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The 2011 External Review Chair Daniel M. Neumark

The 2011 External Review Chair Daniel M. Neumark. Reviewers. Carl Lineberger , University of Colorado John Tully, Yale Laura Kiessling , University of Wisconsin Larry Overman , UC Irvine Louis Brus , Columbia. Process.

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The 2011 External Review Chair Daniel M. Neumark

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  1. The 2011 External Review Chair Daniel M. Neumark

  2. Reviewers • Carl Lineberger, University of Colorado • John Tully, Yale • Laura Kiessling, University of Wisconsin • Larry Overman, UC Irvine • Louis Brus, Columbia

  3. Process • Self study put together by three teams, covering faculty hiring needs, space and infrastructure, graduate and undergraduate education • Reviewers write and submit report • Chair writes response to the report • Now we wait….

  4. NRC Chemistry Rankings How do we stay at the top?

  5. My goals as Chair • Recruit aggressively at the junior and senior level • Two appointments/year needed just to maintain pace with retirements • Effective mentoring for junior faculty already here • Administrative efficiency: prompt processing of merit and promotion cases • Work with Dean Mathies to improve infrastructure

  6. Faculty Demographics

  7. Faculty Demographics Age distribution by interest group. Blue is total, Red is FTE’s Chemical Biology 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Organic 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

  8. Faculty Demographics Inorganic 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Physical (exp+ theory) 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

  9. Faculty FTE Trends Goal is to make two hires/per year for next few years Mix of junior (preferred) and senior positions

  10. Opportunities • Energy science: large LBL investment in solar-to-fuels (Helios, JCAP) opens up opportunities in many areas of chemistry • Campus/LBL EFRC’s in carbon capture and storage • Retirement of nuclear chemists provides opportunity to hire in new but related fields of chemistry (environmental, analytical) • Calvin lab becoming available- opens up possibility for multidisciplinary effort involving Chemistry and Biology • Next Generation Light Source (NGLS) at LBL will require faculty hires in ultrafast x-ray science

  11. Resources and FTE’s • Since July 1, 2010, four new assistant professors hired (Ginsberg, Cuk, Savage, Fischer), one full professor (Hartwig), one adjunct professor (Baranger), one pending offer (Yaghi) • Only Ginsberg and Fischer received significant campus research support • LBL provided all startup funds for Cuk and Hartwig • EBI provided startup funds for Savage • While this type of leveraging is fine (and necessary, for senior appointments), it focuses our hiring more toward needs of institutions other than Chemistry- possibly harmful in the long term • Campus should provide bulk of funds for junior hires, to be supplemented by LBL, etc, as necessary

  12. Space and infrastructure issues • Our research space suffers in comparison to our peer institutions • Ongoing retention issue • Without better space, it will be very difficult to meet recruiting goals • Space that is adequate for someone already here will not be adequate for new faculty • Retirements of faculty based on LBL puts further pressure on campus space • Undergraduate laboratories in poor shape- experienced by a large fraction of Berkeley students

  13. College of Chemistry Building Condition

  14. Space and research issues: • Physical Chemistry: temperature and humidity control for laser labs on D-level of Latimer and Hildebrand is done on ad hoc basis. Modern HVAC needed. • Inorganic Chemistry: Several groups do not have contiguous space, and some have labs in more than one building • Organic Chemistry: Wide variation in quality of lab space, depending on building (i.e. Tan better than Latimer). Generally perceived as inferior to peer institutions. NMR facility needs to be modernized • Theory: Inadequate computer infrastructure. Will be addressed by move to campus facility with support from Pitzer Foundation • Chem Bio: New hiring in this area depends on retaining QB3 space currently occupied by Marletta and Klinman. No policy in place on this issue.

  15. Building issues • Lewis Hall: decision needs to be made to either replace it or invest heavily in renovation • Stanley Hall: New building housing QB3. Many ChemBio faculty housed there, but no guarantees that space will remain available to us • Calvin Lab will be vacated by EBI soon. Lab space there suitable for chemistry and/or biology research. Various plans currently under discussion • Gilman Hall has significant underutilized space suitable for instruction, administration and dry science if it can be mitigated and renovated

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