Troy Van Voorhis to step down as Chemistry Department Head
In an email to the MIT Chemistry community, Department Head and Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry Troy Van Voorhis announced that he would be stepping down as Department Head after five years of service effective at the end of the 2024 to 2025 academic year.
Van Voorhis wrote “one of my consistent joys has been the privilege of working with all of you” amidst a “period of significant upheaval in our world.” Van Voorhis added that he will be taking sabbatical during the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
According to Van Voorhis, Dean of the School of Science Nergis Mavalvala PhD ’97 is presently organizing a search committee for the next department head. As of the time of this writing, a decision has yet to have been made.