Interim Dean Andreas Matouschek
Andreas Matouschek has served on the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin since 2012 and in college leadership since 2020, including as associate dean for research and facilities for four years. In this role, he both supported the research enterprise and oversaw physical infrastructure necessary to achieve excellence in research and education across more than 1 million net square feet of space in dozens of buildings on four campuses that span from the McDonald Observatory in West Texas to the Marine Science Institute on the Gulf Coast. He became interim dean in March 2025, when the previous dean, David Vanden Bout, began serving as interim provost for the University.
College Leaders
Michael Drew
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
- Neuroscience
- College of Natural Sciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Shardha Jogee
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
- Astronomy
- College of Natural Sciences
Rex G. Baker, Jr. and McDonald Observatory Centennial Research Professorship in Astronomy
Roland K. Blumberg Endowment in Astronomy
Lauren Webb
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Graduate Education
- Chemistry
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Joseph & Jeanne Lagowski Professor in Chemistry
Emily Cole
- Assistant Dean for Research & Facilities
- College of Natural Sciences
Melissa Taylor
- Senior Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships
- College of Natural Sciences
Ricardo Medina
- Assistant Dean for Business Services
- College of Natural Sciences
Zak Richards
- Chief Development Officer
- College of Natural Sciences
Supported by: Kristi Fontenot
Christine Sinatra
- Director of Communications
- College of Natural Sciences
Mark McFarland
- Executive Director for Information Technology
- College of Natural Sciences
Department Chairs & Unit Directors
Karl Gebhardt
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Astronomy
Herman and Joan Suit Professor in Astrophysics
Roland K. Blumberg Endowment in Astronomy (Fellow)
Jennifer Brodbelt
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Chemistry
Larry R. Faulkner Departmental Chair for Excellence in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Rowland Pettit Centennial Chair in Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Excellence Endowment
William H. Wade Administrative Endowment in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Don Fussell
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Computer Science
Trammell Crow Regents Professorship in Computer Science
Gabriela L. Stein
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Dr. Stein will not be taking a student for admission in the 25/26 year
Stephen Russell
- Professor
- Director, School of Human Ecology
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Amy Johnson McLaughlin Administrative Chair in Human Ecology
Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor in Child Development
Professor of Population Health
David Cannatella
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Integrative Biology
- Texas Field Station Network
- Biodiversity Center
Associate Director for Collections, Biodiversity Center
Edward Buskey
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Director, Marine Science Institute
- Marine Science
Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Marine Science
Francesco Maggi
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Mathematics
Jeffrey M. Gross
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellow
Robert Messing
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Director, Waggoner Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research
- Neuroscience
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology
Professor of Neurology
Molly Bray
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Nutritional Sciences
- Human Ecology
Susan T. Jastrow Human Ecology Chair for Excellence in Nutritional Sciences
Pablo Laguna
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Physics
- Weinberg Institute
Catherine (Kate) Calder
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Statistics and Data Sciences
Michael Marder
- Professor
- Director, UTeach
- Physics
- UTeach
Taft Armandroff
- Professor
- Director, McDonald Observatory
- McDonald Observatory
- Astronomy
Frank and Susan Bash Endowed Chair for the Director of McDonald Observatory
Janice A. Fischer
- Professor
- Director, Biology Instructional Office
- Molecular Biosciences
- Biology Instructional Office
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Lee Clippard
- Executive Director
- Wildflower Center