jheppert@ku.edu
203 Youngberg
Telephone: (785) 864-3567
Fax: (785) 864-5272

Joseph Heppert is an associate vice provost for research and graduate studies, professor of chemistry, and former director of the KU Center for Science Education.  He was named to the associate vice provost position on a part-time basis in the summer of 2009, and will assume full-time status in January 2010.  He also serves as a vice president of the KU Center for Research.

The associate vice provost shares oversight of research administration, strategic planning and other responsibilities. Heppert will have specific oversight of the Higuchi Biosciences Center, Information Telecommunication and Technology Center, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, Kansas Geological Survey, Kansas Biological Survey, Animal Care Unit and all University Core Lab Facilities. He will also have primary responsibility for issues related to research space and infrastructure.
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Heppert joined the KU faculty in 1985, following two years of postdoctoral work at Indiana University. He became a full professor in 2000 and chair of the Chemistry Department in 2005.  His academic background includes a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from San Jose State University and a Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.