The University appointed Doris Carver, senior associate vice chancellor of the Office of Research and Economic Development, as the interim vice chancellor of that same office.Carver will officially take the position Jan. 1 when current ORED Vice Chancellor Brooks Keel steps down, University officials said in a news release. Keel left the University after being hired as Georgia Southern University’s president on Oct. 26.”Doris Carver will do a superb job in leading and managing ORED,” said LSU Provost Astrid Merget in the release. “She has my every confidence in her new capacity.” Carver studied mathematics at Carson Newman College, where she earned her bachelor of arts degree. She earned her master’s in mathematics from the University of Tennessee and her doctorate in computer science from Texas A&M University.She previously served as interim dean of the LSU Graduate School, associate commissioner of Sponsored Research and Development and the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research director at the Board of Regents.Carver also directs the University’s Software Engineering Laboratory. Her research focuses on re-engineering systems, software requirements methodologies and formal model transformations.Carver published more than 80 technical papers and was funded by both private and federal sectors — including the National Science Foundation and NASA.”I’m both honored and excited to have the opportunity to serve as interim vice chancellor for ORED,” Carver said in the release. “I’m looking forward to an exciting new year filled with opportunities to stimulate research on campus and engage with our faculty across campus.”—–Contact Adam Duverney at [email protected]