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Search Committee for Vice President for Research

Northwestern University is conducting a search for the next Vice President for Research. A search committee, which includes faculty and staff, is undertaking the effort. The committee has engaged Spencer Stuart to support the search.

Members of the Northwestern community are invited to share input on the search and nominations for the next Vice President for Research by emailing vprsearch@northwestern.edu.

News

  • November 4, 2026: Search committee formed to find next Vice President of Research
  • September 11, 2026: Northwestern launches national search for next Vice President for Research

Northwestern Vice President for Research Search Committee

  • Erik Luijten (co-chair), Provost, Liu-Wang Liming Professor of Materials Science and Engineering 
  • Mandy Distel (co-chair), Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
  • Julie Allen, Vice President and Secretary to the Board of Trustees 
  • Kate Cosgrove Booth, Associate Vice President, Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Audit 
  • Rex Chisholm, Associate Vice President for Research; Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs and Graduate Education, Feinberg; Adam and Richard T. Lind Professor of Medical Genetics 
  • Lisa Dhar, Associate Vice President for Innovation and New Ventures 
  • William Dichtel, Robert L. Letsinger Professor, Department of Chemistry 
  • Mark Hersam, Chair of Materials Science and Engineering; Director of the Materials Research Center; Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering 
  • Thomas McDade, Carlos Montezuma Professor of Anthropology ; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
  • Susan Quaggin, Chair, Department of Medicine; Director, Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute; Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine 
  • Indira Raman,Chair, Department of Neurobiology; Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biological Sciences
  • Christopher Schuh, Dean, McCormick School of Engineering and John G. Searle Professor of Materials Science and Engineering 
  • Ali Shilatifard, Robert Francis Furchgott Professor; Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics; Director, Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics
  • Christopher Udry, Robert E. and Emily King Professor, Department of Economics 
  • Dashun Wang, Kellogg Chair of Technology; Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg; Professor of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences, McCormick 

Committee Staff

  • Lauren Bauschard, Director for Strategic Initiatives
  • Lorraine Cassis, Program Administrator
  • Roma Khanna, Associate Provost for Strategy and Policy