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, over 1,200 staff and connections with 80,000 alumni from across 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
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
Gabriela L. Stein
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Human Development & Family Sciences
Stephen Russell
- Professor
- Director, School of Human Ecology
- Human Development & Family Sciences
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
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
Thomas Chen
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Mathematics
Jeffrey M. Gross
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
- Molecular Biosciences
Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellow
Robert Messing
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Director, Waggoner Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research
- Neuroscience
M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology
Professor of Neurology
Molly Bray
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Nutritional Sciences
Susan T. Jastrow Human Ecology Chair for Excellence in Nutritional Sciences
Pablo Laguna
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Physics
Catherine (Kate) Calder
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Statistics and Data 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