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Vice Chancellor and Provost Wheatly Announces Vice President for Research Search Committee Members

Friday, February 10, 2017, By News Staff
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Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele G. Wheatly today announced the members of the search committee for the next vice president of research. The vice president of research oversees the Office of Research, supporting and leading Universitywide efforts to sustain and encourage innovation and research across all academic disciplines.

Peter Vanable, who was appointed interim vice president for research in January 2016, will continue to serve until a new vice president is selected. Vanable was named associate provost for graduate studies and dean of the Graduate School in January.

“Our mission under the Academic Strategic Plan is to ensure research and scholarship is identified, supported and celebrated throughout this university. We have exceptional scholars and researchers with phenomenal ideas and areas of exploration that represent the strength and opportunity for scientific breakthroughs and exceptional learning for all of our students,” Provost Wheatly says. “The next vice president of research will lead our endeavors as a person with high academic stature in their own right, a great understanding of funding resources and a collaborative focus. I look forward to the work done by the search committee as they identify our next leader of this central critical role for our university.”

The search committee will be chaired by Dacheng Ren, interim director of the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, and professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science.

The search committee members are the following:

  • Peter Blanck, University Professor (Law), and chairman, Burton Blatt Institute
  • Kelly Chandler-Olcott, Meredith Professor, Reading and Language Arts Department, and associate dean for research, School of Education
  • Kevin Crowston, associate dean for research and Distinguished Professor of Information Science, School of Information Studies
  • Julia Czerniak, associate dean and professor of architecture, School of Architecture
  • David Edelstein, Board of Trustee Member, chair of academic affairs committee
  • Ismael Gonzalez, junior majoring in neuroscience and biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Brooks B. Gump, Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health and director of graduate programs in public health, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
  • Sandra Hewett, Beverly Petterson Bishop Professor of Neuroscience; executive director of Neuroscience Studies; director of neuroscience graduate concentration, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Wesley Lefferts, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Exercise Science, School of Education
  • Leonard M. Lopoo, director, Center for Policy Research; cirector, Maxwell X Lab; professor, public administration and international affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Maria Minniti, professor, Bantle Chair of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy and director, Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society, Whitman School of Management
  • Romita Ray (Kapoor), associate professor, art history, and chair, art and music histories, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Dacheng Ren, interim director, Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, and professor, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering (Chair)
  • Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
  • Sam Scozzafava, vice president for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
  • Stuart Taub, director, Office of Sponsored Programs
  • Raymond Toenniessen, assistant vice president, Veterans Development
  • Pramod Varshney, Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science, and Director, CASE Center
  • Senem Velipasalar, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Scott Warren, associate dean for research and scholarship, Syracuse University Libraries
  • Jamie Winders, professor and chair of geography, Maxwell School; chair, Senate Committee on Research
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