday, April 29 & Thursday, May 2 | 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. & 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. |
| SNS Non-Senate (Unit 18) Faculty | Tuesday, April 30 | 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. |
| SNS Department & Graduate Group Chairs | Thursday, May 9 | 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
| SNS Post-doctoral Researchers & Project Scientists | Tuesday, April 30 | 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. |
| SNS Staff | Wednesday, May 1 | 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. |
| SNS Graduate Students | Tuesday, April 30 | 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. |
| SNS Undergraduate Students | Monday, April 29 | 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
| Chancellor's Cabinet | Tuesday, May 14 | 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. |
| Deans' Council | Tuesday, May 21 | 3:15 p.m. |
SNS Dean Search Advisory Committee Membership
Hrant Hratchian, Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate Education, Chair
Laura Beaster-Jones, Associate Teaching Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
Ajay Gopinathan, Professor, Physics
Christine Isborn, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
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
Zulette Orduna, Undergraduate Student
Graduate Student Representative, TBD
Maggie Saunders, Executive Director, Space & Capital Strategies and Real Estate
A message from the new Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost Betsy Dumont to the UC Merced Community; Search for the Next Dean of the School of Natural Sciences
