The board and I are very pleased that he has accepted this appointment. The San Diego campus and the UC system acquires a true leader in Chancellor Dynes and we all look forward to his counsel and guidance. Dynes was chosen from among more than 100 candidates following a national search by Atkinson with help from an advisory committee of Regents, faculty, students, staff, and representatives from the UCSD Alumni Association and the UCSD Foundation. I can only hope that my tenure as chancellor of this great university will reflect the quality and esteem of its faculty and students. Working together, we will continue to build one of the finest research universities in the world.
Dynes brings to the position an extensive record in scientific research.
A native of London, Ontario, Can., and a naturalized United States citizen, Dynes holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Western Ontario, and a master's degree and Ph.D. in physics from McMaster University. His positions at the laboratory included department head of semiconductor and material physics research and director of chemical physics research. In 1991, he joined the UCSD faculty as professor of physics and in 1994, he was named chair of the Department of Physics. Dynes founded an interdisciplinary laboratory at UCSD where chemists, electrical engineers and private industry researchers investigate the properties of metals, semiconductors and superconductors. Dynes is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.