MEMO

June 25, 2020

Colleagues,

Following consultation with the Academic Governance Steering Committee and the Interim Provost, I am recommending Doug Gage to the Board of Trustees as the Interim Vice President for Research & Innovation, effective July 1, 2020. The appointment is pending BOT approval at the meeting on Friday (June 26, 2020).

Dr. Gage is currently the Assistant Vice President for Research & Innovation as well as a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He joined the MSU Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation in 2007 after working in research and development in the private sector for 6 years. Previously, Dr. Gage was on the faculty in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He came to MSU as a postdoctoral fellow at the MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab and later served as Director of the MSU Mass Spectrometry Facility before joining the faculty.  Dr. Gage earned a doctorate in Botany from the University of Texas at Austin. He also holds a Master of Science in Biological Sciences and Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Biology from Florida State University.

Information about the formal search will be shared in the coming months.

Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D.

President