BECKMAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Jeff Moore, the Murchison-Mallory Professor of Chemistry and a professor of materials science and engineering, will serve as the interim director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, beginning April 16. He will work with the director, Art Kramer, to transition to this position during the month of April. A national search will be initiated in the near future, with the goal of identifying the next director by January 2017.
A Beckman faculty member since 1994, Moore has served as co-chair of Beckman’s Molecular and Electronic Nanostructures theme and is a member of the Autonomous Materials Systems Group. He was interim head of the department of chemistry from 2012-13, and in 2014 was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. He also is lead investigator on a Department of Energy Joint Center for Energy Storage Research project titled “Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Battery Thrust.”
Moore has published more than 300 articles covering topics from technology in the classroom to self-healing polymers, mechanoresponsive materials and shape-persistent macrocycles. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry, and has received numerous awards for his contributions to teaching and research.
Moore earned a B.S. in chemistry in 1984 and a Ph.D. in materials science in 1989 from the University of Illinois. He was a professor at the University of Michigan before joining the U. of I. faculty in 1993.
“Art Kramer has been a capable and visionary leader and I am grateful for his longstanding commitment to the university,” said Peter Schiffer, the vice chancellor for research, in an email announcing Moore’s appointment. “I have every confidence that Jeff will build on this successful track record to lead the Institute in the coming weeks and months.”
BUDGET AND RESOURCE PLANNING
Paul Ellinger became the new vice provost for budget and resource planning effective April 4, pending approval from the U. of I. Board of Trustees. Ellinger replaces the position vacated by Mike Andrechak, who retired from the university in 2014.
Ellinger most recently served as the head of the department of agricultural and consumer economics and has been on the faculty of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences since 1995. He is an alumnus of the university, having earned a Ph.D. in finance, an M.S. in agricultural economics and a B.S. in agricultural mechanization.
“Paul's record of accomplishments and his ability to work effectively with others are well-recognized,” said Edward Feser, interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. “He has a long record of service to the college and campus, including Stewarding Excellence, Academic Program Review Council and the Campus Budget Advisory Task Force. He will be the campus chief financial officer with responsibilities that encompass guidance to campus in areas related to budget, finance, planning and resource allocation, leadership and management of the campus budget.”
OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR
Katherine Galvin will join the Office of the Chancellor as an associate chancellor, effective April 25.
Galvin’s portfolio will include oversight of several units that report to the chancellor, such as the Office of Diversity, Equity and Access; the Academic Senate Office; the Police Training Institute; the chancellor’s Office of Special Events; Swanlund Human Resources Shared Services Center; and the Fire Service Institute. She also will oversee public engagement for the campus and will serve as the campus liaison to the U. of I. Board of Trustees Office.
“During her time at Illinois, Katherine has handled difficult and complex issues and has worked with people across campus at virtually all levels of the academy,” said Barbara J. Wilson, interim chancellor. “She has a broad and deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the university, and she will be a key adviser on a range of issues, initiatives and policies we address in the chancellor’s office. Katherine will work closely with Mike DeLorenzo, who also serves as an associate chancellor, as we transition to a new structure for distributing the responsibilities of the chancellor’s office to best serve the campus.”
Galvin earned a B.A. in philosophy from Michigan State University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. She is licensed to practice in Illinois, Michigan and North Carolina, and previously served as an assistant attorney general in Michigan and North Carolina.
Currently an associate provost for administrative affairs, Galvin was an associate university counsel in the Office of University Legal Counsel prior to joining the Office of the Provost.