Kevin Ingersent is interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of physics. He began his appointment July 7, 2025. Prior to this, he was appointed interim associate dean for the 2023-24 academic year, with responsibility for research, artificial intelligence and cognitive science and faculty fellowship award. He led a reorganization of the CLAS research enterprise to increase sponsored research.
Ingersent received his B.A. in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge (UK) in 1984 and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. After postdoctoral work at Ohio State University, he joined the UF Department of Physics in 1992. He has served as the department’s associate chair (2009-13) and chair (2013-21).
Ingersent has taught at all curriculum levels, from undergraduate general education courses to advanced graduate classes. His research focuses on modeling and predicting the behavior of quantum materials, especially novel physical properties found near phase transitions taking place at the absolute zero of temperature.
He was the founding director (1999-2008) of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site in Materials Physics, an NSF-funded summer program providing immersive research opportunities to undergraduates.
He has served on the CLAS Finance Committee as chair, the CLAS Faculty Council, the CLAS Curriculum Committee and the University Senate.