Physical Science & Engineering Area Committee and Tenure Appointments Committee 2014-2015

The Tenure, Appointments and Promotions Committees (TACs) include a group of Full Professors from the relevant area (Humanities; Social Sciences; Biological Sciences; Physical Sciences, Engineering and Applied Sciences) who serve as members of the area committee, along with a representative from a department or program outside the area (the “outside member”). In cases involving faculty from one of the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) departments, the Dean of the SEAS also sits on the committee as a voting member. Each Area Committee is chaired by the Divisional Dean or Director of its corresponding academic division, and the Dean of the FAS oversees the four TACs. TACs review all appointments and promotions to the ranks of Associate Professor on term (Nontenured associate, AOPN); Associate Professor without term (Tenured associate, AOPT); and Professor (PROF).

Jonathan Ellman | Committee Chair; Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Pharmacology

Charles Ahn | William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Physics

Sean Barrett | Professor of Physics

Sarbani Basu | Professor of Astronomy

David DeMille (spring only) | Professor of Physics

David Evans | Professor of Geology and Geophysics

Debra Fischer (fall only) | Professor of Astronomy and of Geology and Geophysics

Jay Humphrey | John C. Malone Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Mark Johnson | Arthur T. Kemp Professor of Chemistry

Brian Scassellati | Professor of Computer Science and of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Van Vu | Percey F. Smith Professor of Mathematics and Professor of Statistics

Tenure Appointments Committee Members Only

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Jonathan Howard | Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Professor of Physics

TAC Member for Cases in Engineering and Applied Science

T. Kyle Vanderlick | Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering