Enrique J. Lavernia
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Enrique Jose Lavernia (born 1960) is a Cuban-American material scientist and engineer. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Irvine's Henry Samueli School of Engineering. From 2015 to 2021, he served as UC Irvine's provost and executive vice chancellor.[1][2] Lavernia previously taught at the University of California, Davis, where he served as Dean of the College of Engineering and as the university's interim provost and executive vice chancellor.[3]
Education[edit]
Lavernia's family left Cuba in 1965. After attending high school in Puerto Rico, Lavernia matriculated at Brown University. He earned a Bachelor of Science with honors in solid mechanics at Brown in 1982. Lavernia completed a Master of Science and doctoral degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984 and 1986, respectively.[3]
Career[edit]
Lavernia joined UC Irvine in 1987 as an assistant professor. He eventually became chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science and a Chancellor's Professor before moving to UC Davis in 2002. Lavernia served as Dean of the UC Davis College of Engineering between 2002–2009 and 2011–2015.[4] From January 2009 to January 2011, he served as the university's interim provost and executive vice chancellor.[3] Lavernia returned to UC Irvine in 2015 as provost and executive vice chancellor.
He was placed on leave in March 2020 due a federal investigation into his academic and research activities.[5] The results of the investigation have not been made public. He was ultimately succeeded in the role by Hal Stern.[1]
Honors and awards[edit]
- Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2020[6]
- 2020 Acta Materialia Gold Medal[7]
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2016
- Fellow, National Academy of Engineering, 2013[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Nguyen, Lilly (2021-04-16). "UC Irvine appoints former dean as new provost and executive vice chancellor". Daily Pilot. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Enrique Lavernia named provost and executive vice chancellor". UCI News. 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ a b c "Provost with a purpose". UCI News. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Bruce White to be new College of Engineering dean". The Aggie. 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "UCI provost Enrique Lavernia placed on leave pending investigation into academic, research activities". OC Register. 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Provost Enrique Lavernia is elected a foreign member of Chinese Academy of Engineering". UCI News. 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Enrique J. Lavernia, 2020 Acta Materialia Gold Medal Recipient - News - Materialia - Journal - Elsevier". www.journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "Enrique Lavernia elected to National Academy". UC Davis ADVANCE. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
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- 21st-century American engineers
- Cuban emigrants to the United States
- Brown University alumni
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- University of California, Irvine faculty
- University of California, Davis faculty
- American materials scientists
- Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
- Living people
- 1960 births