Leadership

Director

The interim director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) is former UW–Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley. WID exists as a formally established UW–Madison academic center under the auspices of the Graduate School and Dean Martin Cadwallader.

Executive Committee

When mature, WID will be served by an executive committee. Chaired by the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery director, the executive committee will be composed of faculty and academic staff with principal investigator status whose labs or research programs are located within the public WID. The committee will include representatives from the five research themes as well as the scientific cores that constitute WID. The committee is appointed by the WID director.

Program Committee

The WID program committee, established by Provost Patrick Farrell, exists to advise the director and help guide the development of WID’s activities and programs. The committee is composed of deans, associate deans, and faculty and staff representing the UW–Madison units most closely aligned with the WID mission. Current members of the WID program committee include:

  • John D. Wiley, Interim Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
  • Rose Barroilhet, WARF
  • Susan Ellis Weismer, Associate Dean for Research, L&S, and Professor of Communicative Disorders
  • Paul DeLuca, Vice Dean and Associate Dean for Research, SMPH, and Professor of Medical Physics
  • Walter Dickey, Professor, Law School
  • Michael Falk, Chief of Staff, WARF
  • Adam Gamoran, Associate Dean for Research, SOE, Director, Wisconsin Center for Educational Research, and Professor of Sociology
  • Irwin Goldman, Vice Dean and Associate Dean for Research, CALS, and Professor of Horticulture
  • Jo Handelsman, Professor and Chair of the Department of Bacteriology
  • Miron Livny, Professor of Computer Science
  • Richard Moss, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology
  • Donna Paulnock, Associate Dean for Biological Sciences, Graduate School, and Professor of Medical Microbiology
  • Paul Peercy, Dean, College of Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Steve Stern, Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty & Staff and Professor of History
  • Chris Thorn, Assistant Scientist, Information Technology, Wisconsin Center for Educational Research
  • Eric Wilcots, Associate Dean for Natural Sciences, L&S, and Professor of Astronomy

Former members of the WID program committee

  • Laurie Beth Clark, Former Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty & Staff, and Professor of Art
  • Herb Wang, Former Associate Dean for Natural Sciences, College of Letters & Science, and Professor of Geology and Geophysics