Marie Lynn Miranda

{{Short description|American data scientist and academic administrator}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Marie Lynn Miranda

| image = Marie Lynn Miranda (cropped).jpg

| caption = Miranda in 2012

| order = 10th

| title = Chancellor of the
University of Illinois Chicago

| term_start = July 5, 2023

| term_end =

| predecessor = Javier Reyes (interim)
Michael Amiridis

| successor =

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|59|2022|11|11|noage=|slash=yes}}

| birth_place = United States

| children = 3

| module = {{Infobox scientist | embed=yes

| fields = {{hlist|Economics|data science}}

| workplaces = Duke University
University of Michigan
Rice University
University of Notre Dame
University of Illinois Chicago

| education = Duke University (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)

| alma_mater =

| thesis_title = Essays on land management

| thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/303825228/

| thesis_year = 1990

| doctoral_advisor = C. Peter Timmer

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}}

Marie Lynn Miranda (born {{Birth based on age as of date|59|2022|11|11|noage=1|slash=yes}}) is an American economist, data scientist, and academic administrator. She became the tenth chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago and a vice president of the University of Illinois System in July 2023. She previously served as provost and professor of applied computational mathematics and statistics at the University of Notre Dame. A self-taught toxicologist and environmental scientist, Miranda researches children's environmental health and geospatial health informatics.

Early life and education

Miranda was born in {{Birth based on age as of date|59|2022|11|11|noage=1|slash=no}}.{{Cite web |last=Mabry |first=Laura |date=November 11, 2022 |title=Marie Lynn Miranda named chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago |url=https://news.uillinois.edu/view/7815/892868752 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=news.uillinois.edu |language=en}} She is the first member of her family to be born in the United States.{{Cite web |last=Fosmoe |first=Margaret |date=2021-04-05 |title=A Wild Ride |url=https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/a-wild-ride/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Notre Dame Magazine |language=en}} In 1961, her parents and three brothers moved to South Bend, Indiana from Goa while her father, Constancio Miranda, was studying civil engineering. He was later a professor at the University of Detroit Mercy.{{Cite web |last=Sturdivant |first=Christina |date=2015-09-07 |title=Miranda Specializes in Environmental Advocacy, Safety |url=https://www.diverseeducation.com/home/article/15097112/miranda-specializes-in-environmental-advocacy-safety |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Diverse: Issues In Higher Education |language=en-us}} She attended Catholic schools in Detroit. Miranda earned an A.B. in mathematics and economics, summa cum laude, from Duke University in 1985.{{Cite web |title=Biography |url=https://chancellor.uic.edu/about/biography/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=University of Illinois Chicago |language=en-US}} She was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Duke University. While attending Duke University, she worked as a student manager for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball under coach Mike Krzyzewski. Miranda earned an M.A. (1988) and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. Her 1990 dissertation was titled, Essays on Land Management.{{Cite thesis |last=Miranda |first=Marie Lynn |title=Essays on Land Management |date=1990 |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=Harvard University |oclc=26069580}} Peter Timmer, Lawrence Goulder, and Jerry Green served on her doctoral committee.

Career

Miranda joined the faculty at Duke University in 1990. She is a self-taught toxicologist and environmental scientist and joined Duke's integrated toxicology and environmental health program in 1999.{{Cite web |last=Petersen |first=Laura |date=January 29, 2020 |title=AAAS Fellow Marie Lynn Miranda Maps What Matters for Children's Environmental Health |url=https://www.aaas.org/membership/member-spotlight/aaas-fellow-marie-lynn-miranda-maps-what-matters-childrens}} Miranda was the founding director of the [https://cehi.uic.edu/ Children's Environmental Health Initiative] (CEHI). For nine years, she was the director of undergraduate programs for the Nicholas School of the Environment. As a data scientist, her research focuses on geospatial health informatics.{{Cite web |title=Marie Lynn Miranda named provost of Rice University (via Passle) |url=https://insights.parksquare.com/post/102extn/marie-lynn-miranda-named-provost-of-rice-university |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Passle |language=en}} From 2012 to 2015, Miranda was the Samuel A. Graham dean of the school of natural resources and environment at University of Michigan.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-15 |title=Marie Lynn Miranda Will Be the Next Provost at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana |url=https://www.wiareport.com/2020/04/marie-lynn-miranda-will-be-the-next-provost-at-the-university-of-notre-dame-in-indiana/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Women In Academia Report}} With a quantitative methods background, she was a professor of pediatrics and obstetrics and gynaecology at Michigan Medicine.{{Cite news |last=Miranda |first=Marie Lynn |date=2018 |title=Rice University's Curiosity-Driven Provost |url=https://www.awis.org/wp-content/uploads/AWIS-Magazine-Fall-2019.pdf |access-date=2024-01-27 |work=Association for Women in Science Fall Magazine}}

In 2019, she was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-21 |title=AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2019 Fellows {{!}} American Association for the Advancement of Science |url=https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-announces-leading-scientists-elected-2019-fellows |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321010232/https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-announces-leading-scientists-elected-2019-fellows |archive-date=2022-03-21 |access-date=2024-01-28}}

Miranda was the Howard R. Hughes Provost and a professor of statistics at Rice University from 2015 to 2019.

From July 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021, Miranda was the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of the University of Notre Dame.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-09 |title=Marie Lynn Miranda stepping aside as provost |url=https://news.nd.edu/news/marie-lynn-miranda-stepping-aside-as-provost/}} She succeeded Thomas G. Burish to become was the first woman and person of color to serve in the position.{{Cite web |last=Crnkovich |first=Zef |date=2021-11-18 |title=Provost Marie Lynn Miranda Reflects on University, Catholic Education |url=https://irishrover.net/2021/11/provost-marie-lynn-miranda-reflects-on-university-catholic-education/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Irish Rover |language=en-US}} She was also a professor of applied computational mathematics and statistics at Notre Dame.{{Cite web |last=Elbow |first=Marion |date=2022-05-05 |title=Chancellor finalist Marie Lynn Miranda focuses on mental health, promoting equity in Q&A |url=https://badgerherald.com/news/2022/05/05/chancellor-finalist-marie-lynn-miranda-focuses-on-mental-health-promoting-equity-in-qa |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=The Badger Herald}}

In July 2023, Miranda became the tenth chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). In that capacity, she is also a vice president of the University of Illinois System. She also serves as a faculty member in both the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science.

Personal life

Miranda is married to Christopher Geron.{{Cite web |title=University of Illinois System welcomes new UIC chancellor and vice president of U of I System |url=https://massmail.illinois.edu/massmail/1215477658.html |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=massmail.illinois.edu}} They have three children, two English Setters, and roughly 500,000 honeybees.