Provost liaison for:
Frank C. Hoppensteadt is the Counselor to the Provost. In this position, Dr. Hoppensteadt is responsible for academic initiatives.
Prior to joining the Provost’s Office, Dr. Hoppensteadt served nine years as Director of the Center for System Science and Engineering Research at Arizona State University. Prior to that post, he served for nine years as the Dean of the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University. Before his position at Michigan State, Dr. Hoppensteadt taught mathematics and biology at the University of Utah, where he served as Chairman of the Mathematics Department. He taught mathematics at NYU from 1968 to 1979.
Dr. Hoppensteadt received his B.A. in Mathematics and Physics from Butler University and his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin.