SUBJECT:

Search for the Dean of the Jacob's School of Engineering

An international search for a new Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering is now commencing, and we are pleased to invite applications and nominations for this position.

The Dean is responsible for providing academic, intellectual, and administrative leadership to the Jacob's School of Engineering and promotes excellence in all aspects of the School's research, teaching, and service missions. Successful candidates should have prior experience in academic administration, and a distinguished record of scholarship, teaching, and service appropriate for appointment as a tenured senior professor at UC San Diego. He or she should also have a proven record in fundraising and financial management. The ideal candidate will have strong demonstrated accomplishments in areas contributing to diversity, equity and inclusion, and a desire to play a leadership role in advancing UC San Diego's commitment to achieving excellence and diversity.

The membership of the Search Advisory Committee, which will be chaired by Robert Bitmead, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, is given below. The Isaacson, Miller search firm has been engaged to assist with this important recruitment, and all candidate materials will be sent directly to the firm. The Search Advisory Committee will begin reviewing candidates in March and will continue until the position is filled. Nominations and applications (e.g. CV, letter of introduction or biographical summary that includes the individual's contributions to diversity) can be sent in confidence to the Search Advisory Committee Chair Robert Bitmead, c/o:

Mr. David J. Bellshaw
Isaacson, Miller
4743@imsearch.com

The complete job description is posted at the following link:
http://academicaffairs.ucsd.edu/r/jacobs-dean.html

The Committee's membership includes:

*Professor Robert Bitmead (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) Chair
*Professor Pamela Cosman (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
*Provost Daniel Donoghue (Council of Provosts)
*Vice Chancellor Linda S. Greene (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)
*Shazzy Gustafson (Undergraduate Student, Computer Science and Engineering)
*Professor Michael Heller (Nanoengineering)
*Professor Michael Holst (Mathematics/Physical Sciences)
*Professor Ryan Kastner (Computer Science and Engineering)
*Professor Francesco Lanza Di Scalea (Structural Engineering)
*Dean Seth Lerer (Arts and Humanities)
*Professor John Orcutt (IGPP/Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
*Professor Kevin Patrick (Family and Preventive Medicine/School of Medicine)
*Nieves Rankin (Staff Representative)
*Professor Geert Schmid-Schonbein (Bioengineering)
*Sayanan Sivaraman (Graduate Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering)
*Professor Steven Wasserman (Cell and Developmental Biology/Biological Sciences)

We are grateful to all members of the committee for their assistance in this most important search.

Pradeep K. Khosla Chancellor Suresh Subramani Executive Vice Chancellor