College of Natural Science Annual Faculty Meeting · 2019-12-12 · NatSci Empower Extraordinary...
Transcript of College of Natural Science Annual Faculty Meeting · 2019-12-12 · NatSci Empower Extraordinary...
College of Natural Science Annual Faculty Meeting
November 22, 2019
College of Natural Science
College Faculty Meeting and Awards Ceremony
AGENDA
Friday, November 22, 2019
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
1200 Molecular Plant Science Building
Items:
1) Approval of Agenda for November 22, 2019
2) Approval of Minutes from November 16, 2018
3) State of the College—Phillip M. Duxbury
4) Other Business
a) NatSci Bylaws Faculty Voting Results
i. The bylaws to create a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory
Council were approved
ii. The bylaws to accept changes to NatSci Scholarship & Awards
Committee were approved
1) Awards Ceremony
Attachment:
Report of NatSci Standing Committees
College of Natural Science Annual Faculty Meeting
November 22, 2019
MSU’s Empower ExtraordinaryCapital Campaign
▪ July 1, 2011 – December 31, 2018
▪ The College of Natural Science exceeded its $74,050,000 campaign goal by 1%, raising a total of $74,785,586
▪ Overall MSU goal: $1.5B. $1.83B was raised
NatSci Empower ExtraordinaryHighlights
▪ $44,197,538 was received in outright cash or new pledges
▪ $27,809,872 was committed in planned gifts
▪ Faculty, staff and retirees proved to be an important source of support
▪ A total of 665 contributed $6,401,547 in the form of cash, pledges, and future support
NatSci Endowment Highlights
▪ 16 new endowed professorships were created to support chairs and other faculty funds ➢ A total of $21,060,552 was raised for faculty support
▪ 57 new endowments were created to support undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships and other student-related funds➢ A total of $23,962,695 was raised for student support
What’s Next?
▪ Continue to fundraise and secure resources for the college
▪ Strategic themes for corporate and foundation engagement
MSU/NatSci EnrollmentFall 2019
MSU overall – 49,809 students (39,176 undergrads)
NatSci Fall 2019 undergraduate majors 5,606
(plus 953 LBC coordinate majors)
NatSci Fall 2019 incoming freshmen 1,233
(plus 618 LBC freshmen)
NatSci Fall 2019 graduate students 970
(892 Ph.D. students, 78 M.S. students)
College of Natural Science (2017-18)
▪ Tenure stream faculty FTE: 284 (1996): 14%
▪ General fund allocation: $89M ($1,362M): 6.5%
▪ Tuition dollars generated: $197M ($993M): 19.8%
▪ IDC from Grants: $15.8M ($77M): 20.5%
▪ Federal Grant Income: $62.5M (387M): 16.1%
▪ Endowment: $110M
From an ROI perspective, NatSci is a top performer at MSU!
In Addition . . .
▪ Our nuclear sciences programs are top-ranked and run by NatSci faculty members. Current project: construction of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), a $720M DOE-funded particle accelerator construction project scheduled for completion in 2021
▪ The discovery of anticancer platinum drug molecules: cisplatin and carboplatin. Royalties from these drugs are the primary source of funding for the MSU Foundation, which has an endowment of more than $350M. The foundation supports the research mission and entrepreneurial activities at MSU
NatSci 2018-19 Budget
Recurring Budget: $72.87M – up 3.06%
$ 1.47M Salary increases
$ -712k 1% program efficiency reduction
$ 831k University allocation (new funding)
($489k GII salaries; $342k student success,
instructional reform)
Non-Recurring Budget: $9.04M – up 6.38%
$ 667k Program allocations (spousal salaries, retention support)
$ 4.7M Off-campus & online instruction (no change)
$1.2M lost due to “revenue freeze”
$ 3.67M F&A (up $0.33M)
F&A Generated00/01 through 18/19
$0
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
$12,000,000
$14,000,000
$16,000,000
$18,000,000
$20,000,000
$22,000,000
$24,000,000
00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19F&A Year
(March 1 - February 28)
(By NatSci Departments under all MAUs)
Department LeadershipChanges
Jeffrey Schenker
▪Acting Chair, Department of Mathematics
Program LeadershipChanges
Robin Buell
▪Director, Plant Resilience Institute
Program LeadershipChanges
Peggy Petroff
▪Director, Cell and Molecular Biology program
Program LeadershipChanges
Ralph Putnam
▪Director, Program in Mathematics Education (PRIME)
Kellogg Biological StationLeadership Changes
Fredric Janzen
▪Director, Kellogg Biological Station (6/2020)
Leadership Changes in Process
Searches for Chairpersons of:
▪Chemistry
▪Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering (CMSE)
Search for Program Director of:
▪Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program
New People in NatSci Dean’s Office
▪ Ann Hoffman, research administrator, Office of Research Support
▪ Mistie Jordan, digital assets/social media coordinator, Communications
▪ Teri Compeau, staff
assistant, Dean’s Office
▪ Christiane De Araujo,
data resource analyst,
Budget, Planning
Research and
Administration
NatSci Dean’s Office Changes (con’t.)
