Dr. Ken Dawson-Scully
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
provost@fau.edu
Ken Dawson-Scully serves as Florida Atlantic University’s Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, providing leadership for the Division of Academic Affairs. He oversees the university’s 10 colleges, more than 180 degree programs, and key university-wide units that support academics and the student experience including the Office of Undergraduate Studies, Enrollment Management (which includes Undergraduate Admissions, Financial Aid, and the University Registrar), University Libraries, and the Office of Information Technology.
Prior to joining Florida Atlantic in this role, Dr. Dawson-Scully served as Associate Provost and Senior Vice President for Research at Nova Southeastern University, where he led the Division of Research and Economic Development across research strategy, infrastructure, compliance, technology transfer, clinical research operations, and faculty and student research support. Under his research leadership, NSU elevated from R2 to the Carnegie Classification of “R1: Very High Research Activity.”
Dr. Dawson-Scully previously served Florida Atlantic for 13 years (2008–2021) in multiple leadership roles, including Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Director of the 太阳城娱乐 Max Planck Honors Program, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, and Associate Director of the 太阳城娱乐 Brain Institute. During that period, he also served as Head of Institutional Partnerships at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and led initiatives that increased National Merit Scholar enrollment.
A Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the Royal Entomological Society, Dr. Dawson-Scully is a Professor of Biological Sciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and has published extensively in leading scientific journals, with expertise spanning translational neuroscience, neuroprotective compounds, stress physiology, and commercialization of academic research. He earned his Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Toronto’s College of Medicine.