Thomas Glasmacher, Ph.D.
Interim Executive Vice President for Administration
Thomas Glasmacher, Ph.D., is the interim executive vice president for administration, providing leadership for enterprise-wide administrative services, including University Infrastructure planning and facilities, human resources, information technology, procurement & logistics, and sustainability. Additionally, Thomas leads the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) scientific user facility owned and operated by Michigan State University (MSU).
Thomas earned MS (1990) and PhD (1992) degrees in physics from Florida State University. He joined the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at MSU in 1992 as an NSCL Fellow, in 1995 he joined the MSU faculty in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and is an MSU University Distinguished Professor since 2009. His research resulted in more than 200 publications and was recognized in 2006 with the Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is a Stanford Certified Project Manager.
EVP for Administration Committees
The Executive Vice President for Administration is chair of several committees and directs a number of campus initiatives.
- Ethics Institute
- Membership for 2030 Strategic Plan
- Staff and Faculty Success Workgroup
- Stewardship and Sustainability Workgroup
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Steering Committee
- Name Gender Pronoun
- MSU Infrastructure Safety & Security Committee
The Executive Vice President for Administration portfolio consists of the following:
- Enterprise Project Management
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Infrastructure Planning & Facilities
- Office of Sustainability
- University Procurement & Logistics