▪ Sarah Whitaker, director, Education Abroad & Off-campus Programs, Academic Student Affairs
▪ Christine Nguyen-Koelzer, human
biology/preprofessional advisor,
Academic Student Affairs
▪ Steve Plemmons, senior IT
manager, Information
Technology
NatSci Dean’s Office Changes
▪ In the final stages of selecting a candidate for associate dean for research and budgets, replacing Dave DeWitt
▪ Roger Gray, budget officer, effective Dec. 1, replacing Sonya Ribnicky
New NatSci Faculty Members (14)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology▪ Kelly H. Kim, assistant professor, GII (Cryo-EM), starts 3/2020
Chemistry▪ Elad Harel, assistant professor, GII (ultrafast chemistry)▪ Selvan Demir, assistant professor (inorganic/materials)
Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering▪ Lei Huan, assistant professor (large scale data/comp. statistics) 70%CMSE,
30% STT▪ Saiprasad Ravishankar, assistant professor (biomedical engineering)
Earth and Environmental Sciences▪ Seth Jacobson, assistant professor (planetary geology)
New NatSci Faculty Members (con’t.)
Mathematics
▪ Brent Nelson, assistant professor, (free probability/von Neuman algebra)
▪ Olga Turanova, assistant professor (partial differential equations/nonlinear PDEs)
▪ Preston Wake, assistant professor (algebraic number theory/arithmetic geometry)
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
▪ Sean Crosson, Hugh endowed professor (environmental adaptation in bacteria)
New NatSci Faculty Members (con’t.)
Physics and Astronomy
▪ Daniel Hayden, associate professor (high energy physics)
▪ Wolfgang Kerzendorf, assistant professor (big data and astrophysics) 70%PHY, 30% CMSE
Physiology
▪ Geoffrey Laumet, assistant professor, (neuroscience teaching)
Plant Biology
▪ Emily Josephs, assistant professor/GII (plant genomics)
MSU Global ImpactInitiative (GII)
The GII continues to have a significant impact on the development of MSU and the college:
▪ Total MSU GII hires to date: 87 (27 senior; 60 junior)Pending MSU hires: 5
▪ Total Nat Sci hires to date: 32 (6 senior; 26 junior) –36.8% of total MSU hires
▪ Approved NatSci searches for 2019-20: 1 1 junior-Cryo-EM (BMB/GII)
2019 Early CAREER Award Winners (7)
▪ Daniel Ducat – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/PRL,
2019 (NSF)
▪ Matthew Hirn – Mathematics, 2019 (NSF)
▪ Ilya Kachkovskiy – Mathematics, 2019 (NSF)
▪ Sophia Lunt – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
2019 (NSF)
▪ Liang Liang Sun – Chemistry, 2019 (NSF)
▪ Zhenqi Wang – Mathematics, 2019 (NSF)
▪ Jay Zarnetske – Earth and Environmental Sciences,
2019 (NSF)
Other 2019 Young Investigator Awards
▪ Mohammed Maghrebi, Physics and Astronomy, 2019 Air Force Office
of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program Award
▪ Alex Dickson, BMB and CMSE, 2019 American Chemical Society
OpenEye Junior Faculty Award
▪ Gina Leinninger, Physiology, 2019 American Physiological Society,
Central Nervous System Section New Investigator Award
7 Women 2018 Early CAREER Award Winners
▪ Laura Chomiuk – Physics and Astronomy, 2018 (NSF)
▪ Susannah Dorfman – Earth and Environmental Sciences,
2018 (NSF)
▪ Kristen Hendricks – Mathematics
▪ N. Cecelia Martinez-Gomez – Microbiology and Molecular
Genetics, 2018 (NSF)
▪ Kristin Parent – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
2018 (NSF)
▪ Ashley Shade – Plant Biology, 2018 (NSF)
▪ Michaela TerAvest – Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics,
2018 (NSF)
National/Int’l. Leadership Positions
American Society for Microbiology: President-elect/President
Victor DiRita, Rudolph Hugh Endowed Chair, MMG Chair
American Astronomical Society: President
Megan Donahue, University Distinguished Professor, Physics and Astronomy
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Chemical Sciences
Roundtable member:
Rob Maleczka, Professor and Chair, Chemistry
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chair-elect,
Chemistry Section:
Angela Wilson, MSU Hannah Professor of Computational Chemistry
Foundation/Agency Awards
Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Investigators in the Pathogenesis of
Infections Disease (PATH) Award:
Kristin Parent, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Director’s Fellowship:
Matthew Hirn, Mathematics, CMSE
International Myeloma Foundation, Brian D. Novis Senior Research Award:
Jetze Tepe, Chemistry
Professional Society Awards
American Chemical Society: Award in Organometallic Chemistry:
Milton (Mitch) Smith III, Chemistry
American Society for Microbiology: D.C. White Award
Richard Lenski, Hannah Professor of Microbial Ecology
2019 University Distinguished Professors
▪ Christoph Benning, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/PRL
▪ Robin Buell, Plant Biology
▪ Megan Donahue, Physics and Astronomy
▪ Robert Hausinger, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Key Initiatives
Long-term goals:
▪ Transform the STEM gateway curriculum around disciplinary core ideas, science practices and cross-cutting concepts
▪ Expand transformation to upper level courses
▪ Improve student learning, persistence and success
Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education
Efforts to improve STEM Gateway
Education are happening in:
▪Biology
▪Chemistry
▪CMSE
▪Math and Statistics
▪Physics
Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education (con’t.)
▪ Ground officially broke for the 117,000 sq. ft. building on August 31, 2018
▪ First classroom building supported by State of Michigan in ~50 years
▪ The facility is scheduled to open Spring 2021
STEM Teaching and Learning Facility
▪ Founded on a group of 15-16 faculty members
▪ Supported by:
➢New Cryo-EM Core Facility
➢Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy upgrade
➢Collinear Laser Spectroscopy Beam Line
➢Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics Core Facility
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology
▪ Strong faculty base
▪ Supported by Global Impact Initiative hires: ➢Cryo-EM: one hire and a
second hire being sought
➢Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Chemistry commitment to hire in high-field NMR areas
▪ Need to attract large center funding; have significant individual funding
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology (con’t.)
▪ Need to address issues of recruiting
▪ Bring together groups for training grants and project-level
grants
▪ A very promising inter-departmental and inter-college
initiative to build on
▪ NMR facility upgrade is under way, x-ray beamline funding
continuing
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology (con’t.)
Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering (CMSE)
▪ Currently 35 faculty - 25 hired since 2014 ▪ Joint faculty with 12 departments across campus ▪ Broad base of funding from
NIH, NSF, DOE, AFOSR, ONR, AFRL
▪ Faculty accolades:➢ 1 Sloan ➢ 2 NSF Career➢ 1 AFOSR Young Investigator➢ 1 DARPA Young Investigator➢ 2 DOE Career
CMSE 201/202: Introduction to Computational Modeling and Data Science
▪ Serving ~1000 students per year▪ Only requires Calc 1▪ Teaches basic modeling and
assessment of a model▪ Introduces social awareness (e.g.,
Flint water data, elections)▪ Critical thinking and problem
solving ▪ Now a requirement in a variety of
NatSci departments
Course Success
▪ B.S. in Data Science➢ ~100 core credits➢ 20 credits left for minor in an
application area➢ CMSE (lead), CSE and STT all
contribute ➢ Started fall 2019➢ Have our first 22 majors
▪ New minor in Data Science▪ Minor in CMSE still growing▪ REU with iCER
Undergraduate Degrees
Active Learning
CMSE Graduate Degrees
2019 NRT
DS - Plants
Ph.D.▪ 49 students in Ph.D. program▪ 1 SMART fellow, 1 NSF Fellow, 3
DOE Krell ▪ 51 students in dual Ph.D. program▪ Graduated 4 Ph.D. students▪ NSF-NRT Training grant with Plant
Biology▪ Working on M.S. in data science-
Joint CMSE, Statistics and Computer Science and Engineering
M.S. in Data Science (in process)▪ Graduate Certificate in Computational
Modeling▪ Graduate Certificate in High
Performance Computing▪ Developed Bioinformatics program
What’s Next?
