Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost Experts

D. Michelle Addington
Special Assistant to the President and Provost
addington@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1922
Expertise: Sustainability; Smart Materials; Building Physics; Lighting; History of Building Technology; Leadership

Tasha Beretvas
Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
facultyaffairs@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3007, +1 512 471 4363
Expertise: Interested in statistical models with a focus on deriving and evaluating multilevel model extensions and meta-analysis models for educational, behavioral, social and medical science data.

Roger T Bonnecaze
Dean, Cockrell School of Engineering
rtb@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1497
Expertise: We specialize in the rheology of suspensions, emulsions & complex fluids turbidity and debris flows, computational fluid mechanics imprint and immersion lithography, electrical impedance tomography, and the self-assembly of nanoparticles at surfaces.

Don E Carleton
Executive Director, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
d.carleton@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 495 4527
Expertise: U.S. History, Texas History, history of broadcast journalism,

Robert M Chesney
Dean, School of Law
rchesney@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1120
Expertise: National security law and policy; terrorism (history, law, policy); law of war; federal criminal law relating to national security; intelligence and the law; constitutional law.

Lydia M Contreras
Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity
lcontrer@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2453
Expertise: RNA-protein interactions, RNA-protein folding; Novel molecular tools for intracellular studies of RNA-metabolism; Protein engineering for novel mechanisms of molecular recognition; Diagnostics for RNA-related diseases; Discovery of drugs targeting RNAs; Optimization strategies for therapeutic RNA/protein expression

Edmund T Gordon
Executive Director of Commemorative and Contextualization Projects
etgordon@austin.utexas.edu

Maria Juenger
Interim Dean, Graduate School
mjuenger@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3593
Expertise: Hydration chemistry and microstructural characterization of portland cement and related materials; Mechanisms of chemical deterioration in concrete; Concrete durability; Reducing the environmental impact of concrete production

Carey W King
Research Scientist, Energy Institute
careyking@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5468
Expertise: Energy and renewable energy generation, usage, conservation, policy, and education; energy systems approaches; energy return on energy invested, net energy; carbon capture and sequestration; nexus of water and energy; renewable energy and electricity integration

Rachel Davis Mersey
Interim Dean, Moody College of Communication
rdm@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: how and why individuals consume or avoid media experiences; craft media products that encourage pro-social behavior

Richard J Reddick
Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Undergraduate College
richard.reddick@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7551, +1 512 475 8587
Expertise: Examines the experiences of faculty of color at predominantly White institutions; mentoring relationships between faculty and Black students; and work-life balance in academia.

Alexa M Stuifbergen
Professor
astuifbergen@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4764, +1 512 471 4100
Expertise: Health promotion, chronic illness, disability, multiple sclerosis; rehabilitation, post-polio syndrome, fibromyalgia

David P Tuttle
Research Associate, Energy Institute
dptuttle@energy.utexas.edu
+1 512 796 9771
Expertise: Dr. Tuttle is a Research Fellow in the Energy Institute at University of Texas at Austin. His lifelong passion in the automotive space intersects with his decades of experience in information technology and interest in the diffusion of innovation in the research areas of Plug-In Vehicle adoption and integration with the grid, alternative fuel and advanced powertrain vehicles, the Smartgrid, and renewable energy systems. In the past, Dr. Tuttle advised the UT GM/DOE Challenge-X hybrid development team and was the team manager for the 2007 UT DARPA Urban Challenge Autonomous vehicle team. Today, he is one of the electric vehicle researchers in Austins Pecan Street Consortium/UT-Austin Plug-In Vehicle Smartgrid research project.

Michael Webber
John J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
webber@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6867
Expertise: Energy policy; Energy & Water; Alternative and renewable energy; Biofuels; Energy in Texas; Smart Grid; Power Sector