Sue Clark accepts interim dean post effective July 1

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PULLMAN — Sue B. Clark, a WSU professor and past chair of chemistry in the College of Sciences, has accepted the post of interim dean of the College of Sciences and will serve in that position beginning July 1, in the event that a new permanent dean is not on site by that date.

 

A search for new dean of the College of Sciences has already begun. The Office of the Provost appointed a search committee in January. Dean Mike Griswold is returning to the faculty as of June 30 after serving as dean of the College of Sciences for seven years.

 

A leading researcher in her field, Clark’s current work focuses on the environmental chemistry of plutonium and other actinides, and on development of radioanalytical methods to measure actinide elements in environmental samples. 

 

Her research is supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology. 

 

Prior to joining WSU in 1996, she was an assistant research ecologist at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, and senior scientist at Westinghouse Savannah River Company’s Savannah River Technology Center. She received her doctoral degree in inorganic and radiochemistry and her master’s in inorganic chemistry from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.

 

Clark is involved in numerous national and international service activities. She has served as a consultant to the Nuclear Energy Agency of France, the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute, and the Battelle Memorial Institute. She is currently serving on the National Research Council’s Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board.

 

She has received several awards, including the Westinghouse Professorship (2000 to present), Ford Lecturer at Minnesota State University, the Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and the Young Faculty Achievement Award in the College of Sciences at WSU.

 

She is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.