Nicole Sampson
Nicole currently serves as Provost and Chief Academic Officer at University of Rochester where she is University Professor of Chemistry. From 2023-2024 she was Robert L and Mary L Sproull Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at University of Rochester. Nicole joined the Chemistry Department faculty at Stony Brook University in 1993 where she served as Chair of the Chemistry Department from 2012 to 2017. She was promoted to SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in 2018 and served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook from 2018-2023. Prof Sampson’s honors and awards include the Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award and the Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, both from the American Chemical Society, the Research Foundation of SUNY Research and Scholarship Award, and the New York State NYSTAR Faculty Development Award. In 2017, she was selected as a Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) and a Fellow of the American Chemical Society. She has authored over 120 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and issued patents.