Interim Dean of the Graduate School

Dr. Lawrence K. Duffy became Interim Dean of the Graduate School in 2007. He joined the UAF faculty in 1987 as an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Natural Sciences and the Institute of Arctic Biology. He attained the rank of Professor in 1991.

Dr. Duffy received a BS in chemistry from Fordham University in 1969, an MS in organic chemistry from the University of Alaska in 1971 and a Ph. D. in biochemistry from the University of Alaska in 1977. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1971 to 1973. While an assistant professor of biochemistry in the Biochemistry and Neurology Department at Harvard Medical School he also worked with undegraduate students as a chemistry instructor at Roxbury Community College. In 1987 he returned to the University of Alaska Fairbanks as coordinator of the Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Between 1994 and 1999 he was head of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. More recently he was the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Outreach of the College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics. He is also a member of the Institute of Arctic Biology, and is a member of the editorial board of The Science of the Total Environment. He has also served as director of the UAF Special Neurosciences Research Program.

Dr. Duffy has served as President of the UAF Faculty Senate, Chair of the UA Faculty Alliance and has been a member of the System Governance council. He received the Carol Feist Outstanding Advisor Award, the NIDCD Minority Mentoring Award and the UAF Alumni Award for Professional Achievement. He has also been an officer in several professional societies and currently as executive secretary of the Arctic Division, AAAS.

His community service activities range from President of the Board of Directors (1994) of the Alzheimer's Disease Association of Alaska to member of the Ft. Wainwright Restoration Advisory Board (2000). He is currently a member of the board of the Fairbanks Community Behavioral Health Center and a member of the North Star Borough Pollution Control Committee.

The Graduate Dean is responsible for graduate studies in 48 Master's and 16 Doctoral programs at UAF. The Dean also works with faculty to enhance the quality and productivity of the UAF interdisciplinary graduate program.

Laura Bender
202B Eielson Building
(907) 474-7319

Shelly Baumann
202 Eielson Building
(907) 474-7464

Juan Goula
202A Eielson Building
(907) 474-5960

Mihla Pimentel, Student Assistant

202A Eielson Building

(907) 474-7464