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.
College Leaders
Michael Drew
- Associate Professor
- Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
- Neuroscience
- College of Natural Sciences
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
Dan Knopf
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Graduate Education
- Mathematics
Andreas Matouschek
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Research and Facilities
- Molecular Biosciences
Melissa Taylor
- Senior Assistant Dean for Strategy and Equity Initiatives
- College of Natural Sciences
Ricardo Medina
- Assistant Dean for Business Services
- College of Natural Sciences
Zak Richards
- Chief Development Officer
- College of Natural Sciences
Christine Sinatra
- Director of Communications
- College of Natural Sciences
Mark McFarland
- Executive Director for Information Technology
- College of Natural Sciences
Department Chairs & Unit Directors
Volker Bromm
- Professor
- Department Chair, Astronomy
- Astronomy
Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professorship in Astronomy
Josey Centennial Professorship in Astronomy
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Jennifer Brodbelt
- Professor
- Department Chair, Chemistry
- 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
- Computer Science
Trammell Crow Regents Professorship in Computer Science
Gabriela L. Stein
- Professor
- Department Chair, Human Development and Family Sciences
- Human Development & Family Sciences
Stephen Russell
- Professor
- Director, School of Human Ecology
- Human Development & Family Sciences
David Cannatella
- Professor
- Department Chair, Integrative Biology
- Associate Director for Collections, Biodiversity Center
- Integrative Biology
- Texas Field Station Network
Edward Buskey
- Professor
- Department Chair, Marine Science
- Director, Marine Science Institute
- Marine Science Institute
Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Marine Science
Thomas Chen
- Professor
- Department Chair, Mathematics
- Mathematics
Jeffrey M. Gross
- Professor
- Department Chair, Molecular Biosciences
- Molecular Biosciences
Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellow
Robert Messing
- Professor
- Department Chair, Neuroscience
- Director, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research
- Neuroscience
M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology
Professor of Neurology
Molly Bray
- Professor
- Chair, Nutritional Sciences
- Nutritional Sciences
Pablo Laguna
- Professor
- Chair, Department of Physics
- Physics
Catherine (Kate) Calder
- Professor
- Chair, Department of Statistics and Data Sciences
- Statistics and Data Sciences
- College of Natural Sciences
Michael Marder
- Professor
- Director, UTeach
- Physics
- UTeach
Taft Armandroff
- Professor
- Director, 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
Lee Clippard
- Executive Director, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- College of Natural Sciences