academic leadership
DEAN
Leo Kempel (Aug, 2014)
ASSOCIATE DEANS
Neeraj Buch
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies (July 2015)
Yue Qi
Associate Dean for Inclusion and Diversity (June 2018)
John Verboncoeur
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies (June 2018) Dr. Verboncoeur was previously Associate Dean for Research (since June 2015) and took on additional responsibilities when Manoochehr Koochesfahani stepped
down as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Faculty Development
Tom Voice
Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs (July 2015)
ASSISTANT DEANS
Daina Briedis
Assistant Dean for Student Advancement and Program Assessment (Aug. 1982)
Theo Caldwell
Assistant Dean for Student Inclusion and Diversity (March 2018)
Katy Luchini Colbry
Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Services (June 2018)
Amanda Idelma
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies (November 2019)
DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
Hannah Professor Christopher H. Contag, founding chair for the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and director of the MSU Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering (Nov. 2016)
Neeraj Buch, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Feb. 2019)
MSU Foundation Professor James Klausner, chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Jan. 2016)
MSU Foundation Professor Ioannis "John" Papapolymerou, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Aug. 2015)
Darrel Donahue, chair of the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (July 2015)
MSU Foundation Professor Andrew Christlieb, founding chair of the Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering (April 2015)
Laura Genik, director of the Applied Engineering Sciences program (Jan. 2015)
Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian was named Chairperson of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in December 2019. He served as Interim Chair since August 2017
Donald Morelli, chair, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (June 1, 2017; interim since Aug. 2015 )
