March 12, 2024
Finalists for the position of Vice President for Research will hold a series of on-campus meetings with faculty, staff and stakeholders in the month of March and April.
In addition to meeting with members of the campus community, each of the finalists will give a presentation. These presentations will be held in the Georgia Center on March 17, 24 & 26 & April 1. The presentations will be followed by a Q&A period for the audience to engage with each candidate. Presentations will be livestreamed via Zoom, and a link to the recordings will be shared on this website 24-48 hours after each presentation.
The names, CVs, and campus visit schedules for each of the candidates will be posted to the Vice President for Research search page around two business days before each presentation.
A copy of the position profile can be found here.
The finalists and the dates of their presentation are:
CANDIDATE 1
Dr. Mark Van Dyke
Associate Dean of Research, College of Engineering and Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Arizona
Monday, March 17
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
CANDIDATE 2
Dr. Kevin Gardner
Vice President for Research and Innovation and Professor, Civil Engineering
Stony Brook University
Monday, March 24
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
CANDIDATE 3
Dr. Joe Elabd
Vice Chancellor for Research, The Texas A&M University System
Professor & Axalta Coating Systems Chair II, Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University
Wednesday, March 26
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
CANDIDATE 4
Tuesday, April 1
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
- CV
- Schedule
- Feedback Form
December 4, 2024
A 19-member committee has been appointed to begin the search for candidates for the position of Vice President for Research.
The committee is co-chaired by Lisa K. Nolan, Georgia Athletics Association Distinguished Professor and Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, and Ron Walcott, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School.
In addition to Dean Nolan and Dean Walcott, the search committee members are:
- Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn, Professor, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, and Director, CACHE Lab, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Jody Clay-Warner, Meigs Professor of Sociology and Director, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
- Jamie A. Cooper, Professor and Department Head, Department of Kinesiology, Mary Frances Early College of Education
- Tim Denning, President and CEO, Georgia Research Alliance
- Charles A. Easley IV, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Science, and Associate Dean for Research, College of Public Health
- Derek Eberhart, Associate Vice President for Research and Executive Director, Innovation Gateway
- Anumantha Kanthasamy, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and Professor, John H. “Johnny” Isakson Chair for Parkinson’s Research, and Director, Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Stephen Mihm , Professor, Department of History, and Associate Dean, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
- Nathan Moore, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the President
- Mary Ann Moran, UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
- Jessica Orbock , Senior Counsel for Research, Office of Legal Affairs, Director of Operations, Office of Research, and General Counsel, University of Georgia Research Foundation
- Ramaraja Ramasamy, Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research and Academic Programs, College of Engineering
- Mark Risse, Director, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, and Georgia Power Professor of Water Policy, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
- Gregory H. Robinson, UGA Foundation Professor, Department of Chemistry, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
- Harshavardhan Thippareddi, John Bekkers Professor in Poultry Science and Associate Dean for Research, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
- Michael Tiemeyer, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Co-Director COE in Glycoproteomics, and Director, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
- Yana Zavros, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
The committee will be supported by the executive search firm of Isaacson, Miller and the UGA Search Group in Human Resources. Faculty, staff, students, or community members who wish to nominate candidates for consideration are invited to contact Michael Luthi, Director of the UGA Search Group, at [email protected] or 706-542-1837.
The position announcement is posted online.
