Marisa C. Kozlowski

As Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences, Marisa C. Kozlowski oversees the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Linguistics, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, and Psychology, as well as several research centers.

Kozlowski, Ponzy Lu Endowed Professor of Chemistry, focuses her research on the rational design of new methods and catalysts for use in organic synthesis. Her lab employs high-throughput screening, as well as several novel computational tools, for the discovery and optimization of new reagents and catalysts.

Kozlowski, who joined the Penn faculty in 1997, has been recognized with many awards and honors during her distinguished career. She was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012 and a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2013. She has also been recognized as an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow and received the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award and the Leete Award from the ACS. She has served in several leadership roles for the organic division of the ACS and is currently editor-in-chief of Organic Letters. Her teaching has been recognized with the School’s Dennis DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching and the Provost Award for PhD Teaching and Mentoring.