Dean Search Committee

The Dean Search Committee is chaired by Dr Frank Press, President Emeritus of the National Academy of Sciences, and is composed of respected academics and KAUST senior faculty members. The Search Committee will conduct a global search for candidates for the positions of KAUST's Dean of Chemical and Life Sciences & Engineering and Dean of Physical Sciences & Engineering. The Committee will shortlist the strongest candidates for each of the two positions and recommend them for the President’s consideration.

The current members of the Dean Search Committee are:

Chairman
Frank Press
Director, Washington Advisory Group

Gary Amy
Director, Water Desalination and Re-use Research Center, KAUST

Purnell Choppin
President Emeritus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Ghassan Jabbour
Director, Solar and Alternative Energy Research Center, KAUST

Pamela Matson
Dean, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford

Subra Suresh
Dean, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Richard Zare
Chair, Department of Chemistry, Stanford

Maria Zuber
Chair, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology