UBC has announced that Professor Marc Parlange will be the next dean of the Faculty of Applied Science. His five-year appointment commences July 1, 2013.
An expert in water resources engineering, Parlange is currently professor and dean of the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, where he helped lead the development and expansion of the school by recruiting faculty, establishing interdisciplinary academic programs, successful fundraising and building institutional connections throughout Europe.
The appointment of Parlange as the 12th dean of Applied Science follows an extensive international search led by UBC Provost and Vice-President Academic, David Farrar, of UBC’s Vancouver campus and Wes Pue, Provost and Vice-Principal of UBC’s Okanagan campus. The search included consultations with faculty, staff and students.
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