Mike Bruck

Biography

Current position - Assistant Director, Research Computing UITS, University Information Technology Services ("Central Computing") Lead a six member team that supports campus researchers Main areas of team efforts: high performance computing, visualization, statistics Early career interests: chemistry, x-ray crystallography, scientific studies, proposals, publication, undergraduate and graduate research Mid-career interests: information technology for research, instruction and academic administration, academic research and education IT infrastructure, support and facilitation of research and instruction, organizational structure, collaboration, planning, professional development, collaboration Current interests: academic research and education IT infrastructure, support and facilitation of research and instruction, high performance computing, visualization, statistics, professional development, organizational structures, collaboration, strategic planning Education and Professional background: 1973, A.A., LAKELAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Mentor, OH 1976, B.S. Chemistry, CASE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cleveland OH 1978, M.S. Chemistry, PURDUE UNIVERSITY, Lafayette IN 1983, Ph.D., Chemistry; Prof. R.Bau, thesis director UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA 1983-1985, Post-Doc, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, Manoa, HI 1985-1997, Chemistry, Staff Scientist - X-Ray Crystallography, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, AZ 1997-2006, Chemistry, Staff Scientist - Information Technology, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, AZ 2006-, CCIT/UITS Assistant Director, Research Computing UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, AZ