New Scripps Research Institute Leadership

The nonprofit institution names a new CEO and president.

Written byJef Akst

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The Scripps Research Institute will be led by Peter Schultz (right) as CEO and Steve Kay as president.TSRI

Chemist Peter Schultz of the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) will take over as CEO of the institution, while geneticist Steve Kay, formerly of TSRI and currently dean of the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California (USC), will take the reins as president, the institute announced on Friday (September 18).

These personnel announcements come a little more than a year after former TSRI president Michael Marletta resigned following faculty disapproval of a proposed partnership with USC. The institute was also suffering a $21 million annual deficit at the time. In the interim, James Paulson, head of TSRI’s cell and molecular biology department, has served as acting president and chief executive.

TSRI hopes Schultz and Kay will help recruit more ...

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Jef Akst
Jef (an unusual nickname for Jennifer) got her master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses. After four years of diving off the Gulf Coast of Tampa and performing behavioral experiments at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, she left research to pursue a career in science writing. As The Scientist's managing editor, Jef edited features and oversaw the production of the TS Digest and quarterly print magazine. In 2022, her feature on uterus transplantation earned first place in the trade category of the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers.
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