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President University Leadership
About the Department
Founded in 1890 by John D. Rockefeller, the University of Chicago is one
of the world's leading universities and widely known for its research
eminence, its excellent faculty, graduate programs that rank at or near
the top of their respective fields, a consistently strong and
increasingly diverse student body, and impressive, constantly improved
fundraising and endowment growth. The University is located primarily in
the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. It comprises an undergraduate
college, graduate programs and interdisciplinary committees organized
into four divisions (Physical, Biological and Social Sciences, and
Humanities), six professional schools (Business, Divinity, Law,
Medicine, Public Policy, and Social Work Policy and Practice, Molecular
Engineering), the nursery-12 Laboratory Schools, three campuses of the
University of Chicago charter school, a school of continuing education,
and a medical center.
The University of Chicago is one of the country's leaders in scientific
and technological innovation, in part through its affiliations with two
U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories-Argonne National
Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The University's
stewardship of Argonne and Fermilab provides institutional support and
unique resources that help these National Laboratories tackle some of
the greatest scientific and technical challenges of our time. Argonne
National Laboratory scientists and engineers address the nation's most
important challenges in energy, the environment, and national security.
UChicago, through its wholly-owned affiliate, UChicago Argonne LLC, has
been the prime contractor for Argonne since the lab's founding in 1946,
as an outgrowth of the Manhattan Project, which achieved the first
controlled, self-sustaining nuclear reaction. At the world's leading
particle physics and accelerator laboratory, Fermilab, scientists work
with international partners to solve the mysteries of matter, energy,
space, and time. UChicago has served as co-contractor with the
Universities Research Association for Fermilab since 2007. More
information is available at this link:
https://www.uchicago.edu/en/education-and-research/affliated-laboratories
Job Information
Job Summary:
Reporting directly to the President, the Vice President for National
Laboratories is charged with ensuring the successful stewardship of two
U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories, Argonne National
Laboratory (Argonne) and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
(Fermilab), and leveraging ties between them and the University for
maximal scientific and technological impact. Working closely with
certain committees of the University Board of Trustees, University
officers, the Office of the Provost, deans and faculty, and senior
leadership at the University and the Laboratories, the Vice President
maintains key relationships with the Department of Energy and other
federal, state, and local officials and agencies that are essential to
enhancing the University's stewardship of the Laboratories, their
impact nationally and regionally, and leveraging the benefits of the
Laboratories' and University's eminence in research. The Vice
President is also charged with providing expert assistance and the
University's extensive other resources to support each Laboratory's
management teams, both in terms of scientific mission and effective
operations.
The University of Chicago is a leader in scientific and technological
innovation. Its partnership with each of Argonne and Fermilab have led
to a wide range of field-defining discoveries and impactful
technological developments. The University directly managed and operatedArgonne, a preeminent federal R&D center for the U.S. Government, since
Argonne's founding in 1946 until 2005, at which time the University's
wholly owned affiliate, UChicago Argonne LLC, took on these
responsibilities. Argonne is the nation's first national laboratory and
applies a unique mix of world-class science, engineering, and user
facilities to deliver innovative research and technologies that address
the most important scientific and societal needs of our nation. The
University of Chicago, in partnership with Universities Research
Association, manages and operates Fermilab, the nation's high energy
physics laboratory.
As research at the University of Chicago continues to grow in scale,
scope, and ambition, its relationship with each of the National
Laboratories presents significant opportunities for cutting-edge and
field-defining research in areas of national and international interest.
Responsibilities:
Representing the President, provide proactive and day-to-day oversight
of Argonne and Fermilab in furtherance of the University's management
of these DOE Office of Science Laboratories.
Serve as CEO of UChicago Argonne, LLC, Vice-Chairman of the Board of
Governors for Argonne National Laboratory, and as a member of the Board
for the M&O contractor for Fermilab.
Maintain an active relationship with the DOE at both site offices and at