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Rich Lyons | |
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 Lyons in 2010 | |
| 12th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Carol T. Christ |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Kent Lyons February 10,1961 Palo Alto,California,U.S. |
| Education | University of California,Berkeley (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
| Thesis | Three essays on exchange rate determination (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Rudiger Dornbusch |
Richard Kent Lyons (born February 10,1961) [1] [2] [3] is an American economist who has been the 12th chancellor of the University of California,Berkeley since July 2024.
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At UC Berkeley,he served as chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer from 2020 to 2024 and as dean of its Haas School of Business from 2008 to 2018. [4] [5] He joined the UC Berkeley business faculty in 1993 after earning a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and teaching at Columbia University for six years.
