Inside Iowa State
March 17, 2000
Vice provost for research and graduate studies
Three finalists to visit campus
by Steve Sullivan
Three candidates have been chosen
for the position of vice provost for research and graduate
studies.
The candidates are Dr. James Bloedel, chairman of the division of neurobiology at the Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, and research professor with the department of physiology at the University of Arizona; Janet Greger, professor of nutritional science and environmental toxicology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; and Jerome Schultz, director of the Center for Biotechnology and Bioengineering and chair of the department of bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The vice provost for research and graduate studies coordinates research, graduate programs, technology transfer and research services. William Lord, electrical and computer engineering, is the interim vice provost. Lord fills the position vacated by Patricia Swan, who retired from the post and has taken a one-year leave of absence from the ISU faculty.
Bloedel
Bloedel has been chairman of the division of
neurobiology at the Barrow Neurological Institute since 1984,
and research professor with the department of physiology at
the University of Arizona since 1986. He also has served in
various research, academic and administrative positions at
the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Bloedel's research
focuses on the brain, particularly the cerebellum and
muscular movement.
He received a B.A. from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., in 1962; a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Minnesota in 1967; and an M.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1969.
Greger
Greger has been professor of nutritional sciences and
environmental toxicology at the University of Wisconsin since
1983. She also has held several administrative positions at
Madison, including special assistant to the provost (1998-
99), associate dean of the medical school (1996-98), and
associate dean of the graduate school (1990-96). Greger's
research focuses on human nutrition and toxicology.
Greger received a B.S. in food and nutrition from the University of Illinois (1970), and an M.S. (1971) and Ph.D. (1973) in human nutrition from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Schultz
Schultz has been director of the Center for
Biotechnology and Bioengineering and chair of the department
of bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh since 1987.
He also serves as professor of chemical engineering and
professor of medicine. He served as cross-disciplinary
research deputy director and emerging engineering systems
section head at the National Science Foundation (1985-1987),
and professor and chair of chemical engineering at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1964-1987). Schultz's
research focuses on understanding biological phenomena and
adapting or imitating them for new products and processes.
Schultz received B.S. (1954) and M.S. (1956) degrees in chemical engineering from Columbia University, New York City; and a Ph.D. (1958) in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Additional information on the candidates is at this Web
site: www.searchVPResearc
h.iastate.edu/.
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