Jaehong Kim, the Henry P. Becton Sr. Professor of Engineering in the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science, has been appointed the next head of Berkeley College, Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis announced in a message to the community today.
He will succeed David Evans, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, who has been the head of Berkeley since 2016.
College heads serve as the chief administrative officer and presiding faculty member within the residential colleges, and help nurture the social, cultural, and educational life there, a role that has become a cherished Yale tradition.
Kim joined Yale in 2013 after 11 years on the faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he served as the Georgia Power Distinguished Professor and as associate chair for Undergraduate Programs in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. At Yale, he served as chair of Yale Engineering's Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering from 2016 to 2022, providing thoughtful and steady leadership during a period of growth and change.
