Jeff Terry

Jeff Terry is a distinguished academic and researcher currently serving as the Vice Provost for Research and a Professor of Physics at the Illinois Institute of Technology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering. Terry has held multiple leadership roles, including Interim Chair of the Department of Biology and the Department of Social Sciences, and has served as the University Liaison to the National Laboratories and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Sponsored Research in the Lewis College of Science and Letters. Prior experience includes serving as Director of the Advanced Test Reactor National Scientific User Facility and as a Staff Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where research focused on the electronic structure of actinides and radiation damage in metals. Academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Stanford University and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago.