Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz
12th Chancellor of the University of Colorado Boulder
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 2024
Preceded by	Phil DiStefano
Personal details
Born	(1965-02-09) February 9, 1965 (age 59) Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S.
Education	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Colorado, Boulder Penn State College of Engineering North Carolina State University Florida State University University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign National Institute for Materials Science
Thesis	Design and Stability of a High Field Toroidal Field Coil Using Advanced Materials  (1990)

Justin Schwartz (born February 9, 1965) is an American nuclear engineer and chancellor at the University of Colorado Boulder, a position he has held since July 1, 2024. He has spent his career as a researcher, educator, entrepreneur and academic leader.

From August 2022 until his appointment at CU Boulder, Schwartz was the interim and then permanent executive vice president and provost at The Pennsylvania State University. He previously served as Harold and Inge Marcus Dean at Penn State College of Engineering from 2017 to 2022 and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University from 2009 to 2017.^[1]