Vice provost for research named in Newark Archived article from Apr 10, 2006

Lynn F. Schneemeyer Newark Provost Steven J. Diner has announced the appointment of Lynn F. Schneemeyer as vice provost for research, effective April 18. Schneemeyer will supervise the research office and lead planning for scientific research laboratories and facilities on the Newark campus. She will work closely with the deans, department chairs and faculty in encouraging cross-disciplinary research collaborations with Newark higher education neighbors the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Schneemeyer, who also will hold an appointment as professor of chemistry, is a distinguished chemist specializing in the design, synthesis and characterization of new materials. In 22 years at Bell Laboratories, she gained experience managing multimillion dollar research collaborations among diverse corporate partners and was involved in technology licensing for a Fortune 100 company. She subsequently joined the National Science Foundation as program officer, where she was responsible for peer review of proposals and programs supporting multidisciplinary research for the chemical sciences. She is the author of more than 250 scientific publications and holds 21 patents. Schneemeyer earned her doctorate in inorganic chemistry from Cornell University and conducted postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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