An accomplished leader at the National Science Foundation with a deep background in ocean and environmental science and biology has been tapped to lead the burgeoning research enterprise at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Lisa M. Clough, Ph.D., acting director of NSF’s Ocean Sciences Division, will join North Carolina A&T on Jan. 5 as vice chancellor for the Division of Research, overseeing projects that have attracted more than $350 million in external funding over the past three years.

Clough has been with NSF as a federal employee since 2013 and has served in senior roles in two directorates: Geological and Biological Sciences. She advanced U.S. ocean science nationally and internationally, chairing multiple interagency working groups and serving on several international groups, including the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction.

Read more in the original announcement on the North Carolina A&T website here.