PROVIDENCE – Mark S. Schlissel, currently dean of biological sciences in the College of Letters and Science at the University of California-Berkeley, was named the 11th provost of Brown University on Tuesday.
Schlissel will begin on July 1, succeeding David I. Kertzer. He will be the university’s chief academic officer and second in rank to the president, serving as deputy to the president in a variety of matters.
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“Mark Schlissel comes to Brown with a record of significant accomplishments,” said Brown President Ruth J. Simmons who made the announcement during the monthly faculty meeting.
“He is above all an excellent and highly rated scholar and teacher. His experience in research, both in the laboratory and administratively as dean of biological sciences, will enable him to become an effective leader at Brown.”
Reporting directly to Schlissel will be the deans of the undergraduate college and graduate school, the dean of faculty, university librarian, chief information officer, dean of admissions, director of financial aid, vice president for research and vice president for international affairs.
Schlissel earned his bachelor’s degree in biochemical sciences from Princeton University, and his M.D. and Ph.D. from John Hopkins University School of Medicine. He began teaching at the University of California-Berkeley in 1999 as an associate professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology where he later became a full professor in 2002.
His research has focused on the developmental biology of B lymphocytes, the cell type in the immune system that secretes antibodies, Brown said in a news release. He has authored or co-authored nearly 100 scientific papers.
