Interim Dean of the College of Natural Sciences
Andreas Matouschek began serving in College of Natural Sciences leadership in 2020. He became Associate Dean for Research and Facilities in 2021, overseeing a team of 17 full-time staff, charged with supporting the research enterprise in the college, as well as the physical infrastructure needed to achieve excellence in research and education across more than 1 million net square feet of space in over 25 buildings on four campuses that span from the McDonald Observatory in West Texas to the Marine Science Institute on the Gulf Coast. Matouschek came to UT in 2012 and served as Associate Chair for Administration in the newly formed Department of Molecular Biosciences from 2014 to 2018. He then led the Center for Biomedical Research Support in the Office of the Vice President for Research. Before coming to UT, he directed an Interdepartmental Graduate Program in the Biological Sciences and served as Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the Graduate School at Northwestern University.