Professor Karin Ruhlandt was appointed Vice-Principal Academic & Dean, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), effective July 1, 2024. Professor Ruhlandt is also a faculty member in the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences.

Professor Ruhlandt joined UTSC from Syracuse University where she was a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Dean Emerita. At Syracuse she served in various roles including Chair of the Department of Chemistry, and Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, the University’s largest College. Under her leadership, the College spearheaded initiatives to support the student experience, implemented the College’s first academic strategic plan, and raised the College’s research profile.

Professor Ruhlandt is an internationally recognized expert within the field of inorganic chemistry. Her research is focused on main group and lanthanide chemistry and X-ray crystallography, for which she has earned multiple grants and awards, including a Fulbright Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Career award. Professor Ruhlandt received her PhD in chemistry from Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany.