Dean David Vanden Bout
David A. Vanden Bout is Robert E. Boyer Chair in Natural Sciences and a professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. He has served in college leadership since 2014, including overseeing undergraduate education at a time of record hikes in graduation rates and student success. He oversees the largest college at UT Austin, supporting nearly 15,000 undergraduate and graduate students, more than 700 faculty and over 1,200 staff and connections with 80,000 living alumni representing a breadth of science, math and technology disciplines.
Kathy Bartsch
- Assistant to the Dean
College Leaders
Michael Drew
- Associate Professor
- Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
Natasa Pavlovic
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Dan Knopf
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Graduate Education
Andreas Matouschek
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Research and Facilities
Ricardo Medina
- Assistant Dean for Business Services
Melissa Taylor
- Senior Assistant Dean for Strategy and Equity Initiatives
Zak Richards
- Chief Development Officer
Mark McFarland
- Executive Director for Information Technology
Christine Sinatra
- Director of Communications
She/her/hers
Department Chairs & Unit Directors
Volker Bromm
- Professor
- Department Chair, Astronomy
Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professorship in Astronomy
Josey Centennial Professorship in Astronomy
Distinguished Teaching Professor
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
Stephen Russell
- Professor
- Director, School of Human Ecology
- Department Chair, Human Development & Family Sciences
Amy Johnson McLaughlin Administrative Chair in Human Ecology
Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professorship in Child Development
Elizabeth Tarpley Regents Fellowship in Textiles and Clothing
Claus Wilke
- Professor
- Department Chair, Integrative Biology
Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professorship in Molecular Evolution
Dwight W. and Blanche Faye Reeder Centennial Fellowship in Systematic and Evolutionary Biology
Edward Buskey
- Professor
- Department Chair, Marine Science
- Director, Marine Science Institute
Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Marine Science
Thomas Chen
- Professor
- Department Chair, Mathematics
Jeffrey M. Gross
- Professor
- Department Chair, Molecular Biosciences
Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellow
Robert Messing
- Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology
- Chair, Department of Neuroscience
- Director, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research
M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology
Molly Bray
- Professor
- Chair, Nutritional Sciences
Margaret McKean Love Chair in Nutrition, Cellular and Molecular Sciences
Susan T. Jastrow Human Ecology Chair for Excellence in Nutritional Sciences
Jean Andrews Centennial Faculty Fellowship in Human Nutrition
Pablo Laguna
- Professor
- Chair, Department of Physics
Catherine (Kate) Calder
- Professor
- Chair, Department of Statistics and Data Sciences
Michael Marder
- Professor
- Director, UTeach
Taft Armandroff
- Professor
- Director, McDonald Observatory
Frank and Susan Bash Endowed Chair for the Director of McDonald Observatory
Janice A. Fischer
- Professor
- Director, Biology Instructional Office
Lee Clippard
- Executive Director, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center