Biography

Michael S. Levine, Ph.D., currently serves as interim executive vice chancellor and provost, responsible for administering UCLA’s operations and the academic enterprise. He will serve in the position until December 31, 2024.

In his regular role, Levine serves as UCLA’s vice chancellor for academic affairs and personnel, overseeing the approval of all major faculty promotions and advancements as well as creating programs for faculty development. A seasoned administrator and member of the faculty since 1976, he has been in the position since 2016. Levine has twice previously served as interim EVCP, from July to September 2019 and from October 2021 to September 2022.

Levine is also a distinguished professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine and previously held the Gail Patrick Endowed Chair in Brain Research. His research focuses on the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disorders. His multidisciplinary work carries implications for such disorders as Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases and pediatric epilepsy. He has published approximately 250 peer-reviewed research reports as well as more than 30 book chapters, and he has received research support from a variety of agencies within the National Institutes of Health, as well as from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the Office of Naval Research and numerous foundations.

Among many other honors and awards, Levine is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and he received the National Association for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression’s Distinguished Investigator Award. He also received the UCLA Neuroscience Undergraduate Society’s Excellence in Teaching Award, the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Undergraduate Teaching Award and the UCLA Council of Advisors’ Outstanding Advisor Award.