Mark Brodl

Mark Brodl joined Illinois Wesleyan as Provost and Dean of the Faculty on July 17, 2017. He is the chief academic officer of the University, overseeing all academic departments in addition to The Ames Library, Athletics, Information Technology, The Registrar's Office and The Petrick Idea Center.

Prior to joining IWU, Dr. Brodl was Associate Vice President for Budget and Research and the George W. Brackenridge Distinguished Professor of Biology at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. While still at Trinity, he served a two-year rotation as program director for the National Science Foundation. Prior to Trinity, Dr. Brodl was a faculty member and chair of the Biology Department at Knox College in Galesburg, IL. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Knox, a master’s in plant biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana, and a Ph.D. in plant biology from Washington University in St. Louis. His research – consistently involving students – has focused on heat shock responses in plant secretory cells, which play pivotal roles in vital developmental steps in plant life cycles. He has established a reputation for his work in support of student-faculty research, particularly work with an interdisciplinary focus. He was selected as a Fellow of the Council on Undergraduate Research in 2014 and elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists in 2010. He is the recipient of a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation (1991) and is the recipient of awards for excellence in teaching.