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William K. Warren Foundation Dean

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Position Number: 6639575
Location: Notre Dame, IN
Position Type: Deans - Science

William K. Warren Foundation Dean

University of Notre Dame, College of Science

Notre Dame, Indiana

The University of Notre Dame seeks a strategic and collaborative intellectual leader to serve as the next William K. Warren Foundation Dean of the College of Science. This is an opportunity to be a member of a renowned university community and lead a college that inspires students to seek greater understanding of the natural world, translate that knowledge into progress, and share discoveries that make a difference in society.

Established in 1865 and guided by its Catholic mission, the College of Science includes six departments: Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, Biological Sciences, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, and Preprofessional Studies. It is home to more than 280 faculty (180 tenured and tenure track), more than 600 PhD students, and nearly 1,300 undergraduate student majors. Its budget is $82.5 million; sponsored research expenditures in fiscal year 2025 totaled $70 million.

The next dean will join the College of Science at a critical moment. In recent years, the University has invested significantly in the College of Science. A number of internationally distinguished scientists have been recruited to Notre Dame, and the postdoctoral program, the Society of Science Fellows, has been dramatically expanded. The University has constructed new buildings--including two state-of-the-art multidisciplinary buildings, named McCourtney Hall, with over 400,000 square feet of space--for faculty and research programs in life sciences, chemistry, materials science, and related fields. Notre Dame's Strategic Framework 2033 has set forth ambitious goals to advance Notre Dame as the leading global Catholic research university, with bold cross-disciplinary initiatives. The sciences figure prominently in the Strategic Framework, which commits to advancing work in bioengineering and the life sciences, sustainability and the environment, and data and computational science.

Notre Dame seeks an accomplished scientist and academic visionary who will consolidate recent gains and investments in science and who will capitalize on and operationalize the opportunities they present. The dean will champion academic rigor and excellence in research and teaching and raise the visibility of the College and its achievements. This person will evince a broad, informed understanding of the College's departments, faculty, and staff; pursue excellence in all College activities; advance cross-unit collaboration; and serve as an active partner to colleagues in the College and throughout the University.

A search committee has been formed, and the executive search firm Isaacson, Miller has been retained to support this search. Nominations, inquiries, and application materials (CVs and letters of interest) can be submitted electronically and in confidence to Anita Tien, Partner, and Jonathan Sanchez, Senior Associate, at:

William K. Warren Foundation Dean Search, College of Science

Isaacson, Miller

The University of Notre Dame is dedicated to equal employment opportunity and to the implementation of positive programs designed to ensure the prevention of any discriminatory practices, either intentional or inadvertent, with respect to race, color, national or ethnic origin, disability, veteran status, age, or sex.