07 May Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska named UW–Madison vice chancellor for research
Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska Photo by Katrina Norris The Ohio State University
Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska will serve as the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s vice chancellor for research. Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin named Brzezinska, a longtime Ohio State University engineering professor and GPS researcher, to the post today. She begins Sept. 1.
“Wisconsin has so many strong research institutes, departments and colleges,” Brzezinska says. “I am looking forward to the opportunity to build partnerships with them to grow the future-oriented research infrastructure they have developed, blend it with the Wisconsin Idea and bring the institution and state to even higher national and international prominence.”
Brzezinska, the vice president for knowledge enterprise at Ohio State and a professor of civil, environmental and geodetic engineering, has been on campus in Columbus since she began graduate studies in satellite geodesy, the science of measuring and understanding the Earth’s shape and orientation in space, in 1991.
Her tenure includes leadership roles — including department chair, associate dean for research and senior vice president for corporate and government partnerships — focused on growing research talent and research expenditures, building interdisciplinarity connections across campus and helping stand up new research institutes and centers.
“I am tremendously excited for Dr. Brzezinska to step into a position of leadership on our campus,” says Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin. “Her expertise developing technology with worldwide impact and her focus on helping other scholars build teams to expand the reach of their own work are perfect attributes for UW–Madison’s vice chancellor for research role.”