Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
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Bruce Carney
Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and ProvostOffice of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost |
Bruce W. Carney, the Samuel Baron distinguished professor of physics and astronomy, is interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A member of the university faculty since 1980, Dr. Carney previously served as interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Senior Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences, and chair of the department of physics and astronomy.
He was instrumental in shaping the vision and raising funds for the SOAR Telescope in Chile, which UNC faculty and students use on site and remotely from Chapman Hall, part of the Carolina Physical Sciences Complex. He also has been involved in planning for the Sciences Complex, the largest construction project in the university’s history.
Dr. Carney is a scholar of optical and infrared photometry and spectroscopy, stellar populations, and globular cluster ages, with many publications to his credit, including the book, “Star Clusters” (2001).
Among many other leadership positions, he is chair of the board of directors of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. He has served as president of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and as a member of the time allocation committee for the Hubble Space Telescope. He serves on the council of the American Astronomical Society, chairs the board of directors for the International Gemini Observatory, and is vice president of the SOAR Telescope board of directors.
He received his master’s and doctoral degrees from Harvard and his undergraduate degree at the University of California – Berkeley.
