Interim Cognizant Associate Dean for:
- Department of Astronomy
- Department of Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Geological Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Statistics
- Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research
- Center for Applied Mathematics
- Center for Applied Optimization
- Center for Catalysis
- Center for Chemical Physics
- Center for Chemical Research at the Bio/Nano Interface
- Center for Nanostructured Electronic Materials
- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
- Center for Macromolecular Science and Engineering
- Florida Center for Heterocyclic Compounds
- Institute for Fundamental Theory
- Institute for High Energy Physics and Astrophysics (IHEPA)
- Quantum Theory Project
- UF Marine Laboratory at Seahorse Key
- Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
Areas of Responsibility
- Distance learning initiatives
- Faculty Assessment
- Annual evaluation letters and AARs of untenured faculty
- Distinguished professors
- Tenure and promotion
- Third-year review
- Outside activities and conflict of interest
- Shared Languages Program
- CLAS budget (excepting grants)
- Sabbaticals
Brief Biography
Kevin Knudson joined UF as Director of the UF Honors Program and Professor of Mathematics in 2009. He then served as chair of the Department of Mathematics from 2018 to 2024. During that time the department hired nearly 20 new faculty, grew the research enterprise, significantly expanded its outreach activities, and moved its lower-division courses to open-source materials, which have saved UF students more than $4M to date.
Knudson was an undergraduate at Virginia Tech, where he graduated from the Honors Program, was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of the Corps of Cadets. He earned his PhD in mathematics at Duke University in 1996 under the direction of Richard Hain and received a National Science Foundation Mathematical Sciences Research Postdoctoral Fellowship which he used at Northwestern University. He subsequently held tenure-track positions at Wayne State University in Detroit and Mississippi State University before coming to UF. Knudson was named a CLAS Teacher of the Year in 2016 and was inducted into the UF Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars the same year. He has written more than 30 research articles and published three books in algebraic topology and related areas.
When he is not working on administrative or math problems, Knudson enjoys cooking, kayaking, hiking, playing the guitar, and spending time with his family. He is married to book artist Ellen Knudson and they have one son, Gustav, a composer living in Vancouver, BC.