Peter E. Trapa is the Dean of the College of Science. He oversees all aspects of the college, and is responsible for the college’s student success initiatives, academic programming, research activity, faculty, and staff.

Pearl Sandick is on leave for the 2024-2025 Academic Year.

Fielding Norton is a Senior Fellow and serves on the leadership team within the College of Science providing industry insights relating to climate science, technology, and insurance.

Vahe Bandarian is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs. In addition, he is the Acting Associate Dean of Research for the 2024-2025 Academic Year. He oversees student affairs, including recruitment, advising, engagement, and success metrics. In his Acting Associate Dean role, he oversees the research administration and strategy for the college.

Berton Earnshaw is a Senior Fellow and serves on the leadership team within the College of Science, providing industry insights relating to techbio and machine learning.

Associate Professor, Department of Geology & Geophysics

Tim Hawkes is a Senior Fellow and serves on the leadership team within the College of Science providing industry insights relating to environment and policy.

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and member of Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute

Denee Hayes is a Senior Fellow and serves on the leadership team within the College of Science providing industry insights regarding energy and environment, particularly the intersection of mining and sustainability.

Lindsey provides administrative support to the Dean and Associate Deans including scheduling appointments and assisting with faculty-related activities such as retention, promotion, and tenure (RPT), sabbaticals, elections and college committees, and special projects as assigned. Lindsey also provides support for the Junior Faculty and EDGES Programs.

Cassie develops and manages a portfolio of projects and strategic initiatives for the College. She focuses on student and community engagement in the College and across the University.

Tiffany provides support to the Dean, Chairs, and Department Accountants and groups both in and outside of the College with matters involving college financials, budgeting and reporting. Tiffany works with the Department accountants within the college to provide high levels of support of college programs and personnel. Tiffany is a member of the campus Budget Officers Professional Peer group.

Eliot's portfolio includes grant writing, research development, corporate and foundation relations, and administration of the College's annual giving campaign. He prepares proposals for College programs, endowment requests, and capital projects. As part of his duties, he also locates potential funding opportunities for faculty and assists, as needed, with pre-award activities.

Jesse supports faculty with developing their research proposals to a variety of federal, state an non-profit sponsors. His role includes budget development, creation and editing of supplementary materials for research proposals and working with faculty to navigate the institutional and sponsor guidelines for submitting research proposals.

Jamee provides support to the Dean, Chairs, and Department Accountants and groups both in and outside of the College with matters involving college financials, budgeting, and reporting. Jamee also works with the Department accountants within the college of Mines and Earth Sciences to provide high levels of support to college programs and personnel.

Jim works closely with Science alumni and donors to identify and facilitate specific giving opportunities to help donors realize their philanthropic goals. Jim specializes in annual giving, major gifts, and Planned Giving. He travels throughout Utah and nearby states to meet with individual alumni and donors.

Ryann works closely with College of Science alumni and donors to identify philanthropic opportunities that align with their passions and the university's mission.

Jim helps oversee the facility-related operations of the Crocker Science Center. He works with building occupants, project managers, architects and contractors to facilitate renovation, infrastructure upgrades and new construction projects for the College of Science.

In partnership with EHS, David works with all members of the Colleges of Science and Mines and Earth Sciences community to address safety concerns, advance new safety initiatives and promote a culture of safety.

Josh manages the Science Research Initiative SRI, a program that focusses on engaging undergraduates in research activities in the College of Science. In addition he is a lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences, teaches courses associated with the SRI, and manages two undergraduate research streams.

Lisa oversees the College of Science activities related to student success and retainment, recruitment, scholarships, residential housing opportunities, new student orientation, and convocation.

Seth serves communication needs for the Student Affairs team at the College of Science in an effort to improve student experience through social media strategy, event coordination, content creation, and more.

Sam supports all student-related activities in the College of Science, including recruitment, events, scholarships, petitions, orientation, and social media. She manages the Student Ambassador Program, developing student leaders and providing support for events in the College and its four departments. As the ACCESS Program Manager, Sam recruits applicants, facilitates selections, and manages administrative logistics throughout the year-long scholarship and research program.