Subra Suresh, director of the National Science Foundation since late 2010, will leave the federal science agency in March and become president of Carnegie Mellon University in July, the NSF and the university announced on Tuesday.
Mr. Suresh, who was dean of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before taking office at the NSF in October 2010, said he was leaving the agency with a record of accomplishments that include promoting international collaborations and expanding interdisciplinary research.
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