People > Division Council

Faculty involvement, critical to Calit2 since the institute’s inception, is evolving to a higher level. Division councils, comprised of a cross-section of affiliated faculty, help the UCSD and UCI divisions govern Calit2 in a manner that reflects the institute’s intellectual and research goals. These councils provide advice to Calit2 division directors Ramesh Rao at UCSD and Albert Yee at UCI on a wide variety of topics, including programmatic direction and operation of the new facilities on both campuses.

Council members also serve on various subcommittees, addressing such topics as research development, academic personnel, collaboration across the two campuses, student programs, entrepreneurism, space allocation, seminar programs, communications, and special events. These committees, which include additional faculty from their respective campuses, are fluid, forming as the need arises and disbanding as they accomplish the goals set before them.

Council members were chosen based on the quality and diversity of their multidisciplinary research activities as well as their engagement with Calit2 during its start-up years.