GA Tech names new dean of science

Atlanta Headlines April 4, 2019

Susan Lozier was named as the new Dean of the College of Science by the administration of Georgia Tech. Lozier is a Ocean Sciences Professor from Duke where she has been since 1992.

Atlanta and GA Tech gain an accomplished climate expert. From GA Tech’s press release:

Lozier’s research interests include large-scale ocean circulation and its impact on climate, meridional overturning circulation and its variability, pathways of ocean flow, and physical constraints on marine primary productivity. She is currently the international lead for an ocean observing system in the North Atlantic. Over her career, she has been the recipient of numerous awards. She was the recipient of an NSF Early Career Award in 1996, was awarded a Bass Chair for Excellence in Research and Teaching in 2000, and received a Duke University Award for Excellence in Mentoring in 2007, among others. She is an American Meteorological Society Fellow (2008), American Geophysical Union Fellow (2014), and American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (2015). She was awarded the American Geophysical Union Ambassador Award in 2016 for leadership in the ocean sciences community.