Provost Erik Luijten
As Northwestern's chief academic officer, Provost Luijten works with deans, directors and administrative units to set academic priorities and policies and coordinate initiatives to support graduate and undergraduate education, faculty appointments and promotion, and space and resource planning. He also has primary responsibility for preparing Northwestern’s annual budget.
Provost Luijten is the Liu-Wang Liming Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. He also holds courtesy appointments in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, and Chemistry.
