Search Committee Seeks Input on UW Research VP Finalists

The committee leading the search for the University of Wyoming’s next vice president for research and economic development is seeking input on the four finalists for the job.

The surveys are open until Saturday.

To provide input on Joseph Heppert, associate vice chancellor for research at the University of Kansas, go to www.surveymonkey.com/r/GD5F8X9. To learn more about him, go here.

To provide input on Kent Keyser, associate vice president for research at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, go to www.surveymonkey.com/r/GD3NYT6. To learn more about him, go here.

To provide input on D. Marshall Porterfield, professor in Purdue University’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and former director of Space Life and Physical Sciences Division in NASA’s Human Exploration Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C., go to www.surveymonkey.com/r/GYYC3M8. To learn more about him, go here.

To provide input on Edmund Synakowski, associate director of science for fusion energy sciences with the U.S. Department of Energy, go to www.surveymonkey.com/r/GYRJRXC. To learn more about him, go here.

The role of the vice president for research and economic development is to support and facilitate the research efforts of UW's faculty, staff and students; direct the university's research mission as a public research university; promote the university's research program with stakeholders; and direct technology transfer and commercialization efforts for UW intellectual property.