Kyle Vanderlick, Ph.D., Paul A. Fleury, Ph.D.

Kyle Vanderlick, Ph.D., has been appointed dean of the Yale Faculty of Engineering and named the Thomas E. Golden Professor of Engineering. Vanderlick, formerly professor and chair of chemical engineering at Princeton University, started at Yale on January 1.

Her research has led to fundamental insights in areas ranging from metallic adhesion in micro/nanoscale devices to the action of antimicrobial peptides on cell membranes. In 2002 she was awarded both the Princeton Engineering Council Teaching Award and the Princeton President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Vanderlick succeeds Paul A. Fleury, Ph.D., the Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Engineering and Applied Physics and professor of physics. Fleury will remain the director of the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering.