State of the College of Science

External Advisory and Development Council

H. Joseph Newton, Interim DeanApril 6, 2001

Table of Contents

Some Facts Some Facts majors, semester credit hours, headcounts, doctorates awarded, majors, semester credit hours, headcounts, doctorates awarded,

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Department HeadsDepartment HeadsFaculty Faculty

numbers, promotion and tenure, new faculty, current hiring, numbers, promotion and tenure, new faculty, current hiring, accomplishments, diversity, losses, research dollars awardedaccomplishments, diversity, losses, research dollars awarded

AUF ProgramsAUF ProgramsInterdisciplinary ProgramsInterdisciplinary ProgramsGoalsGoals

Some Facts

College of Science Majors - 2,481

– Undergraduate - 1,853• Biology - 1,306• Chemistry 167• Mathematics 298 • Physics 82

– Graduate - 628• Biology - 98• Chemistry 227• Mathematics 112 • Physics 104• Statistics 87

Semester Credit Hours (Fall 2000)

Semester Credit Hours - 101,574

– Undergraduate - 94,362• Biology - 16,653• Chemistry - 21,814• Mathematics - 36,522• Physics - 13,730• Statistics - 5,643

– Graduate - 7,212• Biology - 759• Chemistry - 2,083• Mathematics - 1,440• Physics - 914• Statistics - 2,016

Headcounts, Calendar Year 2000

• 4176 MATH 141• 2916 BIOL 113• 2608 CHEM 101• 2565 MATH 142• 2543 BIOL 123• 2242 MATH 151• 2151 PHYS 218• 1932 MATH 152• 1902 CHEM 102• 1666 MATH 166• 1662 PHYS 208• 1606 CHEM 107• 1536 CHEM 227

• 1535 BIOL 114• 1484 MATH 308• 1413 BIOL 124• 1385 MATH 251• 1338 PHYS 201• 1320 STAT 302• 1300 CHEM 228• 1295 CHEM 237• 1272 MATH 131• 1218 STAT 303• 1095 CHEM 238• 1053 STAT 211

Doctorates Awarded in Last 10 years CHEM - 397 • ELEN - 252• EPSY - 206• MEEN - 189• CVEN - 180• SCSC - 166• ANSC - 154• EHRD - 151• EDCI - 143• CPSC - 137• CHEN - 135• INEN - 134• EDAD - 129 BIOL - 127• WFSC - 115

• PSYC - 113 PHYS - 113• BCBP - 102• AGEC - 93• ENGL - 89• ECON - 88• OCNG - 85• PETE - 81• VTPB - 73• ENTO - 72• HLKN - 71• VTPP - 69 STAT - 66• NUEN - 65 MATH - 64

Graduate Student Recruiting

Graduate Merit

Fellowship

AFS Graduate Fellowship

Regents Fellowships

College of Science Fellowships

Deans Scholars

AUF Tuition Fellows

Heep Matching Others

Biology -$ -$ 14,000$ 40,000$ 8,000$ 18,000$ -$ -$ Chemistry 34,000$ 18,000$ 14,000$ 40,000$ 10,000$ 30,000$ -$ -$ Mathematics -$ 9,000$ 14,000$ 40,000$ 8,000$ 18,000$ -$ -$ Physics -$ -$ 14,000$ 40,000$ 8,000$ 18,000$ -$ -$ Statistics 17,000$ 12,000$ 14,000$ 40,000$ 8,000$ 18,000$ 5,000$ 5,000$

51,000$ 39,000$ 70,000$ 200,000$ 42,000$ 102,000$ 5,000$ 5,000$

College Total (all sources) = 514,000$

Table of Department Heads

Date of Date of DEPT Name Appointment Next ReviewBIOL Terry L. Thomas 11/1/94 2001-2002CHEM Emile A. Schweikert 10/1/94 2001-2001MATH William Rundell 9/1/93 2000-2001PHYS Thomas W. Adair, III 7/16/97 search ongoingSTAT James A. Calvin 1/1/98 2002-2003

Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

Full Associate Assistant TotalBiology 15 14 5 34Chemistry 36 3 7 46Mathematics 44 16 8 68Physics 33 6 1 40Statistics 17 5 3 25Total 145 44 24 213

Promotion & Tenure

• Tenured and promoted to Full Professor– Olga Kocharovskaya (Physics)

• Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor– Vickie DeRose (Chemistry)– Bruce Riley (Biology)– Ken Dykema (Mathematics)

• Promoted to Full Professor– Glenn Agnolet (Physics)– Gary Sulikowski (Chemistry)– Naisyin Wang (Statistics)

• Promoted to Senior Lecturer– Rita Moyes (Biology)

New Faculty 2000-2001

• Biology – Philip Youderian - full professor– Andreas Holzenburg - full professor

• Mathematics– Ciprian Foias - full professor– Maurice Rojas - assistant professor

• Statistics – Gerda Claeskens - assistant professor

Current Hiring 2001-2002

• Biology – One assistant professor has accepted so far.

• Chemistry– One assistant professor has accepted so far.

• Mathematics– Six assistant professors, one full have accepted so far.

• Physics– Starting to make offers.

• Statistics – One assistant professor has accepted so far.

Faculty Accomplishments Since Fall Meeting

• Biology– Vincent M. Cassone

• University Faculty Fellow– Susan S. Golden

• Elected to the Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology

• Chemistry– F. Albert Cotton

• Honorary D.Sc. From Universitat Jaume, Spain• Honorary doctorate from NC - State - (his 25th honorary degree and the

most for any A&M faculty member)• ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry• Lavoisier Medal of the French Chemical Society

Faculty Accomplishments Since Fall Meeting

• Chemistry (continued)– Paul Cremer

• 2001 NSF CAREER Award• 2000 3M Nontenured faculty award• 2000 ONR Young Investigator Award• Beckman Young Investigators Award

– John P. Fackler • ACS Award for Distinguished service in the Advancement of

Inorganic Chemistry• University Distinguished Lecturer - 2000-2001

– Francois Gabbai• 2001 NSF CAREER Award

Faculty Accomplishments Since Fall Meeting

• Chemistry (continued)– Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt

• AFS Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching– Jaan Laane

• 2000 Honorary Doctorate University of Tartu, Estonia– Sherry Yennello

• University Faculty Fellow

• Mathematics– David Dobson

• Felix Klein Award• University Faculty Fellow

Faculty Accomplishments Since Fall Meeting

• Mathematics (cont.)– Catherine Yan

• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

• Physics– Carl A. Gagliardi

• AFS Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching– Dimitri V. Nanopoulos

• Named a Member of the Highly Cited Researchers by the Institute for Scientific Information

– Valery Pokrovsky• AFS Distinguished Achievement Award for Research

– Suhail Zubairy• Khwarizmi International Award by the Government of Iran

Faculty Accomplishments Since Fall Meeting

• Statistics– Raymond Carroll

• NIH Training Grant– P. Frederick Dahm

• AFS Distinguished Achievement Award for Individual Student Relations

– James Matis• Fullbright Fellowship Award

– Larry Ringer• Paul Minton Distinguished Service Award from Southern Regional

Council on Statistics

Faculty Accomplishments Since Fall Meeting

• Statistics (continued)– William Smith

• Named Executive Director of the American Statistical Association– Marina Vannucci

• 2001 NSF CAREER Award– Soujin Wang

• Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences

Faculty Diversity & Losses

• Tenured or Tenure-Tracked Faculty – Female

• Biology - 7 (1 asst., 4 assoc., 2 full)• Chemistry - 4 (1 asst., 1 assoc., 2 full)• Mathematics - 4 (2 asst., 1 assoc., 1 full)• Physics - 1 (full)• Statistics - 4 (3 asst., 0 assoc, 1 full)

– Minorities• Biology - 1 (assistant)• Chemistry - 1(full)• Mathematics - 4 (1 asst., 2 assoc, 1 full)

• Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Losses– In the last 4 years, the College has lost 16 who it tried to retain.

Research Money

FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 (to Feb.)BIOL 4,203,672 3,242,278 4,160,149 5,187,839 1,871,988 CHEM 12,209,624 9,739,598 16,001,311 8,333,786 6,937,000 MATH 4,490,421 3,567,325 1,263,676 2,823,320 2,317,192 PHYS 4,013,022 5,375,089 3,156,288 6,287,048 399,727 STAT 887,110 484,652 585,173 1,000,330 250,000 TOTAL 25,803,849 22,408,942 25,166,597 23,632,323 11,775,907

AUF Programs ($20M/year)

• University Faculty Fellows– In first round, Science received 3 out of 12

• Vincent Cassone (Biology)• Sherry Yennello (Chemistry)• David Dobson (Mathematics)

• New Faculty Lines for Programmatic Initiatives– 8 of 32 awarded

• New Graduate Student Lines for Programmatic Initiatives – 11 of 43 awarded

• Chairs– Gradipore-AUF Chair

AUF Programs ($20M/year)

• Large amount of $3.5M life sciences initiatives.• $2M telecommunications/informatics initiatives proposals

submitted.• Arts & Sciences task force recently submitted their final report

recommending a series of steps to strengthen arts and sciences.

Interdisciplinary Programs

• Information Technology in Science - Center for Teaching and Learning

• Institute for Quantum Studies• Bioinformatics• Telecommunications/Informatics• Center for Integrated Micro Systems• Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering• Center for Environmental and Rural Health• Center for Mathematics and Science Education• Technology Mediated Instruction Working Group

Goals

• Return tenured and tenure-track faculty to full strength without compromising service teaching effectiveness.

• Increase quantity and quality of graduate students• Increase number of women and minority faculty.• Continue to find creative ways to address the shortage of

teachers in mathematics and science.• Provide tools for faculty members who are interested in using

technology-mediated instruction for their classes.• Continue to work with the A&M Foundation to find successful

matches of donors and giving opportunities.