Mass. - The University of Massachusetts has scheduled open meetings with Richard K. Koehn and P. Michael Conn, two candidates for the post of vice chancellor for research. Faculty and staff are invited to meet with Koehn Mon. Oct. 16 in room 803 of the Campus Center from 3-4 p.m. Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. in room 803 of the Campus Center. Students are invited to meet with Conn Tues.
All sessions are also open to the public.
Koehn is currently professor of biology at the University of Utah, where he was vice president for research from 1992-2000. Conn is associate director and senior scientist at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, and president of STAR Park Inc., the science, technology, and research park of Oregon. Since 1995, he has also been special assistant to the president and professor of pharmacology at Oregon Health Sciences University, where he also was associate provost from 1994-95. Conn is the editor of texts in pharmacology, neuroendocrinology, and molecular endocrinology as well as more than 70 volumes in endocrinology and neuroscience. He has authored or co-authored more than 250 publications in the field of neuroendocrinology.