Search for Dean, College of Natural Sciences
About the Search
Colorado State University invites applications and nominations for the Dean of the College of Natural Sciences. We seek a leader who is passionate about scientific inquiry, educating the next generation of scientists and mathematicians, and increasing the impact of CNS programs.
The Dean is the principal administrative and academic officer of the College and reports to the University’s Provost and Executive Vice President. The Dean is responsible for managing and ensuring the quality of the College’s academic programs, implementing policies, managing personnel and financial resources, and securing internal and external support. The Dean provides leadership to the College by establishing a compelling vision and implementing a strategic plan to achieve that vision.
Learn more about the College of Natural Sciences.
Campus Open Forums
The search committee values campus input and will invite the campus community to participate in open forums and provide feedback on the finalist candidates for Dean of the College of Natural Sciences.
Search Timeline
- October 9 – Position posted
- October 31 – Nominations due to [email protected]
- November 10 – Application deadline (for full consideration)
- Week of December 8 – Semifinalist interviews
- Week of February 9 – Finalist interviews
Search Committee
Chair
- Kjerstin Thorson – Professor and Dean, College of Liberal Arts
Committee Members
- Steve Benoit – Associate Professor of Mathematics
- Tanya Dewey – Associate Professor of Biology
- Julia Gehrlein – Assistant Professor of Physics
- Chuck Henry – Professor of Chemistry
- Krysta Loeser – Financial Accounting Manager for Math and Physics
- Francisco Ortega – Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Don Rojas – Professor and Chair of Psychology
- Laurie Stargell – Professor and Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Margaret Walker – Graduate Student Representative, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Andrew Warnock – Director of the Natural Sciences Education and Outreach Center
- Ander Wilson – Associate Professor of Statistics
Support
- Colleen Weitzel – Executive Assistant to the Dean, College of Liberal Arts
- Lisa Streeb Case – Director of Communications, College of Natural Sciences
Equal Opportunity Coordinator
- Kristen Felten – Senior Human Resources Manager, College of Natural Sciences
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College of Natural Sciences
The College of Natural Sciences at Colorado State University has been integral to the education, research, and outreach mission of the university since its founding in 1870. Originally a part of the College of Arts and Sciences, in 1968 the College of Natural Sciences was established and is now one of the largest undergraduate- and graduate-serving colleges at CSU with the highest undergraduate enrollment, strong graduate programs in all departments, state-wide outreach programs, and broad, diverse research expertise across the full spectrum of scientific discovery – from basic to applied.
Our eight departments, which all offer bachelor, masters, and doctoral degrees, are: psychology, biology, computer science, biochemistry and molecular biology, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, and physics.
About Colorado State University
Colorado State University is one of the nation’s top public research universities and an institution on the rise. CSU is committed to upholding our Principles of Community. In the last decade, CSU has produced all-time highs in enrollment and student success, record fundraising far outpacing ambitious goals, groundbreaking research driven by a highly productive faculty, a campus revitalized by a transformational building campaign, and, perhaps most important, an unrivaled learning environment where nine of 10 recent graduates rate their education as excellent and say they would choose CSU again. We also are extremely proud that CSU has been recognized repeatedly as being among the most sustainable higher education institutions in the world. We were the first-ever institution to earn a Platinum rating in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), and in 2023 we became the first university to earn a fourth consecutive Platinum rating.
To learn more, visit about.colostate.edu.