Three candidates for dean of the NDSU College of Science and Mathematics are scheduled to visit campus for interviews. Each candidate will present an open forum while at NDSU.
John Mintmire, Regents Professor and head of the Department of Physics at Oklahoma State University, is scheduled to be at NDSU Feb. 27-28, with an open forum set for Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Union Century Theater.
Scott Wood, dean of the College of Science at the University of Idaho, plans to visit campus March 1-2, with an open forum on March 1 at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Union Century Theater.
Keith Murphy, professor of genetics and chair director of the Clemson University Genomics Institute, is scheduled to be at NDSU March 5-6, with an open forum on March 5 at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Union Plains Ballroom.
According to Charles Peterson, search committee chair and dean of the College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences, “The search committee is pleased to have identified three excellent candidates for the dean’s position. All three candidates have outstanding academic credentials and administrative experience.”
Mintmire earned his bachelor’s degree and doctorate in physics from the University of Florida, Gainesville. He previously was associate dean of research for the Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences. In addition, he was a research physicist with the chemistry division of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. His honors include the Oklahoma State University Regents Distinguished Research Award and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Florida. He is a Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the Physical Society’s Division of Materials Physics.
Wood earned his bachelor’s degree at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and his master’s degree and doctorate in geology from Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. His professional experience includes being a visiting scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He also was a faculty member at McGill University. Among his honors are the 2006 Distinguished Service Award from the Division of Geochemistry of the American Chemical Society, 2005 Inaugural Distinguished Faculty Award from the College of Science at the University of Idaho, 2004 Julian Boldy Award for best paper in economic geology at the annual joint meeting of the Geological Association of Canada and the Mineralogical Association of Canada and the Meritorious Service Award from the Geochemical Society.
Murphy earned his bachelor’s degree at Indiana University, master’s degree in molecular genetics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and doctorate in genetics and microbiology from Louisiana State University. His work experience includes being a faculty member at Texas A&M University, College Station; University of Memphis, Tennessee; and The Citadel, Charleston, S.C. In addition he was a postdoctoral research geneticist at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service Animal Diseases Research Laboratory in Laramie, Wyo. His vita lists two patents, and he received the Sigma Xi Award for outstanding published manuscript and the Pfizer Animal Health Award for excellence in research.