Reginald DesRoches | |
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| 8th President of Rice University | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2022[1] | |
| Preceded by | David Leebron |
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| Born | April 30, 1967 Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BS, MS, PhD) |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (2016) Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2020) |
Reginald DesRoches (born April 30, 1967) is an American civil engineer has served as the president of Rice University since July 1, 2022. From 2020 until 2022, he served as provost of Rice. Earlier, beginning in 2017, he was the dean of engineering at Rice's school of engineering,[2] and from 2012 to 2017, DesRoches held the Karen and John Huff Chair at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[3]
Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, DesRoches graduated from high school in New York City. He attended college and graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his doctorate in structural engineering in 1998.
DesRoches was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2020 "for research and design of resilient infrastructure systems to mitigate damage from natural disasters and other extreme conditions"[4]
- ^ Wiebe, George (July 14, 2022). "New Rice University president answers questions about his role, school's future". Community Impact Newspaper. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ^ "Dean Reginald DesRoches | Rice Engineering | Rice University". engineering.rice.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ "Faculty Profile | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering". ce.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ "Dr. Reginald DesRoches". NAE Website.