▪ Search for a new chair is going well; four strong final candidates
▪ Continued growth is strong
▪ Algorithms for Data Science and Scientific Computing a major strength
with focus on:
➢ Computational Biology
➢ Applied and Theoretical Physics ➢ Foundations of Methods ➢ Quantum algorithms – underway ➢ Machine Learning – underway
Some Recent Grants
Recent Grants
▪ Real-Time Imaging and Quantification of Plant Cell Wall Constituents Using Cavity-Dumped Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy (DOE), Shiyou Ding, $1.49M
▪ Synergistic integration of topology and machine learning for the predictions of protein-ligand binding affinities and mutation affects (NIH), Guowei Wei, $1.27M
▪ Dimensions: The causes and consequences of leaf trait evolution for hidden life on the phyllosphere: Phylogeny, function, and the genome (NSF), Marjorie Weber, $1.1M
▪ LTER: Mechanisms of resilience in agricultural landscapes (NSF),Nick Haddad (PI), Sarah Evans, Stephen Hamilton, Douglas Landis, Sandra Marquart-Pyatt, G. Philip Robertson, Scott Swinton, $4.5M
Recent Grants (con’t.)
▪ Revealing the Ligand Binding Landscape with Advanced Molecular Simulation Methods (NIH), Alex Dickson, $1.8M
▪ Solid-State NMR of Viral Fusion Peptides and Proteins (NIH), David Weliky, $1.39M
▪ Collaborative Research: Scaffolding Computational Thinking Through Multilevel Systems Modeling (NSF), Joseph Krajcik, $1.27M
▪ Elucidating strategies of Staphylococcus aureus nutrient sulfur acquisition during infection, NIH, Neal Hammer, $2.43M
Training Program Awards
▪ NRT-HDR: Intersecting computational and data science to address grand challenges in plant biology (NSF), Shinhan Shiu, $2.99M
▪ Plant Biotechnology for Health and Sustainability (NIH), T-32 (5-year renewal), Robert Last (PI), Cornelius Barry, Christoph Benning, Federica Brandizzi, Greg Bonito, Robin Buell, Christina Chan, Robert Day, Andrea Doseff, Daniel Ducat, Patrick Edger, Eva Farre, Bjoern Hamberger, Gregg Howe, Beronda Montgomery, Kevin Walker, $1.97M
▪ REU Site: Cross Disciplinary Training in Sustainable Chemistry and Chemical Processes (NSF), Greg Swain (PI), Remi Beaulac, Gary Blanchard, Karen Draths, Thomas Hamann, James Jackson, Benjamin Levine, Robert Maleczka, Kevin Walker, Angela Wilson, $216,043
Equipment Awards
▪ MRI: Acquisition of a Duo Source Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer for the Center for X-ray Crystallographic Research, NSF, Aaron Odom (PI), Babak Borhan, Robert Laduca, Jr., Richard Lunt, Milton Smith, $277,765
NatSci Strategic Planning
Moving into final phase of strategic planning process:
Most units have completed their plans
Five working groups (~10 people in each) have drafted reports: ➢Mission, Vision, Values
➢Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
➢Undergraduate Education
➢Research
➢Graduate Education
Facilitator (Karen Deshon) helping with production of final college documents➢Writing team to be announced Dec. 3
➢Writing during Spring and Summer 2020
Research: Build on Strengths
1. Leverage FRIB
Novel isotopes, Chemistry
Accelerator physics, Physics/ Engineering College
Radiation damage in materials and biology, Engineering, Medicine
Astrophysics (NSF Physics Frontier Center, ICECUBE)
2. Continue and expand strengths in plant sciences and applications
Molecular Plant Sciences (DOE plant research lab). CANR
Ecology and evolution (DOE – GLBRC, KBS, NSF: LTER, LTAR), CANR
Digital Agriculture, CANR
Build on Strengths (con’t.)
