Meet the Dean
As of April 15, 2024, Tracy Langkilde is serving as Penn State's interim executive vice president and provost, and Mary Beth Williams is serving as acting dean of the Eberly College of Science. Learn more.
"As dean of the Eberly College of Science, I aim to advance fundamental discovery-focused research and educate a diverse population of scientifically trained leaders and innovators."—Tracy Langkilde
Tracy Langkilde is internationally recognized for her research in herpetology, the biology of amphibians and reptiles. Her recent work has been at the interface of ecology and evolution, focused on understanding how organisms’ behavior and physiology are matched to their environment, and how they respond to novel selective pressures imposed by global environmental change. She came to Penn State in 2007 and was appointed head of the Department of Biology in 2016. Langkilde was appointed dean of the Eberly College of Science on August 24, 2020. Read more about Dean Langkilde.
