Christopher Clemens

Christopher Clemens
Clemens at a UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees meeting
Provost of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Assumed office
1 February 2022
Preceded byBob Blouin
Personal details
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin (PhD)

Christopher "Chris" Clemens, Jaroslav Folda Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, is an American astrophysicist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who works on astronomical instrumentation, white dwarf stars, and exoplanetary debris. On 10 December 2021, Clemens was appointed Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost of UNC-Chapel Hill by Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and confirmed by the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees.[1][2]

  1. ^ "UNC-Chapel Hill announces new provost, amid concerns of closed-door dealings". WUNC. December 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Murphy, Kate (December 9, 2021). "UNC-Chapel Hill picks campus professor to lead its academic strategy as new provost". The News & Observer. Retrieved July 24, 2024.