3. Strengthen math, statistics, computational sciences
Establish MSU as leader in applying big data to areas of
experimental excellence
(e.g. plant sciences, nuclear physics, veterinary sciences)
4. Strengthen Human biology research with CHM, COM, IQ
Precision medicine
Neuroscience and motivated behaviors (obesity, opiods, etc.)
Antibiotic resistance
Chemical biology and drug discovery
Engage more with industry and foundations
▪ Actuarial science, data analytics (Insurance, financial industry)
▪ Plant sciences, digital agriculture (e.g. Neogen, Zoetis)
▪ Data science, AI and Quantum information science (e.g. Auto industry)
▪ Macrosystems ecology and biodiversity (e.g. IT companies)
…….
Entrepreneurial scholar’s program
Industry-university appointments
White papers to engage foundations and industry, e.g.
1. STEM Education – collaboration with College of Education
2. Food, energy and water: Digital agriculture, with CANR…
3. The phosphorous problem; the PFAS problem
4. Antibiotic resistance: Ecology and evolution of disease
5. Macrosystems ecology and biodiversity
6. The global race for quantum technologies
7. Defeating cancer: precision medicine and chemical biology
College of Natural Science
Awards
2019-20
NatSci Outstanding Faculty Award2019-20
Bruno Basso
Earth and Environmental Sciences
NatSci Outstanding Faculty Award2019-20
Norman Birge
Physics and Astronomy
NatSci Outstanding Faculty Award2019-20
Richard Lenski
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
NatSci Teacher-Scholar Award2019-20
Michelle Mazei-Robison
Physiology
NatSci Teacher-Scholar Award2019-20
Jay Zarnetske
Earth and Environmental Sciences
NatSci Undergraduate Teaching Award2019-20
Ryan Maccombs
Mathematics
NatSci Undergraduate Teaching Award2019-20
Erica Wehrwein
Physiology
NatSci Junior Faculty Mentoring Award2019-20
Lee Kroos
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
NatSci Postdoctoral Mentoring Award2019-20
Wolfgang Mittig
Physics and Astronomy
NatSci Distinguished Academic Staff Award
2019-20
Amy Pollock
Chemistry
Undergraduate Academic Advisor Award2019-20
Lori Seischab
Physiology
Graduate Academic Advisor Award2019-20
Lee Kroos
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
NatSci Support Staff Award2019-20
Lisa Craft
Integrative Biology
NatSci Support Staff Award2019-20
Elvira Martinez-Jones
Physiology
NatSci Excellence-in-Teaching Citation2019-20
Paul Hamerski
Physics and Astronomy
NatSci Excellence-in-Teaching Citation2019-20
Reshma Menon
Mathematics
NatSci Undergraduate Learning Assistant Award
2019-20
Grace Cha
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
NatSci Undergraduate Learning Assistant Award
2019-20
Ashleigh Leary
Physics and Astronomy
Lorena V. Blinn Endowed Teaching Award
2019-20
Joyce Parker
Earth and Environmental Sciences
James D. Hoeschele Endowed Teaching Award
2019-20
Cholani Weebadde
Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences (CANR)
Ronald W. Wilson Endowed Teaching Award
2019-20
Andrea Bierema
Integrative Biology
Harlo Mervyn Mork Memorial Excellence in Teaching Award
2019-20
Darren Incorvaia
Integrative Biology
NatSci Faculty Teaching Prize2019-20
▪ Jon Stoltzfus, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
▪ Casey Henley, Neuroscience
▪ Rachael Lund, Mathematics
▪ Lynmarie Posey, Chemistry
Norman L. and Olga K. FritzExcellence in Teaching Award
2019-20
Teena Gerhardt
Mathematics
Norman L. and Olga K. FritzExcellence in Teaching Award
2019-20
Paul Irving
Physics and Astronomy
College of Natural Science Annual Faculty Meeting
November 22, 2019