Juan de Pablo

Beginning October 1, Juan de Pablo will assume the role of executive vice president for global science and technology for New York University, as well as executive dean of New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. Juan’s departure comes after more than a decade at the University of Chicago, during which time he has served as one of the founding faculty members of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME), as a senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, and as a leader in the University’s administration.
 
Shortly after his arrival, Juan and his colleagues at PME became responsible for developing and launching the educational programs of our newly formed school of engineering, which now comprises many hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students. In recent years, Juan has been the University’s executive vice president for science, innovation, national laboratories, and global initiatives. In his role, he has fostered a wide range of opportunities for the institution and its partners. The integrative approach he brought to his portfolio has elevated the ideas of our faculty and created new avenues for groundbreaking research.
 
Juan’s contributions to the University and our national laboratory partners, Argonne and Fermilab, have been significant. He has worked closely with University leadership, scientists, and the boards of both laboratories, along with the Department of Energy, to help advance some of the most ambitious efforts and projects across the national laboratory landscape, including the launch of two major quantum hubs at Argonne and at Fermilab, the completion of the APS upgrade and the Aurora supercomputer at Argonne, and the completion of the excavation phase of the LBNF-DUNE project at Fermilab.
 
Juan and the teams he manages have enabled global academic partnerships, and furthered the reach of our research collaborations with international collaborations. Two recent examples include our collaboration with the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), which has brought to the University of Chicago the International Research Center for Discovery, as well as the development of major quantum partnerships with the University of Tokyo, IBM, and Google. Juan and his team were also instrumental in co-leading the process that allowed us to attract the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub to Chicago. They have been central to the launch of Hyde Park Labs and have greatly enlivened the University’s international presence through our global campuses and have supported multiple cross-university science and technology efforts across the world. These endeavors and more have served to enhance the University’s core education and research mission and have influenced many of our local, regional, and global priorities for the better.
 
Great care will be taken to ensure that each of the vital areas within his portfolio are well stewarded with interim leadership following his departure and well into the future. More details will be forthcoming for those impacted by this transition. In the meantime, please join me in thanking Juan for his service and wishing him all the best.
 
Sincerely,
Paul

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Paul Alivisatos
President